APHC seeks world intervention to end war crimes in IIOJK

APHC seeks wmAll Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed deep concern over the unending Indian state terrorism saying that New Delhi has thrust a full-fledged war against the people of Kashmir especially in Shopian, Kulgam and Pulwama districts, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir […]

UK PM defends AstraZeneca shot over blood clot fears

London-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday defended the safety of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, after several European countries halted its rollout over blood clot fears. Germany, Italy and France on Monday joined others in suspending the vaccine, dealing a potential blow to the global immunisation campaign against a […]

6.9 Magnitude earthquake hits off Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula

Russia’s  easternmost peninsula is notorious for its seismic activity and is prone to earthquakes and volcano eruptions. A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia, some 185 kilometers southeast of Ust-Kamchatsk, the United States Geological Survey reported Tuesday. The tremor […]

EU drug regulator investigating AstraZeneca vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday said it was continuing an investigation into possible side effects of the novel coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. With several European countries having recently suspended the vaccine, the EMA said in a statement that the probe was […]

Ireland suspends Oxford vaccine rollout over clot fears

Following similar moves by other EU countires last week, Ireland on Sunday suspended the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine over fears of serious blood clots. After consulting with the Norwegian Medicines Agency on Saturday and discussions with the Health Products Regulatory Authority, the Department of Health decided […]

Four killed in Kazakhstan military plane crash

Almaty, Kazakhstan-Four people died and two more were badly injured on Saturday when a military plane crashed and caught fire while trying to land in Kazakhstan’s largest city Almaty, the latest accident to hit the country’s aviation industry. City authorities said the survivors were in intensive care […]

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools

Sri Lanka’s government says it will ban the wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population. Separately, the government on Saturday announced using a controversial anti-terror law to deal with religious “extremism” and gave itself sweeping […]

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