UAE based airlines Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and flydubai suspend flights to Qatar

Close on the heels of United Arab Emirates severing ties with Qatar, several airlines based in UAE including Emirates, Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and flydubai have made announcements that they shall be suspending all flights to Qatar from June 6 onwards.

Indian rights lawyer Indira Jaising to lead UN probe into Rohingya crackdown

The United Nations yesterday appointed an Indian human rights lawyer and two other experts to a fact-finding mission investigating alleged killings, rape and torture by security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

Singapore looking forward to conclude CECA with India: Iswaran

To promote bilateral cooperation between Singapore and India and strengthen business relations, S Iswaran, Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry) has said that Singapore is looking forward for concluding the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with India.

Indian-American Preet Bharara troubled by the timing and reasoning behind FBI Director’s sacking

Former US Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the US President Donald Trump, says he is ‘troubled by the timings and reasoning’ behind Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey’s firing. He has taken to Twitter to sound the alarm.