Category World

Statements being made by Indian politicians about ‘reclaiming’ the Katchatheevu island “do not have any ground,” according to Douglas Devananda, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fisheries. His remarks come in the backdrop of an ongoing political row in India ahead of…

BROOKFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A grey seal found stranded and blind more than a decade ago on an island in Maine has given birth at a Chicago-area zoo and is now “a very attentive mother” to her newborn, zoo officials…

Critics say Luxembourg City’s controversial ban on begging, designed to curb the presence of organised gangs, is neither humane nor legal. In a controversial move opposed by human rights activists and charity workers, Luxembourg has recently banned begging in the…