Friedrich Merz | Photo Credit: Illustration: Sreejith R. Kumar While addressing the media after the results of Germany’s Feb. 23 election were out, the leader of the leading conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, Christian Social Union, Friedrich Merz, opined that the staggering rise of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD),…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraces and greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street, London, on March 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Keir Starmer embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday (March 1, 2025) and told him he had the nation’s unwavering support a day after the blowout at the…
A reward-carrying criminal absconding ever since he allegedly attacked law enforcement officers five years ago was nabbed from his village, police on Saturday said. Mohamaddin alias Mulla, a native of Pachgaon village of Nuh district, was arrested by a team of sector 40 crime unit on Friday. Police had announced a reward of Rs 10,000…
Five women in the 20-25 age group went into a state of delirium after delivering babies through C-section in a government hospital in Rewa in Madhya Pradesh, a health official said on Saturday. The incidents were reported on Thursday at Government Gandhi Memorial Hospital connected to Shyam Shah Government Medical College, he said. “The women…
Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week. File | Photo Credit: AP Switzerland has invited 196 states who are parties to the Geneva Conventions to participate in a conference next week on the situation of civilians living in the Israeli occupied territories, a…
A court in Uttar Pradesh`s Sambhal district on Friday denied bail to 17 individuals who are accused of involvement in the violent incident on November 24 last year, according to a government advocate on Saturday, PTI reported. The bail applications were rejected by Additional District and Sessions Judge Nirbhay Narain Rai, who had also dismissed…
A sprawling tent camp for displaced Palestinians sits adjacent to destroyed homes and buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. | Photo Credit: AP The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close on Saturday (March 1, 2025), but negotiations on the…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday warned of a stern action against those who vandalised public property following the alleged Pune rape case, reported the PTI. A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked bus of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) at the Swargate bus stand located in the heart…
A bishop carries a cross at St. Peter’s Square, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Vatican. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday (March 1, 2025) after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation…
Riot police fired volleys of tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons at protesters hurling gasoline bombs and smashed-up paving stones in Athens on Friday (February 28, 2025). The massive demonstration marked the second anniversary of Greece’s worst rail disaster that has become a symbol of institutional failure. Hundreds of thousands of people from all…
