London: Britain's Conservative government is expected to present on Tuesday a new bill providing for the detention and swift deportation of asylum seekers who illegally enter the country via small boats, according to media reports. Despite Brexit-related promises to tighten control of its borders, Britain has
Geneva: The Ministry of External Affairs summoned Switzerland’s Ambassador to India Ralf Heckner after some posters and banners accusing the Indian government of violence against minorities were put up outside the United Nations office in Geneva. In a brief statement, Ralf Heckner said he has conveyed
Dhaka: Bangladeshi authorities launched on Monday an investigation into a massive fire at Rohingya refugee camps that has left 12,000 people without shelter. The fire broke out on Sunday afternoon in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern coastal district and the world’s largest refugee settlement, which hosts about
London: The veteran private equity boss Guy Hands has said that Brexit has not only damaged the UK’s financial services industries but shattered the peace of Europe. In a hard-hitting op-ed, Hands says that: “The UK’s position as Europe’s leading financial services hub is at risk
Geneva: The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity, according to a UN report presented on Monday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Taliban seized power in August 2021, drastically curtailing women's freedoms and rights, including
Geneva: The raising of the Kashmir issued by Turkey and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has unnerved India so much so that it even made a mention of the little consignment of
Doha: United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday slammed the world's rich countries and energy giants for throttling poor nations with "predatory" interest rates and crippling fuel prices. Guterres told a summit of the most deprived states on the planet that wealthy nations should
Madrid: Spanish police said that they arrested a criminal gang that targeted the homes of refugees who had fled the war in Ukraine and stole items worth more than 1 million euros. The 10 suspects “had specialized in this type of victim since they usually bring
New Delhi: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that he raised human rights issues during his meeting with Indian external affairs minister S. Jaishankar. The two ministers met on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting. Asked whether he raised issues related to rights
London: During a lecture at United Kingdom’s Cambridge University, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has claimed that several politicians, including himself, were under surveillance using Israeli-made Pegasus spyware, a video shared by his party leader Sam Pitroda showed on Friday. Gandhi also claimed that intelligence officers had