Based on a combination of numbers reported by the central Health Ministry, and updates from the States, the total number of confirmed cases in the country on March 23 stands at 425. All train, metro and inter-State transport services across the country were suspended on Sunday till March 31. On Sunday, India observed a ‘Janata […]
Baseh Hammo was 38 when she was enslaved by militants of the Islamic State (IS) group. Raped and abused, she was sold 17 times among members of the so-called “caliphate,” and moved from city to city across a vast stretch of territory IS once controlled in northern Iraq and Syria. Yet many Yazidis, followers of […]
The mass marches held in Sudan this week breathed new life into the uprising that toppled long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir, but the protesters and the ruling military council remain at an impasse amid fears the country could slide into further chaos. Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the capital, Khartoum, and […]
