International

Special Desk Indonesia has decided to shift its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, owing to the floods in Jakarta and the predictions that it shall sink completely by 2050. This would be world’s first case where country’s capital will shift due to threat of natural calamity. Jakarta is known as …

Special desk A deal could end corruption trials for the former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.An agreement could see Netanyahu, plead guilty to reduced charges in return for community service instead of a probable jail term. Reports say 72,-year-old Netanyahu is, objecting to accepting a charge which would require him …

Special Desk A Syrian colonel has been sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity in a landmark case by a German court. Anwar Raslan, 58, was linked to the torture of over 4,000 people in Syria’s civil war in a jail known as “Hell on Earth”. The trial in …

Special Desk While the world is focusing upon Omicron, the new variant of covid virus, North Korea went ahead in its defense mission and fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on. Interestingly this was hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a ground breaking ceremony for …

Special Desk World’s most powerful telescope made ever is in space now. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, left for space from the Guiana Space Center, South America. The instrument fixed on the Ariane 5 rocket has now separated itself from its upper stage booster to head towards its orbit at …

Special Desk World’s most powerful telescope made ever is in space now. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, left for space from the Guiana Space Center, South America. The instrument fixed on the Ariane 5 rocket has now separated itself from its upper stage booster to head towards its orbit at …

Special desk IN yet another dictate, the Taliban have banned Afghan women from traveling long distances by road alone. Instead they will be required to have a male companion to do so. The directive, came as the latest curb on women rights since the Islamist group seized power in August …

Special Desk Russia and the US are likely to hold meeting in January for talks over Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has said talks will be in Geneva for over Ukraine, and were essential to protect Moscow. Speaking in Moscow, Russia’s president welcomed a positive reaction from the US to two sets …

Special Desk Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard is reported to have fired cruise missiles during a major military exercise across country’s southern part. Five cruise missiles are said to have been fired and an unspecified number of attack drones successfully hit their targets, according to media reports. The Guard in the …

Special Desk Pro-Beijing candidates have claimed a victory in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) election, as the city saw its lowest-ever voter turnout. The 2021 Hong Kong Legislative Council election was managed rump election held on December 19 for the 7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The total number of …