South Africa to hold inquiry on alleged hampering of apartheid prosecutions | News

The move comes after survivors and relatives of victims of apartheid-era crimes launched a court case against Ramaphosa’s government. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes, taking a step that survivors and families of those who…

Pahalgam terror attack LIVE: U.S. urges Pakistan’s Sharif to condemn J&K terror attack, cooperate

Whenever Army chiefs in Pakistan with a strident anti-India posture have precipitated conflict with India, the fallout has been severe on the Pakistani people, not to mention the steep downward spiral in bilateral relations. At every juncture in the past, when democratic institutions and Pakistan’s civil society have attempted to seek a dialogue with India,…

Senate rejects resolution to halt Trump’s global tariffs amid economic strain

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden | Photo Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Senate Republicans narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution Wednesday that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win as lawmakers in both parties have remained skeptical of his trade agenda. Trump announced the far-reaching tariffs on…

Sharad Pawar supports discussion on Pahalgam attack, calls for national unity

NCP chief Sharad Pawar while expressing solidarity with the victims, said, “The government must take appropriate steps, and we will support constructive measures.” File | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini Nationalist Congress Party (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Wednesday (April 30, 2025) said he supports the Congress’ demand for a discussion in Parliament on the recent…

Fifty years after the war, Vietnam faces a new US threat: tariffs

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Reporting fromHo Chi Minh City BBC/ Lulu Luo Tung Linh, a 20-year-old Vietnamese college student, says she is excited for Vietnam’s future On a searing afternoon in Vietnam, Tung Linh declared she “basically knows nothing” about the bloody, decades-long war that pitted her country’s Communist-run North against the United States-backed South. “My grandparents…

Govt. ready for debate on Kaleshwaram and welfare schemes, says Revanth

Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka , Transport and Backward Classes Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar along with others at Sri Mahatma Basaveshwara Jayantotsavam at Ravindra Bharathi in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Taking a dig at Opposition leader K. Chandrasekhar Rao for his comments against the…