Ankara: The prosecution of a human rights defender demonstrates the Erdogan government’s policy of “bringing baseless criminal charges against people involved in legitimate and peaceful civil society activities,” Human Rights Watch said today. Ozturk Turkdogan, co-chair of the Human Rights Association, Turkey’s oldest human rights group,

Cairo: The United States and Egypt launched a joint work group to prepare for the next U.N. climate change summit which the Middle Eastern country will host in November, the American envoy for climate said. U.S. envoy John Kerry said the group's main task is working

United Nations: The deployment of what Russia called a peacekeeping operation in eastern Ukraine is "nonsense" and Moscow's recognition of breakaway regions as independent is part of its pretext for war, the United States told the U.N. Security Council. The consequences of Russia's actions "will be

Kabul: As the country descends into economic crisis due to looming sanctions on the Taliban regime, the United Nation’s children’s agency has announced it will pay a monthly stipend to Afghanistan’s teachers, who have remained unpaid as most schools across the country remained closed since

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan, who will be visiting Russia on February 23, Tuesday stressed the need to resolve Russia, Ukraine crisis through dialogue and said that the ongoing crisis between the two countries has made an impact globally. While speaking to Russian media ahead of

London: People in the United Kingdom will observe February 25, as ‘Hijab Day’ in protest against India continuing its anti-Islam and pro-fascism policies in the country and occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Fahim Kayani, president, Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK, addressing a press conference in London said that on coming

Uttar Pradesh: A video of a Dalit man identified as Jabar Singh alias Kala being beaten up by so called "upper caste" goons that surfaced from Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, has once again exposed caste based discrimination and oppression in Uttar Pradesh. The video

Uttar Pradesh: A Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Domariyaganj has said that Hindus who do not vote for him in the Assembly elections have “Muslim blood in their veins”, a video widely shared on social media on Monday showed. Addressing people in Domariyaganj, reportedly

Amritsar: Days after the BJP-led government banned wearing hijab in classrooms in India’s Karnataka state, another row erupted over Sikh’s Kirpan (steel sword or dagger) during provincial assembly elections being held in various parts of the country. Members belonging to Sikh minority community were reportedly barred

Islamabad: Recently, two Indians were among eight people arrested in Kathmandu for possessing uranium-like substances, which were brought from India to be sold illegally in Nepal. The theft of over 200 kilograms of nuclear material during last two decades in India poses serious threats of nuclear