New Delhi blasts WHO for India’s 4.7m pandemic death toll estimate
NEW DELHI: New Delhi’s COVID-19 czar rejected on Friday a World Health Organization estimate that 4.7 million Indians — 10 times more than officially reported — lost their lives to…
France’s left agrees to largely campaign together against Macron
PARIS: Long-divided left-wing parties in France will march into forthcoming legislative elections largely together, after the Socialist Party agreed to join a new coalition of the left that hopes to…
UN races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: The United Nations raced Friday to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large, even as fighters holed…
Saudi ambassador to Warsaw meets Polish president
Poland President Andrzej Duda met with the Saudi ambassador to Warsaw, Saad bin Saleh Al-Saleh, on the sidelines of the Polish Constitution Day celebrations, which falls on May 3 every…
A Lebanese online archive chronicles Arab immigration to Latin America
SAO PAULO, Brazil: Although an estimated 18 million Latin Americans can trace their ancestry to the Arab region, little effort has been made to chronicle and conserve the writings, photographs…
UK should ‘feel deeply ashamed’ over abandoned Afghans: British general
A British general who served in Afghanistan has condemned the UK government for abandoning Afghans who worked with NATO in the country, saying the UK should “feel deeply ashamed.” Hundreds…
Moscow says Western aid cannot prevent Russian victory in Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine: Russia on Thursday said Western aid to Kyiv had slowed its offensive in Ukraine but would not thwart its victory, as conflicting reports emerged about efforts to rescue…
Somalia to hold presidential election on May 15
MOGADISHU: Somalia will hold presidential elections on May 15, state TV announced Thursday, broadcasting a statement by a parliamentary committee tasked with organizing the long-delayed polls in the fragile Horn…
Young Sri Lankan protesters turn to books as ‘weapons’ of change
COLOMBO: As mass anti-government demonstrations continue across Sri Lanka, young people have set up a library at the main protest site, in hopes of spurring defiance through reading. For over…
Philippine security forces on high alert for election day
MANILA: The Philippine National Police announced on Thursday that they were on “full alert” for the country’s polling day on May 9 in a country where elections are often marred…