Indian-origin Economist Among Poverty-tackling Trio Who won Nobel Economics Prize
U.S.-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for their work...
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India Partially Restores Mobile Phone Lines In Kashmir
India restored some mobile phone services in contested Kashmir on Monday, two months after imposing a communications clampdown on the...
Hundreds Return To Hong Kong Streets As Metro, Shops Shut After Violence
Hong Kong’s metro system stayed shut on Saturday, paralysing transport in the Asian financial hub, and malls and shops closed...
India Shelves Plan On Countrywide Ban On Single-Use Plastic Products
India has held off imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics to combat pollution, officials said on Tuesday, a measure...
Police Impose Restrictions In Kashmir After Imran Khan’s Speech
Authorities in Indian Kashmir tightened restrictions on people’s movements on Saturday to prevent possible protests triggered by a speech by...
Trump Rails Against Globalism In UN Speech
On Tuesday, September 24, U.S. President Donald Trump delivered his third address to the United Nations General Assembly. One quote...
Anger, Impatience Mount In PoK As Imran Khan Makes Diplomatic Push
As Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan prepares to deliver another appeal to the world to address the situation in Kashmir,...
Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Wins ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’
Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg was named on Wednesday as one of four winners of the 2019 Right Livelihood...
Trump Urges Modi To Improve Ties With Pakistan Amid Kashmir Dispute
U.S. President Donald Trump urged India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to improve ties with Pakistan and “fulfil his...
‘You Have Stolen My Dreams,’ An Angry Thunberg Tells U.N. Climate Summit
Teenage activist Greta Thunberg angrily denounced world leaders on Monday for failing to tackle climate change, unleashing the outrage felt...
Inspired By Greta Thunberg, Worldwide Protest Demands Climate Action
Millions of young people flooded the streets of cities around the world on Friday to demand political leaders take urgent...
U.S. Drone Strike Kills 30 Pine Nut Farm Workers In Afghanistan
A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an Islamic State (IS) hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting...
Millions Of Young People, Led By Sweden’s Greta Thunberg, To Strike For Climate Action
With world leaders about to gather in New York for a UN Climate Action Summit next week, millions of young...
Trump Says He Does Not Want War After Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday said it looked like Iran was behind attacks on oil plants in Saudi...
War With India A Possibility, Imran Khan “Absolutely” Believes
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said there was no question of talking to New Delhi after it revoked the special...
Teenage Activist Greta Thunberg Takes Climate Protest To Trump
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who shot to global fame for inspiring worldwide student strikes to promote action against climate change,...
Pakistan Warns Of ‘Genocide’ In Kashmir, Sees No Talks With India
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the top United Nations human rights forum on Tuesday that India’s “illegal military...
Bahamas Reels From Dorian’s Devastation, Storm Surge Threatens US Southeast
Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas thronged rescue helicopters on Wednesday and the United Nations said 70,000 people needed...
Thousands Of Rohingya Mark ‘Genocide Day’ Amid Tensions In Bangladesh Camps
At least 100,000 Rohingya refugees rallied in camps in Bangladesh on Sunday, marking two years since the start of a...
‘We Are Hostages’: Two Years On, Rohingya Still In Myanmar Trapped By New War
When Myanmar officials toured refugee camps in Bangladesh last month, inviting Rohingya Muslims who fled the country to return, they...
Myanmar Troops’ Sexual Violence Against Rohingya Shows ‘Genocidal Intent’: UN Report
Sexual violence committed by Myanmar troops against Rohingya women and girls in 2017 indicated the military’s genocidal intent to destroy...
Bangladesh Bid To Repatriate Rohingya Stalls As Refugees Refuse To Return To Myanmar
An attempt to begin repatriating thousands of Rohingya Muslims living in camps in Bangladesh stalled on Thursday, after nearly 300...
UN Urges Hong Kong To Investigate Excessive Use Of Force Against Protesters
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Hong Kong on Tuesday to exercise restraint and investigate evidence of...
