Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s governance, describing his uninterrupted tenure since 2000 as the “lost years”. Addressing an election rally in Sonepur, Shah urged people to oust Naveen’s BJD govt and help form the state’s first BJP govt for accelerated development.

Setting a new trend to make party presidents accountable for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by their candidates and star campaigners, Election Commission on Thursday issued notices to the chiefs of BJP and Congress seeking their response to alleged violations made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. EC sought their replies by Monday morning.

The hiker Bergur Vilhjálmsson began his hike into Hvalfjörður from Akranes with a sled loaded with 100 kg around 14 am today.

A man who fell into a crevasse while leading a backcountry ski group deep in the Canadian Rockies has died.

Disgraced film boss Harvey Weinstein has had convictions for two New York sex attacks overturned following a ruling by New York Court of Appeals on Thursday.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has admitted hugging a strategic nuclear warhead Read Full Article at RT.com

An American defense contractor has proposed converting a number of oil rigs into floating supply depots and missile launchers Read Full Article at RT.com

Russia’s economy has continued to develop despite unprecedented challenges, President Putin tells assembled industrialists, entrepreneurs Read Full Article at RT.com

Prime Minister of Spain is to take a step back from duties amid inquiry into influence peddling and alleged corruption by his wife Read Full Article at RT.com

A viral video showing a man carrying around a “dead dolphin” has led to the arrest of a drug trafficking suspect Read Full Article at RT.com

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has launched a new center to protect whistleblowers and witnesses to crimes that will begin operations in July. Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al-Mojeb approved the establishment in line with Article Four of the Law for the Protection of Whistleblowers, Witnesses, Experts and Victims. The center will provide legal protection from threats, danger, or harm through methods stipulated in Article Fourteen of the Law, including security, as well as identity and data anonymization.

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan received his Yemeni counterpart Shaya Mohsin Al-Zindani in Riyadh on Thursday. Prince Faisal congratulated Al-Zindani on his recent appointment as foreign minister by Yemen’s internationally recognized Presidential Leadership Council at the end of March, and wished him success in the role.  During the meeting, the two ministers reviewed aspects of bilateral relations and ways to strengthen and develop them in various fields. They also discussed topics of common interest.

RIYADH: The Joint Incident Assessment Team held a conference in Riyadh on Wednesday to announce the results of investigations into allegations against coalition forces in Yemen.  The report details three incidents, including claims that coalition forces targeted two houses in the Sha’aban area, a civilian house in Al-Hudaydah governorate, and Al-Ghail Health Center in Al-Ghail. 

JEDDAH: Effat University’s School of Cinematic Arts in Jeddah welcomed aspiring filmmakers and cinephiles to the 11th Showreel Effat International Student Film Festival this week. The theme for the three-day event, which concluded on Thursday, was “Behind the Seen,” reflecting the aim of organizers to shed light on the creative process and less-visible aspects of filmmaking. The program included a diverse range of cinematic offerings celebrating the work and talent of student filmmakers, not only those studying at the school but also their peers around the globe.

RIYADH: The Arabian horse and hunting falcon are important historical and cultural symbols for the Arab world, both ancient and modern. Now a Riyadh gallery is highlighting this enduring bond with a series of portrait studies of both creatures by Tariq Dajani, a Jordanian photographer and printmaker. Arabian horses have been the subject of songs and poetry praising their individual and physical qualities down through the ages. However, Dajani, an owner of Arabians, chose to reflect his love of these creatures through photography and artworks.

Sir Keir Starmer 's party are pledging to transfer train operators to public ownership within the first five years of a Labour government.

Residents in Myrtle Way, Portmore, St Catherine, are benefiting from a zinc fence removal project, under the Government's community renewal intervention programme. Member of Parliament for St Catherine South Eastern, Robert Miller, told...

Human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) is renewing its call for the appointment of a permanent Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). JFJ says it's of the view that there is no ambiguity that the office was rendered vacant as of...

The Government is looking to establish a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) innovation teaching centre at National Heroes Circle in Kingston. Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, in making the disclosure, said the facility will be...

Positive agenda promotion mechanisms should appear in Russia, SMI2 CEO Yury Belousov said