India’s crackdown in Kashmir sparks anger
- 28-Apr-2025
Anger in Indian-occupied Kashmir escalated on Monday over sweeping detentions in the hunt for the gunmen who carried out a deadly Pahalgam attack last week. Gunmen killed 26 people on April 22, the worst attack on civilians in contested Muslim-majority Kashmir for a quarter of a century. The attack sparked a huge manhunt for the […]
Exit of trusted Mattis sparks concern among US allies
- 21-Dec-2018
BRUSSELS: Key allies of Washington expressed concern on Friday about the resignation of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the policies of President Donald Trump that prompted it, praising Mattis as a committed partner. Mattis said on Thursday he would quit after falling out with Trump over the latter’s foreign policies, including the surprise decision […]
Rape of seven-year-old girl sparks angry protests in India
- 30-Jun-2018
MUMBAI: Thousands of people took to the streets in central India this week demanding the death penalty for assailants who raped a seven-year-old girl lured away from school as she waited to be picked up by her parents. Two men have been arrested for the crime in the city of Mandsaur, police said. The victim […]
India father’s social media posts over daughter’s hospital death sparks probe
- 22-Nov-2017
NEW DELHI: India’s government Tuesday ordered a probe into the death of a girl at a private hospital after her father’s social media posts alleging negligence and being overcharged went viral. The case made national headlines in a country where a crumbling and often overburdened government health facilities forces many of India’s flourishing and increasingly […]
Sonu Nigam posts video of Azaan, sparks controversy once again
- 23-Apr-2017
Indian singer Sonu Nigam has sparked a controversy once again by posting a two-minute video, ostensibly from his house, in which Azaan can be heard in low voice. This post seems an attempt to clear the air about perception people had created that he was against Muslim call of prayer after he had wrote a […]
Kalash girl’s ‘forced’ conversion to Islam sparks clash in Chitral
- 16-Jun-2016
ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of people clashed with members of a remote animist tribe in Pakistan's north Thursday after a teenager claimed she was forced to convert to Islam, police and residents said, bringing violence to a previously peaceful part of the country.
Over 80 hurt as mouse sparks Casablanca mosque crush
- 16-Jul-2015
RABAT: A mouse triggered panic and a crush in a Casablanca mosque has left more than 80 injured, mostly women, the Moroccan news agency MAP reported.
Pope sparks row with Turkey by calling Armenian massacre genocide
- 12-Apr-2015
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis sparked a diplomatic row on Sunday by calling the massacre of up to 1.5 million Armenians 100 years ago "the first genocide of the 20th century," prompting Turkey to accuse him of inciting hatred.
Robot racing sparks scientific enthusiasm in US students
- 24-Mar-2015
WORCESTER: A hefty robot designed for search-and-rescue and a spindly four-legged rival that bounds along on hydraulic limbs will face off next month along with more than a dozen other entrants in the debut Vecna Robot Sprint Challenge outside Boston.
Seven children die as cooker sparks New York blaze
- 22-Mar-2015
NEW YORK: Seven children from the same family died Saturday when their New York home was engulfed in flames after a portable cooker malfunctioned.