United Nations: The United Nations General Assembly suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" in Ukraine, prompting Moscow to announce it was quitting the body. The US-led push garnered 93 votes in favour,
Kyiv: Cloudflare sees signs of Russians increasingly turning to Western news sources to get accurate information about the situation in Ukraine. A new blog post published today by Cloudflare presents statistical evidence that the netizens of Russia are adopting blockage circumvention tools pretty aggressively to access
Aden: Yemen’s president delegated power to a presidential council and dismissed his deputy in moves aimed at supporting UN-led efforts to revive negotiations to end a bitter seven-year war. Riyadh announced $3 billion in financial aid to the Saudi-backed government after the announcement by President Abd-Rabbu
London: The man accused of murdering UK lawmaker David Amess in a church last year said in court on Thursday that he was motivated by a grievance against lawmakers who voted to bomb Syria. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, is accused of stabbing Amess more than 20
New Delhi: On April 6, a butcher shop in a plush South Delhi neighbourhood had its shutters down but it was not completely closed for business: it was catering to loyal customers who would phone before arriving. “We’ve heard there could be trouble,” said the
Qaisar Mansoor India is planning to change the Muslim majority status of illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir into a minority under the garb of rehabilitation of Pandits. IIndia is constructing separate colonies to settle non-locals in the Kashmir Valley in the guise of Pandits’ rehabilitation, said a
Manila: The Philippines Defense Ministrysummoned the Indian ambassador for clarification on the “accidental firing” of the BrahMos missile into Pakistan. Indian ambassador, Shambhu S. Kumaran, was asked to explain what happened with the BrahMos missile on the night of 9 March. The ambassador was asked if
Qaisar Mansoor The Philippines had asked New Delhi for a clarification on the BrahMos missile it is buying from India days after the defense ministry admitted to a missile having been accidentally fired into Pakistan. Days after the accidental firing of an Indian missile which landed in
Ottawa: Some 18 Canadian academics tell CBC News investigation they face harassment by local diaspora groups and foreign trolls for criticising PM Modi's government in India and its support of Hindutva, a Hindu supremacist ideology. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or RSS is a parent party of the
Uttar Pradesh: A man identified as Bajrang Muni Das, a priest or ‘mahant’ of Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town of Uttar Pradesh, issued a criminal threat to rape Muslim women. He spoke into a microphone connected to loudspeaker from a vehicle,