The campaigning for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on May 5. The third phase of Lok Sabha elections will be held on 7 May in 93 Parliamentary constituencies across 11 State and Union Territories. 1351 candidates are in the fray in the third phase of the...

Ravindra Jadeja put in an allround performance to help Chennai Super Kings beat Punjab Kings by 28 runs in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. Kolkata Knight Riders scored big to defeat Lucknow Super Giants by 98 runs in the second game to go top of the points table. Jadeja...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed public meetings in Secunderabad, Nizamabad, and Sirpur Kagaznaga and said that Asaduddin Owaisi, BRS and Congress are the A B C of appeasement. Shah said that lotus will bloom on all 12 seats of Telangana. Shah also said that Congress and BRS cannot protect...

No Xabi, no problem. Even without coach Xabi Alonso on the touchline, Bayer Leverkusen remained unbeaten Sunday with a 5-1 Bundesliga win over Eintracht Frankfurt that stretched its record run without defeat to 48 games in all competitions. Alonso was suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards, but he watched...

Officials in western Russia said a Ukrainian drone attack killed at least six people Monday in the Belgorod region near the Russia-Ukraine border. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the regional governor in Belgorod, said on Telegram the drone struck several vehicles and that the attack injured more than 30 people. Ukraines military said...

Russian airstrikes hit the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv killing three people and injuring at least 17, officials said Sunday, as the two countries observed Orthodox Easter Sunday. Russia had used a guided aerial bomb in the strike launched from a plane. The regions governor, Oleg Syniehubov wrote...

A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held what he called the largest countryside political demonstration in the countrys recent history Sunday, the latest stop on his campaign tour that has mobilized thousands across Hungarys rural heartland. Some 10,000 people gathered in Debrecen, Hungarys second-largest city, in support...

The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling-led, action-comedy ode to stunt performers, opened below expectations with $28.5 million, according to studio estimates Sunday, providing a lukewarm start to a summer movie season thats very much to be determined for Hollywood. The Universal Pictures release opened on a weekend that Marvel has...

More storms were moving through the already saturated Houston area on Sunday, where flooding from heavy rains has led to the rescue of hundreds of people from homes, rooftops and roads. Its going to be raining through the day and some of the storms could be producing the heavier downpours,...

Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmental disaster in a year, following...

Britains governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months. Labour won control of councils in England that the party hasnt...

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be at imminent risk of death if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The border city is a critical entry point for humanitarian aid and is filled with displaced Palestinians,...

Two Nigerian military personnel will face a court martial over the killing of 85 villagers in a military drone attack in December in the West African nations conflict-battered north, authorities said, prompting calls from a rights group Friday for more transparency and justice for victims. The two personnel will be...

Attacks on two camps for displaced people in eastern Congos North Kivu province on Friday killed at least 12 people, including children, according to local officials, an aid group and the United Nations. The U.N. said in a statement that bombs hit two camps for displaced people in Lac Vert...

The United Nations food agency warned Sudans warring parties Friday that there is a serious risk of widespread starvation and death in Darfur and elsewhere in Sudan if they dont allow humanitarian aid into the vast western region. Leni Kinzli, the World Food Programs regional spokesperson, said at least 1.7...

Andrey Rublev beat Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Madrid Open final where he will meet Felix Auger-Aliassime. Auger-Aliassime advanced after Jiri Lehecka had to retire at 3-3 in the first set of their semifinal and joined the list of players injured at the event. The mens...

Marco Reus will leave Borussia Dortmund this summer after both sides announced Friday that theyve agreed to part ways, ending the midfielders 12-year run with the German team. The 34-year-old Reus contract expires at the end of the season, but unlike one year ago when they extended the deal, theyll...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halleys comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This years peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to 30 meteors visible...

Teams at the European Championship can name three extra players in 26-man squads after UEFA agreed to amend the tournament rules on Friday. Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman and Englands Gareth Southgate were among those asking UEFA to let them select more players for the June 14-July 14 tournament and help...

For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the worlds trade passes and which China claims virtually in...

Hoffenheim scored in the last minute to draw with Leipzig 1-1 in the Bundesliga on Friday. Leipzig, which has already secured a place in next years Champions League, stayed in fourth place, one point behind Stuttgart, which has a game in hand. Hoffenheim remained seventh and with a shot of...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Prime Minister said that the BJP was committed to the welfare of the tribal society. He also accused the Congress of neglecting tribal history. M Modi remarked, Congress wanted to monopolize the credit for independence to one...

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation celebrated its 30th foundation day on May 3. The function for the foundation day was held in Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. The celebration was graced by esteemed dignitaries, including Anurag Jain, Secretary of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Ministry of Housing and...

Bologna missed a chance to leapfrog Juventus and move into third place in Serie A after a lackluster 0-0 draw at Torino on Friday. A win would have taken Bologna, one of the surprises of the league, to one point ahead of Juve. Instead, it remained in fourth, a point...

Udit Raj, the Congress candidate from North-West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency filed his nomination papers, AAP leader Gopal Rai was also present on the occasion along with few Congress leaders. After filing his nomination, Raj addressed the media and said: The public has now understood that changing masks does...

On Saturday, March 2, at 2:20 a.m., Serhii Gadarzhi woke up to a drone approaching his apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine. He heard an explosion just outside his windows and rushed to his 2-year-old daughters bedroom. She was there. He grabbed the child, wrapped her in a blanket and went...

Human rights group Asylum Aid on Friday said it will file a court challenge to the British governments plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, an initiative championed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The policy could send detained asylum seekers to the Central African country within weeks. Britains parliament passed...

U.S. President Joe Biden has called for the release of all imprisoned journalists including three American reporters who have been jailed over their work, in a Friday statement commemorating World Press Freedom Day. Journalism should not be a crime anywhere on Earth, Biden said in the statement. On...

The World Food Program warned Friday that time is running out to prevent starvation in Sudans Darfur region, as intensifying clashes in North Darfurs capital are preventing aid deliveries to the wider Darfur region. The situation is dire, WFP Sudan spokesperson Leni Kinzli told reporters in a briefing from Nairobi,...

Warning of a bloodbath should Israeli forces attack Rafah, U.N. agencies are making contingency plans to provide health care and other essential aid to the besieged population in the southern Gaza city. Despite measures, the ailing health system will not be able to withstand the potential scale of devastation that...

Georgia has been engulfed by huge protests triggered by a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the countrys aspirations to join the European Union. Here is a look at the bill and the protests it has ignited: WHAT IS THE NEW BILL?The bill would...

The world hasnt seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israels bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today, the United Nations reported Thursday. The U.N. assessment said...

The head of Greeces extreme far-right Golden Dawn party was granted conditional early release from prison Thursday, after serving part of his sentence for running a criminal organization blamed for violent hate crimes. A council of judges accepted the request by Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 66, who had served the minimal legal...

Turkey on Thursday suspended all imports and exports to Israel citing the countrys ongoing military action in Gaza and vowed to continue to impose the measures until the Israeli government allows the flow of humanitarian aid to the region. A Turkish Trade Ministry statement said export and import transactions in...

Britains governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as an array of election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears increasingly likely to return to power after 14 years. Labour won control...

President Joseph Boakai on Thursday signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberias two civil wars, characterized by widespread mass killings, torture and sexual violence. Human rights groups have described how girls were subjected to gang rapes, while children...

Belarus exiled opposition leader said Thursday that she hasnt heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said holding her husband incommunicado is part of the governments repressive policies. Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been behind bars since being arrested in 2020 after announcing plans to challenge Belarus authoritarian President...

Tottenhams hopes of qualifying for the Champions League are getting thinner by the day. By falling 2-0 at Chelsea on Thursday, Tottenham slumped to a second loss to a London rival in the space of four days in the Premier League after a 3-2 home defeat to Arsenal in...

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared that Karan Bhushan Singh, son of sitting Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan Singh, as its Lok Sabha candidate from the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha elections in Delhi. Brij Bhushan Singh has been dropped as the BJP candidate from Kaiserganj. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections,...

The Ministry of Mines has informed that the index of mineral production of mining and quarrying sector for the month of February, 2024 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 139.6 is 8.0% higher as compared to the level in the month of February, 2023. As per the provisional statistics of Indian Bureau of...

An imposing stadium in a major foreign capital did nothing to stop Bayer Leverkusens record unbeaten march across Europe. The freshly crowned first-time Bundesliga champion silenced the Stadio Olimpico with a 2-0 win at Roma in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals on Thursday to extend its unbeaten...

After days of speculation, the Congress has finally revealed the names of its candidate from the Lok Sabha constituency of Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi, the face of the Congress, will contest from Raebareli while KL Sharma will contest from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency. Amethi and Rae...

Serbian lawmakers on Thursday voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States, reflecting persistent close ties with Moscow despite the Balkan nations proclaimed bid to join the European Union. Prime Minister Milos Vucevics government got backing in a 152-61 vote...

The United Nations said Thursday that the war in the Gaza Strip has set back development there by 40 years, and that rebuilding will cost billions of dollars over many years. An early recovery program for three years to bring back hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to temporary shelters in...

The U.N. human rights chief on Thursday asked Georgia to withdraw a controversial draft foreign agents bill that has been met with large protests in the capital, Tbilisi. Volker Trk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, urged authorities to talk to members of civil society and journalists who are...

Two Nigerian military officers will face a court martial over a December drone strike that killed at least 85 civilians, the Defense Headquarters said on Thursday. The December 3 attack was one of the countrys worst airstrike errors. The Nigerian military acknowledged the drone accidentally struck a village in northwest...

More than 40% of Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years, according to an annual Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday. Half of Americans think of China as a competitor, and only 6% consider the...

A humanitarian crisis is worsening in northeastern Mali where armed groups linked to Islamic State have besieged major towns leaving residents including some 80,000 children vulnerable to malnutrition, locals and an aid group warned Wednesday. The town of Mnaka has been under siege for four months, driving up the prices...

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog will travel to Iran next week as Tehrans nuclear program enriches uranium a step away from weapons-grade levels and international oversight remains limited, officials said Wednesday. Rafael Mariano Grossis visit will coincide with a nuclear energy conference Iran will hold in the...

United Methodist delegates repealed their churchs longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding self-avowed practicing homosexuals from being ordained or appointed as ministers. Delegates voted 692-51 at their General Conference the first such legislative gathering in five years. That overwhelming margin contrasts...