WASHINGTON: United States rights groups plan protests next week against India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Washington over what they say is India's deteriorating human rights situation. The Indian American Muslim Council, Peace Action, Veterans for Peace and Bethesda African Cemetery Coalition plan to gather
WASHINGTON: The Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists. A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister
Beijing: China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019 as part of its global efforts to improve intelligence gathering, according to a US official from the Biden administration. The US intelligence community has long been aware of China's spying activities in
New York: A US-based human rights group “Justice for All” has drawn a parallel between the Hindutva ideology and the Niazis, citing the ongoing persecution of the minorities in India. The organization’s report titled “The Nazification of India” compares 12 different mechanisms of hate and persecution
Omair Ahmad Ever since the US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, announced a new visa policy in Bangladesh on May 24, 2023, it has dominated the political discourse of the country. The core of the policy is that, “the United States will be able to restrict
New Delhi: India will reject the Bharatiya Janata Party’s politics of hatred in the upcoming elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in the United States, according to The Indian Express. Gandhi made the statement while addressing a dinner event organised in New York by the Indian
Kyiv: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the Vatican to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia's war on Ukraine. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has said that he has upgraded the country’s alliance with the United States to one that is “nuclear-based” in the face of North Korea’s growing military threat. Yoon was referring to his talks with US President Joe Biden in
Washington: United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for the normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel on the eve of his visit to the Arab power. “The United States has a real national security interest in promoting normalisation between Israel and Saudi
Taipei: A video went viral on social media which shows a near-collision between Chinese and US Navy Warships as the US was participating in a joint exercise with the Canadian Navy in the Taiwan Strait. The video was released by a Canadian news agency Global News