Brussels: Speakers at a conference organized on the Kashmir dispute in the European Parliament have demanded the international community, especially the European Union (EU), to play role in ending human rights violations in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Mumbai: Renowned Dalit intellectual and author Anand Teltumbde was granted bail by Mumbai High Court after spending 950 days in jail under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
New Delhi: The Indian Supreme Court has rejected an application filed by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking that activist Gautam Navlakha’s shifting to house arrest from prison be put on hold.
Srinagar: Indian Police raided the homes of several renowned journalists in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court (AHC) suspended a two-year jail sentence of disqualified Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vikram Saini in the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case.
Uttarkhand: A bride in Indian state of Uttarkhand threw a tantrum and refused to marry her fiancé after she said the lehnga, sent by him was not expensive enough.
Seoul: North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Japanese officials said had sufficient range to reach the mainland of the United States of America (USA).
Sharm El Sheikh: A tremendous amount of work is needed to turn a draft of a COP27 deal into something the nearly 200 countries at the climate summit can agree on, the European Union’s Climate Policy head Frans Timmermans told media.
Amsterdam: Dutch Court convicted three men of murder for their role in the 2014 shooting down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine. A fourth man was acquitted.
Washington: The Biden administration announced that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, drawing condemnation from the slain journalist's ex fiancee.