New York: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Wednesday called on the international community to take “decisive steps” to help clarify the fate and whereabouts of missing people in Syria, seek the release of those still detained in the country’s prisons,
South Sudan: Pakistani peacekeepers in South Sudan are now reinforcing hundreds of kilometers of dykes they built some two years ago to save communities in the Unity State from the cascading waters and leaching mud, the UN said. When the water levels first began rising alarmingly
Ciudad, Juarez, Mexico: A fire started by migrants believed to be protesting against their expected deportation killed at least 39 people at a Mexican immigration detention centre near the US border, authorities said. The blaze broke out shortly before midnight at the National Migration Institute (INM)
Chandigarh: A video of cow vigilantes including Ashok Chhabra, the state government of Haryana’s media coordinator, and a BJP worker closing down meat dealers’ stores in Krishnapur city of the Panipat district, amid the holy month of Ramadan has gone viral on social media. In the
Tamil Nadu: The district administration in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli has ordered an inquiry against an Indian Police Service officer after three persons accused him of custodial torture, reported The Hindu. Assistant Superintendent of Police Balveer Singh at the Ambasamudram police division in the district has been
London: Britain's Prince Harry arrived at London's High Court on Monday for a hearing against the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper over alleged phone-tapping and other breaches of privacy. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, has brought a lawsuit against Associated Newspapers alongside other
London: Albania has called for an amnesty for its “honest” citizens living in the UK without visas as part of the agreement to tackle people-smuggling gangs and illegal migration, the Sunday Telegraph has reported. Bledar Cuci, the Albanian interior minister, met his British counterpart Suella Braverman
Kyiv: Ukraine’s government called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus. One Ukrainian official said Russia “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.” Further
Moradabad: Members of Hindutva organisation Bajrang Dal stopped Muslims from holding a prayer meeting during Ramzan inside a warehouse in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad city. In a statement, the Moradabad Police said that they received a complaint about the prayer meeting from residents of the city’s Lajpat
New Delhi: India’s parliament was adjourned on Monday after noisy protests by opposition lawmakers over the expulsion from the house of top opposition figure Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi was stripped of his parliamentary seat on Friday in a move that critics say heightens concerns about creeping authoritarianism