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Published by Reuters By Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) – Leaders of prominent Islamic groups and mosques in India appealed to fellow Muslims on Monday to suspend plans for protests against derogatory remarks about the Prophet Mohammad made by two members of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party. The message to avoid big gatherings was circulated after demonstrations […]

Published by BOOM Live By Kaisar Andrabi Ranchi, Jharkhand – Mohammad Parveez is incosolable. His only son 14-year-old Mohammad Mudasir died on Sunday after he was hit by a bullet allegedly fired by the police, as they cracked down on protestors in Ranchi. Over the last few days, protests have erupted across the country over

Published by Reuters By Idrees Ali and Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The United States and its allies traded barbs with China at Asia’s premier security meeting on Saturday, especially on Taiwan, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine overshadowed discussions. Addressing the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington will do its

Published by Al-Araby Palestinian grandmother Youna loves taking care of her grandchildren, but there is one day of the week she refuses. Every Monday, Youna and her husband Asaam keep their day free so they can make the 30-minute drive from Jifna in the occupied West Bank to Palestine’s administrative capital, Ramallah. It has been

Published by Al-Araby Ukrainian forces were holding their positions in intense street fighting and under day and night shelling in Sievierodonetsk, officials said, as Russia pushes to control the bombed-out city, key to its objective of controlling eastern Ukraine. Sievierodonetsk and its twin city Lysychansk, on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river, are

Published by Reuters UK KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military may have to pull back to stronger positions in the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, but they will not give up the city and fierce fighting raged there on Wednesday, the region’s governor said. Ukraine expects Russia to step up its bombardment of Sievierodonetsk and to

Published by BOOM Live By BOOM Team The gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in Hyderabad has set off outrage and political clashes after it came to fore that some of the accused are related to politicians and politically influential families. In the latest update, the minor son of a MLA of the AIMIM (All India

Published by Reuters UK By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops were engaged in fierce street fighting with Russian soldiers in the industrial city of Sievierodonetsk, while other towns were under constant shelling, as the Kremlin pushed for control of the eastern Donbas region. Sievierodonetsk has become the main target of

Published by Reuters UK SIEVIERODONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said it had recaptured a chunk of the factory city of Sievierodonetsk, the focus of a Russian offensive to take the eastern Donbas region, and could hold it for up to two weeks as fighting raged on Saturday. Sergiy Gaidai, governor of Luhansk province, told national television

Published by Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Some officials in India are ignoring or even supporting rising attacks on people and places of worship in the country, a U.S. official said late on Thursday after the release of a report on religious freedom globally in 2021. The report said attacks on members of religious minority