Geneva: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for countries to clamp down on people smugglers and human traffickers after at least 78 migrants were killed in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece. Witness accounts suggested between 400 and 750 people
BERLIN: The head of the United Nations launched a tirade against fossil fuel companies, accusing them of betraying future generations and undermining efforts to phase out a product he called “incompatible with human survival.” Secretary-General António Guterres also dismissed suggestions by some oil executives — including
WASHINGTON DC: In a widespread hacking campaign, multiple US federal government agencies and prominent organizations have fallen victim to cyberattacks. The attacks exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software called MOVEit Transfer, which is commonly utilized by organizations to exchange files with partners and
London: The All Parties Kashmir Parliamentary Group, Labour Friends of UK, Kashmiri organizations Jammu and Kashmir Self Determination Movement International and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front presented a memorandum to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for the release of Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik. The leadership
WASHINGTON: United States rights groups plan protests next week against India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Washington over what they say is India's deteriorating human rights situation. The Indian American Muslim Council, Peace Action, Veterans for Peace and Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition plan to gather
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party leader, Harsh Dev Singh, has said that prolonged bureaucratic rule in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir is a negation of the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution. Harsh Dev Singh addressing public meetings in Kossar and Banek villages
New Delhi: An Indian court has restricted Al Jazeera from airing or releasing a documentary on “hate crimes against Muslims” in the country, media reports said. According to a report published in Indian news website The Wire, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday restrained the Doha-based
Jammu: Dozens of disabled persons, widows and old age people held a protest demonstration at Akhnoor in Jammu under the banner of All Jammu and Kashmir Disable Welfare Trust. The Chairman of the Trust, Sushil Sharma, led the protest. Social activists, political leaders and beneficiaries present
MANDVI, India: Strong winds, heavy rain and high tides lashed India's Gujarat coast late on Thursday as cyclone Biparjoy made landfall after authorities there and in neighbouring Pakistan had evacuated more than 180,000 people to safety. Deserted coastal towns were battered in the dark in parts
GUWAHATI, India: A federal Indian minister's house was set on fire by a mob in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, which has been hit by clashes between members of rival ethnic groups for over a month, officials said on Friday. Junior foreign minister R. K.