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Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, A noted human rights body,  International Forum for Justice Human Rights JK (IFJHR) has denounced the assault on several Kashmiri students across India. Chairman of the IFJHRJK Muhammad Ahsan Untoo denounced the  thrashing of Kashmiri students in the colleges of Punjab. He termed it the handiwork of right wing groups like Vishvi […]

Published by AFP Los Angeles (AFP) – California is declaring war on “ghost guns” — weapons kits sold on the internet without any system of control — with Los Angeles on Tuesday becoming the latest city to move to outlaw them. City councilors in the metropolis — the second largest in the United States —

Published by Reuters By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s armed forces can “paralyse” Taiwan’s defences and are able to fully monitor its deployments, the island’s defence ministry said, offering a stark assessment of the rising threat posed by its giant neighbour. Beijing is stepping up military activities around the island, which it views as

Published by Reuters By Simon Lewis NEW DELHI (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with a representative of Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in New Delhi on Wednesday, a State Department spokesperson said, a move that is likely to provoke anger in China. Blinken met briefly with Ngodup Dongchung, who serves as

Published by Reuters By Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian farmers, protesting against new agriculture laws they say threaten their livelihoods, started a sit-in on Thursday near parliament in the capital, renewing a push for repeal of the laws. In the longest-running growers’ protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, tens of thousands of farmers

Published by Reuters By Eric M. Johnson VAN HORN, Texas (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, and three crewmates soared high above the Texas desert aboard his space venture Blue Origin’s New Shepard https://graphics.reuters.com/SPACE-EXPLORATION/BLUEORIGIN/jbyprzzympe/blue-origin.jpg launch vehicle on Tuesday and returned to Earth, a historic suborbital flight that helps to inaugurate a new era of

Published by Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Danish Siddiqui, the Reuters journalist killed in crossfire on Friday covering the war in Afghanistan, was a largely self-taught photographer who scaled the heights of his profession while documenting wars, riots and human suffering. A native of New Delhi, Siddiqui, 38, is survived by his wife Rike and

Published by Al-Araby Pilgrims began arriving in the holy city of Mecca on Saturday for the second downsized hajj staged during the Covid-19 pandemic, circling Islam’s holiest site in masks and on distanced paths. The kingdom is allowing only 60,000 fully vaccinated residents to take part, seeking to repeat last year’s success that saw no