MOSCOW: Russia yesterday called new US election meddling claims “hysteria” that “makes a mockery” of America after Washington accused Moscow of a continued campaign to influence its public opinion, reports AFP. It was the latest round of tit-for-tat barbs between the two powers…

KANO: Twenty-one people were killed when their boat capsized in an area wracked by deadly attacks blamed on cattle thieves in northern Nigeria, the emergency services said yesterday, reports AFP. The vessel carrying 50 passengers overturned in strong currents in a river in the Gandi district of Sokoto…

NOIDA: Clutching his elephant toy, Avyaan’s conversation is pretty much limited to a happy gurgle, but the nine-month-old might be about to go down in history for helping make breastfeeding in public more socially acceptable in prudish India, reports AFP. Public breastfeeding carries a social…

ISLAMABAD: Twelve schools were attacked overnight by unknown assailants in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit Baltistan region, raising fears of increasing extremism in a relatively peaceful area, officials said yesterday, reports AFP. Officials said no one was hurt in the incidents, in which attackers…

NEW DELHI: India’s government was under fresh fire yesterday over its relationship with the media after it emerged a farmer was coached to lie in…

BEIJING: A vocal critic of China’s government has disappeared without a trace after security forces strong-armed their way into his home in the middle of a phone interview with a US-funded television network, reports AFP. Retired academic Sun Wenguang, who is in his mid-80s, was speaking live…