NEW DELHI: An annual country report published by the United States government flagged “significant human rights abuses” in India, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests or detentions, and the surveillance of civil society activists and journalists. The report, titled India 2023 Human Rights Report and
WASHINGTON: Washington would welcome "productive and peaceful talks" between India and Pakistan on Kashmir, but the pace, scope, and character of any dialogue is a matter for India and Pakistan to determine, said Matthew Miller, the United States State Department spokesperson. Miller commented in response to
NEW YORK: The mental ability and age of the United States' presidential candidates took center stage on the campaign trail, following a report that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses. Former President Donald Trump accused both Biden, the Democrat he will likely face in
NEW YORK: A coalition of students at Brown University in Rhode Island has initiated a hunger strike, urging the university to divest from companies profiting from the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The group, consisting of 19 students, including Palestinians, Jews, and others, is committed to the
GEORGIA: An Indian student was killed in Georgia, United States by a homeless man, whom he had reportedly been feeding and sheltering, according to local media reports citing the police. Footage from a security camera showed Vivek Saini, 25, being repeatedly beaten with a hammer by
WASHINGTON: The United States destroyed a Houthi anti-ship cruise missile that was ready to launch soon after the second round of joint American-British strikes against the Yemeni rebels, the Pentagon said Wednesday. “Shortly after taking these strikes, an additional Houthi target was struck by the US
WASHINGTON: Martin Luther King Jr the man who freed America from its social inequalities is being celebrated today by marches and parades all across the country. It is a day to honour the life and legacy of the civil rights leader. Every year it is celebrated
BEIJING: China on Saturday sought “resolute” efforts against an “attempt to roll back" globalisation and called for an orderly multipolar world. “China calls for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation,” according to a statement released at the end
WASHINGTON: For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism. The State Department has said that Secretary of State Antony
WASHINGTON/EAGLE PASS: US border patrol and several states have found themselves overwhelmed lately, lacking resources to manage the thousands of migrants arriving from Mexico every day — a crisis that has exposed President Joe Biden to intense attacks from his Republican opponents. Border officials have in