At least 100 people were killed in an attack by gunmen on the village of Yelewata in Nigeria’s central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria reported on Saturday. The attack took place from late Friday night into the early hours of Saturday, the group said in a statement posted on the social media platform X (formerly…
Israel has accused Hamas of firing on hungry civilians gathered to receive humanitarian aid in Rafah, southern Gaza, strongly denying any Israeli involvement in the deadly incident that claimed at least 31 Palestinian lives and left dozens more injured. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) released drone footage purportedly showing Hamas gunmen firing at the crowds,…
SRINAGAR: A civilian was shot dead by unknown gunmen late Saturday during a power outage in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, four days after terrorists killed 26 people in a meadow near the resort town of Pahalgam.Officials said Ghulam Rasool Magray, 45, was shot outside his home in Kandi Khas around 10.30pm. Suspected terrorists entered the…
A famous anecdote about Mahatma Gandhi claims he was once asked by a reporter what he thought of Western civilisation. He ostensibly replied: “It sounds like a good idea,” a tongue-in-cheek remark critiquing the moral decay that surrounds any society built on the edifice of slavery and the opium trade. The same could be said…
Militants opened fire on a group of tourists in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least two dozen and injuring many more, according to local media reports. The attack, in a picturesque district of pine-covered hills and valleys that is popular with Indian travelers, was the worst assault against civilians in the…
Gunmen riding a motorbike fired eight shots at the facade of the Iraqi consulate in the Turkish city of Istanbul on Friday, the Iraqi foreign ministry said, in an incident that Turkey said caused no casualties. “In the evening hours today, individuals on motorcycles have opened fire on Iraq’s Consulate in Istanbul. There was no…
More than 250 people gathered at a funeral home in Alberta to pay their last respects to a 20-year-old Indian student who was working as a security guard and was shot dead on his third day on the job. Harshandeep Singh, a business student, who had moved to Canada from India about one and half…