Moscow; President of the European Council Charles Michel denounced on Wednesday the shooting attack against Dutch journalist Peter R de Vries as a crime against fundamental European values and peace. Amsterdam police said late on Tuesday that de Vries was shot minutes after leaving the RTL
Kano, Nigeria: Nigerian kidnappers, who abducted more than 100 schoolchildren this week, have demanded food for their captives as security forces stepped up efforts to free the hostages, school officials said Wednesday. Heavily armed gangs, known locally as bandits, have long plagued northwest and central Nigeria
New Delhi: A top UN human rights official has deplored the death in custody of an 84-year-old Indian Christian priest who campaigned for the rights of tribal people and was denied bail after being detained under an anti-terrorism law. Father Stan Swamy was arrested last year
Dhaka/Colombo: India's neighbours - Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - have reported the first cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus, also known as B.1.617, prompting authorities to exercise caution to contain its spread. Bangladesh overnight detected six people, who had recently visited India, infected with the
New Delhi: India has been hobbled by an economic slump and a brutal wave of coronavirus that new research shows pushed millions of people into poverty. But as these Indians struggle to live on a few dollars a day, the country's ultra-wealthy have gotten even richer
New Delhi: The death of the 84-year-old activist Stan Swamy amid his fight for bail on the grounds of health issues sparked off intense responses on social media from political leaders, activists, journalists, intellectuals among others. Stan Swamy, the Jesuit priest who was arrested last
Uttar Pradesh: Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh have accused the police of vandalising the house of a Dalit pradhan in Azamgarh district and damaging his property. Police, however, say they are false allegations being levelled against them by the Dalit pradhan’s family and his associates
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) sought 10 anti-drone systems that can be armed with laser directed energy weapon to destroy drones. A day after the so-celled drone attack on its base in Jammu on June 27, the IAF floated a Request for Information (RFI)
New Delhi: The circumstances surrounding Father Stan Swamy’s death are set to generate more discomfort for India before international organisations focusing on human rights, especially after chiefs of at least three of them have made public comments in this regard. UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights
London: THE majority of Covid-19 restrictions across England are set to be lifted on July 19, a day being marked by anti-lockdown citizens as ‘freedom day’ and the end of most legal obligations around virus SOPs. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed a roadmap for Step