Yoga in Saudi Arabia dominated by women: Padma Shri Nouf Marwaai
The Saudis accepted yoga “unhesitantly” seven years ago and now this ancient Indian practice is quite popular in Saudi Arabia and is dominated by women, says the country’s first certified yoga instructor and the first Arab recipient of Padma Shri award Nouf Marwaai. She says Saudis love anything that is good...
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Over 250 students held as protesters ransack campuses in Pakistan
At least 250 students were arrested on Thursday in Rawalpindi for violence during protests against an alleged on-campus rape in a Lahore college as the agitation spread to other cities of Punjab province in Pakistan. The protests erupted on Monday in at least four boys’ and girls’ campuses of the privately-owned...
Saudi Arabia’s new initiative for stronger bonds with Indian, expats
Saudi Arabia has launched a new initiative that aims at promoting quality of life and developing stronger bonds between the local society and the Indian and other expatriate communities through cultural promotion. Unveiling the Global Harmony initiative here on Wednesday night, Saudi deputy minister for media Khalid bin Abdulqader Al-Ghamdi, said,...
Mexico’s security chief sentenced in US for taking cartel bribes
The man once heralded as the architect of Mexico’s war on drug cartels was sentenced to more than 38 years in a U.S. prison on Wednesday for taking massive bribes to aid drug traffickers. Genaro García Luna, Mexico’s former secretary of public security, was convicted by a New York jury in...
Zelenskyy heads to EU, NATO seeking support for his ‘victory plan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that support from his embattled nation’s Western allies is key to his “victory plan” to end the country’s devastating war with Russia as he laid out details of the plan to European Union leaders. He told reporters the plan aims “to strengthen Ukraine” and...
UN seeks probe into attack on Afghan migrants by Iranian border forces
A United Nations expert is calling for an investigation into reports that an attack by Iranian security forces on the border with Afghanistan killed and wounded migrants. Iran has denied any shooting took place Sunday near Saravan, a town in the country’s restive southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, which borders...
Secret Service needs fundamental reform, says panel probing attack on Trump
An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots. The review also found more systemic issues at the agency such as a failure...
‘Broken immigration system needs to be repaired’
The United States has a broken immigration system that needs to be repaired, Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday in a rare interview with the Republican-leaning news channel during which she sparred with its popular host. Harris made these remarks in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier. Baier repeatedly...
