Author: Naisha Khan

Indian police have arrested 74 Rohingya refugees for living “illegally” in Uttar Pradesh. The members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community were arrested in six towns and cities in the state. Ten of the arrested refugees were juveniles, the police said. The raid was a part of the Anti-Terrorism squad’s drive against illegal refugees. Who was arrested? In total, 55 men, 14 women, and 5 children were arrested after they were found living in UP after “crossing the border illegally,” the police said in a statement. According to a report by Scroll. in, at least one of the women is…

Spain’s national election results on Sunday came without a clear majority for any party. This has made way for a hung parliament without either the left or the right being able to form a government. A party must win at least 176 seats for an absolute victory in Spain. The two right-wing parties together could not win enough seats to form a government. The conservative opposition People’s Party (PP) secured 136 seats, whereas the Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE), of which Prime Minister Pedro Sanches is a part, bagged 122 seats. Although the conservative Popular Party won the elections, it needed…

Thousands of protestors flocked to the streets of Israel, showing disapproval of the controversial judicial overhaul bill. The bill proposed by far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to be put to vote in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Monday, after a discussion on Sunday. The protests have been organized every Saturday for 29 consecutive weeks since the proposal was put forward. On July 22, huge masses of demonstrators gathered in the streets of Tel Aviv, West Jerusalem, Beersheva, Herzliya, and Kfar Saba, in a last-moment show of force on the eve of the discussion followed by the vote. The…

Protestors clash with security forces near the Swedish embassy in Baghdad