LONDON: UK councils have asked for a deadline on evicting Afghan refugees from hotels to be extended, saying the current plans will leave people homeless. The Guardian reported that senior council leaders told Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer that they lack housing in which to place Afghan
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday met with former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, warmly referring to him as an "old friend" whose memory he will always cherish. “Once again, China and the US are at a crossroads of where to go from here, and
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has welcomed as “bold and perhaps timely” UN Secretary-General’s new policy brief outlining his vision of a more robust multilateral framework to boost peace and security, for a world in flux. Commenting on UN chief Antonio Guterres’ New Agenda for Peace, Ambassador Munir
KOLKATA: Nearly 44% of sitting MLAs across India have criminal cases against them, while 28% have a history of serious criminal cases including murder, attempt to murder, crimes against women, a new report released by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has revealed. The report titled
NEW DELHI: Union minister G. Kishan Reddy was detained by Telangana Police on Thursday, July 20, along with other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders when they were on their way to the site of double-bedroom houses being built by the Telangana government on the outskirts
ANKARA: A panel discussion held in the Turkish capital Ankara while shedding light on various dimensions of the Kashmir dispute has called for an immediate cessation of human rights violations by Indian troops in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The event was organized by
LONDON: The UK lacks the resources to monitor 120 convicted terrorists and people deemed “terrorist risk offenders” due to be released across the year to March 2024, according to a report issued by the country’s inspectorates of prisons, the police and probation services. The report warns
CAIRO: Egypt’s president pardoned two prominent rights activists, including one with ties to Italy who was sentenced this week, the country’s state-run news agency reported. Among an unspecified number of people pardoned Wednesday by President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi was rights activist Patrick George Zaki, who was
ISLAMABAD: The former chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, is set to receive the 2023 ABA International Human Rights Award, a statement from the American Bar Association (ABA) announced recently. The jurist has been selected for the prize in recognition of "his courageous judgments
ISLAMABAD: Gaining three more points since the last assessment, Pakistan ranked above India, Iran, and North Korea in terms of its handling of hazardous material, according to media reports, citing an international organisation evaluating the status of global nuclear security. According to foreign media reports, the