45 killed, 28 injured in paramilitary forces attacks: Sudanese army

IANS | December 13, 2024 7:08 PM

Khartoum, Dec 13 (IANS) At least 45 civilians were killed and 28 others injured in an artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on residential neighbourhoods and displacement camps in western Sudan, the Sudanese army said on Friday.

Indian Americans urge UN to recognise plight of Hindus in Bangladesh as 'ongoing genocide'

IANS | December 11, 2024 5:52 PM

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Urging governments, global organisations, private companies and individuals to stand with the Hindus of Bangladesh, a diverse coalition of American NGOs, scholars, religious leaders, human rights advocates, and civil rights leaders have jointly called for an immediate intervention to stop the "ongoing genocide" of religious minorities in the country under the "military-Islamist" interim government led by Muhammad Yunus.

Bangladesh court rejects bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das once again

IANS | December 11, 2024 3:36 PM

Dhaka, Dec 11 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu priest and spokesperson of the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote also associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), who has been arrested and jailed by the local authorities on charges of sedition.

'Syrian Scenarios': What may lie ahead for Arab heartland nation, Middle East, world?

Vikas Datta | December 11, 2024 10:30 AM

New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) The quick fall -- and flight -- of Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has evoked triumph in certain quarters and disquiet in others, as it seems to have upended the political situation and strategic calculus of the Middle East. However, a look at the record of the key Arab country and others may suggest the last word on what follows remains to be said.