TAMIL NADU: Muthiah, a Dalit teen, was murdered on Sunday, July 23, in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu in a case of suspected ‘honour’ killing. The 19-year-old, who belonged to the Arunthathiyar community, categorised as a Scheduled Caste community in Tamil Nadu, was a resident
MANIPUR: Schoolboys turned militia fighters stare towards their enemies from their hilltop outpost, as the vigilante gunmen dig in for a long fight in India's troubled Manipur state. Three months ago, 16-year-old Paominthang was a student from the farming Kuki people who dreamed of being a
LONDON: The UK is set to face a future of more frequent and intense heatwaves due to the escalating impacts of climate change, warns the latest study released by Britain's Meteorological Office. The report highlights the alarming trend of rising temperatures and the increasing likelihood of
RAS JEDIR (Libya): African migrants pleaded to be saved from a desert zone between Libya and Tunisia, weeks after Tunisian authorities allegedly dumped dozens of them there with nothing. "We are dying. We are dying by the minute," a Nigerian who wanted to be identified only
ZARAT Tunisia: From Tunisia to Morocco, sun-baked North Africa has embarked on a building spree of plants that purify sea and wastewater as climate change intensifies droughts in the water-scarce region. Across the Maghreb region, which takes in parts of the Sahara and is plagued by
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has slammed Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for threatening to cross the Line of Control (LoC) while calling upon civilians “to be ready to support the soldiers in such a situation”. “Pakistan condemns the provocative remarks by India's defence minister, made on 26 July
SRINAGAR: Thousands of Shiite Muslims marched through Indian-administered Kashmir's largest city on Thursday for a major religious procession permitted in the restive territory for the first time since a ban was imposed decades ago. The Islamic calendar is currently in the month of Muharram, the holiest
ANKARA: Authorities in the Indian Railways have issued notices to two prominent mosques in the national capital New Delhi, asking them to remove "encroachments" within 15 days. Local news broadcaster India Today said in a report that notices were issued to two prominent mosques over the
By Mussawar Safi, LIPR Ambassador of Peace The UN Special Rapporteur on enforced disappearances, human rights defenders, freedom of expression, and inhuman treatment sent a draft letter to the Indian government expressing concern about the detention and alleged terrible treatment of human rights defender Muhammad Ahsan
WEST AFRICA: West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official has said that’s just "a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity." Omar Touray told