Bangkok: Myanmar’s military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, bringing the total to 139, and is using capital punishment as a tool to crush opposition, the UN high commissioner for human rights said.
Manila: The bodies of 70 inmates from the Philippines largest prison were laid to rest in a mass burial, weeks after their decomposing remains were discovered in a Manila funeral home.
Moscow: Ex-United States (US) intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport.
Vatican City: Migrant deaths in the Mediterranean are "unacceptable and almost always avoidable," Pope Francis said, renewing a call for policymakers across the region to address the issue in a manner "beneficial to all."
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asked the Modi government what will it gain by "snatching away" the money from poor students after it stopped scholarships for minority students of classes 1 to 8.
For years, whenever observers lamented the decline of press freedom in India, especially in its broadcast media, the country’s defenders could point to a welcome exception. New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV), a news channel with national reach, has long been a stalwart voice of independent
Washington, D.C.: The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) joined 14 civil rights and faith-based organizations in co-signing a letter to the US Senators, Representatives, State Governor, and other elected officials demanding the FBI, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Department of Justice investigation into Texas-based organization
Bengaluru: A Dalit youth committed suicide by hanging himself after he was tied to a tree, severely thrashed and humiliated by upper caste Hindus in Kolar district of the Indian state of Karnataka.
New Delhi: The year 2022 has witnessed the highest number of hate crimes against the Christians in India recording 511 incidents of violence against members of the minority community.
Islamabad: Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani while stressing the need for early resolution of Kashmir dispute, has said that the unresolved dispute had not only increased the vulnerability of existing disabled persons and their families but it had added more