Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi’s decision to hold an internal inquiry into the incident and calling on the international community to play a role. “Such a serious matter cannot be addressed with the simplistic explanation proffered by the Indian […]
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of kidnapping the mayor of the city of Melitopol, equating it to the actions of “ISIS terrorists”. “They have transitioned into a new stage of terror, in which they try to physically liquidate representatives of Ukraine’s lawful local authorities,” Zelenskyy said in a video address on Friday evening.Kirill Timoshenko, […]
US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-origin political activist Shefali Razdan Duggal as his envoy to the Netherlands, according to the White House. An immigrant to the US from Kashmir, Duggal, 50, has been raised in Cincinnati, Chicago, New York and Boston.The White House made the announcement on Friday along with […]
Russia said on Friday it would shut down the activities of Meta Platforms if the operator of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp allowed users to call for violence against Russians and death to President Vladimir Putin. Internal Meta emails seen by Reuters showed the US company had temporarily allowed posts that call for the death of […]
The government has said that at present, there is no security reason for Indian students in Russia to leave. The response by the Indian Embassy in Moscow came after it began receiving messages from anxious Indian students in universities in Russia seeking advice on their continued stay in the country amid the Russia-Ukraine War. “The […]
Pakistan has summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires here and conveyed its strong protest over the alleged unprovoked violation of its airspace by an Indian-origin “super-sonic flying object” and sought a thorough and transparent investigation of the incident. The Indian diplomat was on Thursday night told about an Indian-origin “super-sonic flying object” entering into Pakistan from ‘Suratgarh’ […]
In an attempt to justify the Ukraine invasion, the staff at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant – “held hostage for four days” – has been compelled by the Russian troops to record an address, the country’s energy minister Herman Halushchenko alleged in a video address on Wednesday, calling it another fake in the Kremlin’s “propaganda […]
An air alert was sounded on Wednesday in and around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and residents were urged to reach shelters on an urgent basis. Taking to social media platform Telegram, regional administration head Oleksiy Kuleba said there was a threat of a missile attack. “Kyiv region – air alert. Threat of a missile attack. Everyone […]
Reacting to Joe Biden’s announcement of ban on US import of oil, gas and energy from Russia due to Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the eastern European nation’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, echoed his US counterpart’s remarks that the move was against Vladimir Putin’s ‘war machine.’ “Thankful for US and @POTUS personal leadership in striking in […]
United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the war in Ukraine would never be a victory for his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. He said Putin may be able to take a city, but never will be able to hold the country. In a tweet, the US President wrote, “This much is already clear: Ukraine […]