At least 55 people were arrested at a rally in support of the banned group Palestine Action outside the UK Parliament on Saturday, according to London’s Metropolitan Police. The demonstration in Parliament Square saw protesters carrying placards and wearing black-and-white Palestinian scarves, expressing solidarity with the group that was outlawed earlier this month under anti-terror…
Andre Russell (Getty Images) NEW DELHI: West Indies power-hitter Andre Russell, who is set to retire from international cricket, has chosen his explosive knock in the 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final against India in Mumbai as his most cherished moment in West Indies colours.During West Indies’ chase of a daunting 193-run target, Russell walked in…
More than 70 people were arrested Saturday at protests in the UK against the Palestine Action group being proscribed a terrorist organisation by the British government following a break-in and vandalism at a Royal Air Force base. In London, the Metropolitan Police said 42 people had been arrested by late afternoon. All but one of…
An Indian-American professor of medicine at the University of California, Rupa Marya, was suspended for her social media posts about Israel’s war in Gaza. The professor filed a lawsuit last week alleging that the varsity violated her freedom of speech by suspending her. Rupa Marya’s social media posts included “expressing solidarity with the hospitals and…
Photo: Ministry of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union minister for finance and corporate affairs has emphasized that India’s growth potential is recognised by institutions like World Bank and International Monetary Fund. India’s importance in supporting global trade was also highlighted by Sitharaman.FM Sitharaman is on a visit to US and Peru, where she would have…
A federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily halted the deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University. Ozturk, 30, who voiced support for Palestinians during Israel’s war in Gaza, was detained earlier this week by US immigration officials who have accused her, without evidence, of supporting Hamas. The US Department of Homeland…
Taiwan on Tuesday deported a Chinese woman back to her country after she posted praise online for Beijing’s ambitions to conquer the self-governing island democracy by force. China, which considers the island a wayward province that split from it amid the civil war in 1949, has been vastly expanding its navy and missile force with…
US President Donald Trump launched military strikes against Yemen’s Houthis on Saturday over the group’s attacks against ships in the Red Sea, warning “hell will rain down upon you” if they did not stop targeting commercial vessels and US warships. Trump also warned Iran, the Houthis main backer, that it needed to immediately stop supporting…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany on Saturday accused Vice President JD Vance of unacceptably interfering in his country’s imminent elections on behalf of a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis 80 years ago. A day after Mr. Vance stunned the Munich Security Conference by telling German leaders to drop their…
Rajat Patidar, who has been appointed as the new Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain, expressed his desire to learn leadership skills from Virat Kohli. He shared his thoughts during a press conference on Thursday.Patidar has succeeded Faf Du Plessis as the RCB skipper after the latter was released before last year’s mega auction.“I’m not that much…