- Saturday, June 14, 2025
A PANEL of UN experts has determined that the detention of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was arbitrary and a violation of international law, calling for him to be released “immediately”. In an opinion published on Monday (1), the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention raised concerns about…
PRIME minister Keir Starmer spoke to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Saturday (6) and said he was keen to conclude a Free Trade Agreement that worked for both sides, Downing Street said. India and the UK have been negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for over two years with…
FORMER Labour prime minister Tony Blair made an early intervention in British politics on Sunday (7) after Keir Starmer’s landslide election victory, urging him to have a “plan to control immigration”. Blair warned Starmer, who will visit Scotland on his second full day as prime minister, that the anti-immigration Reform…
ENGLAND beat Switzerland on penalties on Saturday (6) to keep their dreams of winning Euro 2024 alive as they advanced to a semi-final showdown with the Netherlands, who came from behind to defeat Turkey in the day’s other match. In Duesseldorf, England produced another late fightback as their quarter-final with…
DIRECTOR Nag Ashwin’s ambitious 3D spectacle Kalki 2898 AD has cruised past the £80 million mark in its worldwide box office earnings, the makers announced on Saturday. Touted as the most expensive film to be produced in India at a reported budget of £60 million, the mythological and sci-fi action…
KEIR STARMER, Britain’s new prime minister following Labour’s 2024 election victory, has appointed Rachel Reeves as the country’s first female chancellor of the exchequer and Angela Rayner as his deputy prime minister. Reeves, 45, a former Bank of England economist, aims to repair relations with the business community, while Rayner,…
INDIAN social media platform Koo is shutting down operations permanently, the company’s co-founder Mayank Bidawatka announced on Wednesday (3). Koo was initially launched to give an alternate option to users speaking different Indian languages and in a way act as rival to giant global platform X. The founders cited lack…
MORE than seven per cent of all deaths in 10 of India’s biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of lives a year. Smog-filled Indian cities, including the capital Delhi, suffer from some of…
INDIA'S external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Thursday (4) in Kazakhstan. The two agreed to increase talks to resolve border issues, according to a statement from New Delhi. India and China share a long Himalayan border that is poorly marked. Relations have been strained…
BRITISH defence secretary Grant Shapps lost his seat at Thursday’s parliamentary election, becoming the most senior Conservative cabinet member so far to be defeated in what is set to be a clear overall victory for the Labour Party. Shapps was defeated by Labour’s Andrew Lewin in the Welwyn Hatfield constituency…
