Srinagar: The concern raised by sixteen members of the European Parliament, recently, over the alarming human rights situation in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir asking the European Union to raise its voice for the affected Kashmiris shows the gravity of the situation in Indian Occupied
London: UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has accused NATO allies of refusing to join a British-led military coalition to support Afghanistan after the withdrawal of US forces this year. Wallace told the Daily Mail that he believed Washington’s deal to end the conflict with the Afghan
New York: Heatwaves and heat stress will be more intense and frequent during the 21st century in South Asia, warn climate scientists in a new and urgent report calling for governments to act now before it is too late. The United Nation’s body Intergovernmental Panel on
Tokyo: The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Monday commemorated the 76th anniversary of its destruction by a US atomic bomb, with the mayor calling for the global community to build on a new nuclear ban treaty. Nagasaki was flattened in an atomic inferno that killed 74,000
Tehran: Iran rejected Western allegations its drones were used in a deadly tanker attack, while accusing Israel of concocting the “scenario” in a bid to undermine the Islamic republic. The MT Mercer Street, an oil products tanker operated by Israeli-controlled Zodiac maritime, was struck last week
Islamabad: Two back-to-back international meetings are being convened in Qatar this week to press Afghanistan’s warring parties to resume peace negotiations and reach a deal before the Afghan conflict spirals out of control. The diplomatic effort comes amid dramatic battlefield advances by Taliban insurgents even as
Harare: The UN has condemned underage forced marriages in Zimbabwe following the death of a 14-year-old girl reportedly during childbirth at a religious shrine in the east of the country. The death has sparked widespread anger on social media and among children’s rights activists. A petition
New Delhi: The threat to human rights and bodily integrity are the "highest in police stations" Chief Justice of India Justice N V Ramana said at a function, expressing concern about custodial torture. Calling human rights and dignity "sacrosanct", he said, "custodial torture and other
Lahore: Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday Pakistan had done more than its available resources to stop global warming, as he reiterated the need to plant trees for a better environment in the country. PM Imran Khan's comments came as he inaugurated the "world's largest Miyawaki
New Delhi: The two gatherings – one on August 6 at Dwarka and another on August 8 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi– where anti-Muslim slogans were raised by participants are set to storm Parliament, as Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM has given an adjournment motion