By Reuters: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”, drawing Western condemnation and risking sanctions from aid donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further. It stipulates capital punishment for…
By Reuters: Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday, while Serbia’s president put the army on the highest level of combat alert. KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission to Kosovo, condemned the violence. “While countering the most active fringes of the crowd,…
By India Today World Desk: A nun who died in 2019 in the US reportedly showed no signs of decay when her body was exhumed on May 18, four years after her death, as per the Catholic News Agency. This attracted several people to a Benedictine monastery in rural Missouri after the news of her…
By Press Trust of India: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday lashed out at the PML-N-led coalition government for trashing the rule of law and destroying the economy under the watch of the powerful establishment. Khan took to social media to make a statement that focussed on the real issues faced by the…
By Geeta Mohan: An Indian fisherman serving his time in Pakistan’s jail died on Sunday. He is the third Indian fisherman to die in Pak custody in a month and fourth in two months. The other Indian fishermen who have died in the last two months are Bichan Kumar alias Vipan Kumar (died on April…
By India Today World Desk: In a suspected case of gang rivalry, a 28- year -old man originally from Punjab was shot dead by unknown assailants outside a wedding venue in Vancouver, Canada. The incident happened early Sunday morning. Amarpreet (Chucky) Samra was coming out of Fraserview Banquet Hall with other wedding guests when he…
By Reuters: Spanish Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap national election on July 23 after left-wing parties were routed in a regional ballot, portraying the defeat as a debilitating vote of no confidence in his coalition government. Sanchez had said on numerous occasions that he wanted to see out a full…
By India Today World Desk: After the death of a 13-year-old Australian girl, Esra Haynes, due to the “chroming” trend on TikTok, her grieving family is pleading for immediate action to prevent further such incidents in the country. “We want to help other children not fall into the silly trap of doing this silly thing….
By Reuters: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, his spokesperson said on Monday, defying international condemnations and the risk of sanctions from donors. Same-sex relations were already illegal in Uganda, as they are in more than 30 African countries, but the new law goes further in targeting lesbian,…
The waters in Venice’s main canal turned fluorescent green on Sunday in the area near the Rialto Bridge and authorities are seeking to trace the cause, Italy’s fire department said. The regional environmental protection agency has received samples of the altered waters and is working to identify the substance that changed water’s colour, the department…
