Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna to discuss support for Kiev, the presidential press service said. The leaders of the two countries met on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. The parties talked...

The hijab crisis is yet again showing signs of resurgence in Karnataka as some students were sent back from their college on Monday in Mangaluru city of Dakshina Kannada district. Twelve hijab-clad students of University College in Mangaluru tried to enter...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the frontline positions of the Ukrainian military during a working trip to the eastern city of Kharkiv, the presidential press service reported. During his visit on Sunday, the President inspected destroyed residential...

Aryan Khan, 23, the son of Bollywood mega-star Shah Rukh Khan and producer Gauri Khan, admitted to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) that he started smoking Ganja (cannabis) in 2018 while studying for graduation in the US.The 'voluntary statement' of Aryan,...

Following a statement by Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh that only uniforms are permissible inside classrooms, authorities at a college in Dakshina Kannada district on Saturday sent back hijab-clad students home.The incident took place in Mangaluru's...

Communal tension in coastal Karnataka region comprising Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Udupi is on a rise with the resurfacing of hijab controversy and the Malali temple-mosque row.The coastal region of the state is considered to be communally sensitive...

While commenting on the resurfacing of the hijab issue in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka Education Minister B.C. Nagesh on Saturday categorically stated that only uniforms are allowed in school and college campuses across the state.He further said that...

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Friday gave a clean chit to Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, in the drugs-on-cruise case. The NCB filed a charge sheet against 14 persons before a Mumbai court, which did not include Aryan Khan's...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin discussed Kiev's European integration and post-war recovery. At the talks in Kiev on Thursday, Zelensky thanked the Finnish government for providing financial, defense and humanitarian...

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that he had discussed the supplies of heavy weapons to Ukraine with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. "We need more heavy weapons delivered as soon as possible, especially MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket...

Calling for "maximum" sanctions against Russia, including an oil embargo, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in a live video address to the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Klosters told the participants how he "wakes up every day to read the number...

Ukraine has received the second tranche of 600 million euros ($634 million) of the European Union's (EU's) emergency macro-financial assistance program, the Finance Ministry in Kiev announced. "The funds will be used to maintain financial stability in Ukraine...

The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, citing a senior Ukrainian official. About 300,000 square metres...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces have 'completely destroyed' Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and accused Moscow of trying to 'increase pressure' with 'brutal' and 'senseless' bombardments, the media reported. The Ukrainian leader said...

The Taliban have ordered female Afghan TV presenters and other women on screen to cover their faces while on air, BBC reported. Media outlets were told of the decree on Wednesday, a religious police spokesman told BBC Pashto. The ruling comes two weeks after...

Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley held a phone call to discuss issues of mutual interest, including the situation in Ukraine. The phone conversation between Russia-US...

Russia said Thursday that a new batch of 771 Ukrainian soldiers blocked at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have surrendered over the past 24 hours. "A total of 1,730 militants have surrendered since May 16, including 80 wounded," the Russian Defence Ministry...

The World Health Organization (WHO), which recorded 226 attacks on Ukrainian healthcare, almost three attacks per day since Russia's began its invasion of the country on February 24, has called for a probe. According to Hans Kluge, the WHO regional director...

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed that the US has been "actively recruiting" terrorists to fight in Ukraine. In a statement, SVR revealed that according to the intelligence it is receiving, "the US is actively recruiting even members of international...

The evacuation of Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol is the only possible formula for their rescue, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said. "Unfortunately, military unblocking is impossible in this situation....