Miami: The US Justice Department is expected to pay $130 million to the families of victims of the 2018 Parkland shooting in Florida because the FBI failed to investigate two tip-offs about the gunman who went on kill 17 people at the high school, the
Ihavandhoo: Fishermen from Ihavandhoo who had sighted the Indian vessels had reported their activity to the relevant authorities. A fisherman from Ihavandhoo told The Maldives Journal that they had reported the vessels to the Coast Guard and the Ihavandhoo Council. He said that the Coast
Srinagar: The United Nations have strongly criticised the arrest of a prominent activist in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) on terror charges, saying he is “not a terrorist”. Khurram Parvez was arrested late on Monday by India's federal National Investigation Agency (NIA), an Indian official briefed on
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday has categorically rejected the baseless Indian claims that a Pakistani F-16 aircraft was shot down by an Indian pilot before he was captured by Pakistan in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in February 2019. Per a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign
Islamabad: The Foreign Office Indian claims about the seizure of a potentially radioactive consignment on board a vessel that originated from Karachi, and clarified it contained empty containers that had previously been used for shipping fuel for K-2 and K-3 Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs). “The reporting
Contributed by LIPR Research Writer Raj Anand based in India Introduction The elementary premise of human rights is an ancient one, figuring in many ancient religious and philosophical texts; most famously propagated via the Cyrus Cylinder in 539 B.C. by the Persian King Cyrus II. The instrument
Male: The motion submitted by MP Ahmed Usham (Vilimalé) requesting that copies of the classified military agreements signed with India be disclosed to members of the Parliament Committee on National Security Services was rejected by the Committee. The Committee, where the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party has
Male: During the debate in the Majlis on a motion submitted by MP Ahmed Saleem (Hoarafushi) calling for docking services to be provided for cargo ships in the Ihavandhippolhu region; the far north of the Maldives; MP Thoriq said that such motions had been submitted
Srinagar: India’s top anti-terrorism investigation agency arrested a prominent human rights activist from the Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK) during a raid at his home and office, his wife said. Personnel from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Khurram Parvez in the main city of
Masud Ahmad Khan Tripura is an Indian state in North East India which is encircled from three sides, the North, South and West by Bangladesh, Assam and Mizoram. The state shares an 856 kilometers border with Bangladesh. Agartala, one of the largest cities in North East