BBC: When Shalini Patra watched the rain on 19 July from her home in Jorhat district in the northeast Indian state of Assam, she didn’t know that her life was about to change. In the afternoon, the 18-year-old suddenly heard the sound of rushing water and people shouting. “Within minutes, knee-deep water had entered our […]
BBC: Today, it’s a field of grass. But soon, it’ll be the site of the first mosque in this Japanese town. “It makes me worry about how our community might change,” says long-time resident Noriko Izumizawa. Plans to build an Islamic religious site in Fujisawa, a laid-back seaside town about an hour’s drive south of […]
(Reuters) DUBAI, July 27 – Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume peace talks with the United States, after President Donald Trump halted a two-week bombing campaign that his top brass told him had run its course. Following 13 successive nights of intensifying […]
BBC: Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires after Argentina’s president hit out at the Brazilian president, referring to him as a “thief” and a “convict”. Javier Milei made the comments on Sunday at a rally in Sao Paulo to launch the presidential campaign of right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, who is set to run […]
BBC: The reigning 57kg world champion boxer Jaismine Lamboria from India throws punches for a living, but when it comes to handling pressure, she looks to one of her country’s most celebrated cricketing legends for inspiration. “I really admire MS Dhoni’s mindset,” says the soft-spoken Lamboria of the former Indian captain. “He is known as ‘Captain Cool’ […]
BBC: Israeli settlers have set fire to two mosques, as well as cars and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say, as tensions in the territory continue to flare. The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and […]
(Reuters)་་་ WASHINGTON/ATHENS, July 26 – The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting one of its vessels in the Caspian Sea. The U.S. military said on Saturday its naval blockade against […]
BBC: One person has died and at least 16 others have been injured at a Berlin Pride event after a vehicle was driven into a crowd in the city centre. Police say they have identified a male suspect but have not arrested him or released a name, adding he is “known to the police and […]
BBC: Firefighters are struggling to contain wildfires in south-west France as strong winds push flames towards the city of Bordeaux, with one official saying they “are far from having the fire under control.” More than 300,000 people in France and Spain have fled fires which have been raging for days, as winds and high temperatures […]
BBC: India’s Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has called off its five-week-long protest, hours after Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned. The CJP has called it a win for democracy and thousands of jubilant supporters continue to celebrate at Jantar Mantar, the main protest venue in Delhi. An online satirical campaign with an AI-generated cockroach as its […]
