Sanaa: Diplomatic efforts to broker a peace in Yemen accelerated after Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations last week, the UN special envoy Hans Grundberg has reported to the Security Council. “Intense diplomatic efforts are ongoing at different levels to bring the conflict
Baghdad: On the banks of the Tigris River one recent evening, young Iraqi men and women in jeans and sneakers danced with joyous abandon to a local rap star as a vermillion sun set behind them. It’s a world away from the terror that followed
New Delhi: India on Friday approved purchases of missiles, helicopters, artillery guns and electronic warfare systems worth $8.5 billion as it sought to add more teeth to its military. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the top government body for capital acquisition approvals for the Indian military,
Geneva: Speakers at a seminar held on the sidelines of the 52nd session of the United Nations Human Right Council (UNHRC) have said that the insidious land-grabbing campaign and dislodging common Kashmiris from their properties is a part of the Indian government’s settler colonialism policy
New Delhi: A total of 436 personnel of paramilitary forces Central Armed Police Forces, National Security Guard and Assam Rifles have died by suicide in the last three years, the Union Home Ministry informed Parliament. Maximum number of suicides were reported in the Central Reserve Police
Washington: Democratic and Republican US senators introduced a resolution that could force President Joe Biden's administration to prepare a report on Saudi Arabia's human rights record and possibly lead to a reassessment of US security assistance for the kingdom. Democrat Chris Murphy and Republican Mike Lee
Geneva: Russian attacks against civilians in Ukraine, including systematic torture and killing in occupied regions, amount to war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity, according to a report from a UN-backed inquiry released Thursday. The sweeping human rights report, released a year to the day after
Tripoli: UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement seen by Reuters. The finding is the result of an inspection
New Delhi: India has extended an invitation to Pakistan to attend meetings of defence ministers, interior ministers and national security advisors of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. As the current chair of the eight-nation SCO, India has been sending invitations to all members for the different meetings
New Delhi: Twitter users from the three countries, India, US and UK generated 86 percent of malicious online content between 2017-19; leading to physical attacks on Muslims and mosques, TRT World quoted the study by the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV) – the apex Muslim