Yangoon: Police in Myanmar have fired tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades at pro-democracy protestors, killing at least 18 people dead, the UN has said. The UN's human rights office said it has received "credible information" that the crackdown on people demonstrating against a military
By Astha Kumari Election times are one of the most unstable times in India. Today, we can easily observe the hegemony of candidates with criminal backgrounds in our elections and the phenomena of criminalisation of Indian politics. As election dates approach, the ruthlessness and desperation to
Justice Markandey Katju 26th January celebrated all over India as Republic Day, the day on which in 1950 the Indian Constitution was promulgated and India declared a Republic. However. I refuse to join this tomfoolery, and I have renamed it Cheer Haran (disrobing) Day. The truth is
Tunis: At least three participants in UN-led Libya peace talks were bribed for votes, experts from the world body found in a report for the Security Council seen by AFP Sunday. Interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah was selected early this month during Libyan Political Dialogue
Washington: Members of the Kashmiri diaspora in the US have expressed concern over the death threat to Sushil Pandit, a Kashmiri human rights activist, urging the Indian government to take a stern action against those responsible behind the plot to assassinate him. Pandit is a human
Tehran: Amid the international pressure to suspend its nuclear programme, Iran on Sunday dismissed Europe’s offer for an informal meeting on the troubled 2015 deal, saying the time is not "suitable" as Washington has failed to lift sanctions. The European Union’s political director earlier this month
The Janus-faced pseudo Afghanistan analyst community — local and foreign — is in overdrive telling all and sundry about the futility of peace-making with a treacherous Taliban. That the blood-thirsty Taliban did not keep their side of the deal and that the United States military
Sanaa/New York: Ahmadiya Juaidi’s eyes are wide as she drinks a nutrition shake from a large orange mug, her thin fingers grasping the handle. Her hair is pulled back and around her neck hangs a silver necklace with a heart and the letter A. Three weeks
New Delhi: India and China have agreed to set up a hotline between their foreign ministers as the two nuclear-armed neighbours look to reduce tensions along a disputed Himalayan border where their troops have been locked in confrontation since last summer. The decision was reached at
Yangon: Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta. The country has been shaken by a wave of pro-democracy protests since