China accused of targeting Taiwanese religious followers amid fresh detentionsChina is facing renewed criticism after three Taiwanese followers of the religious movement I-Kuan Tao were reportedly detained in separate...
24 May, 2026, 06.21 PM IST
Wall Street ends sharply higher on Trump China comments; Broadcom surgesIndian markets saw a strong rebound on Monday. Chipmakers like Broadcom led the gains. President Donald Trump's conciliatory tone on U.S.-C...
14 Oct, 2025, 07.32 AM IST
Trump's ambition collides with law on sending migrants to dangerous countriesThe Trump administration faces criticism for deporting migrants to dangerous countries like Libya and South Sudan. This move violates the p...
07 Jun, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
Canada Resettles 3 Uyghurs After Over a Decade of Detention in Thailand02 May, 2025, 10.50 PM IST
China expands nationwide detention facilities as Xi Jinping intensifies anti-corruption campaignChina has expanded its network of detention facilities to over 200 nationwide. These centres target not only Communist Party members but al...
29 Dec, 2024, 04.10 PM IST
US hails 'productive' meeting between Blinken and China FMThe United States hailed "open and productive" discussions between China's foreign minister and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Laos o...
27 Jul, 2024, 11.49 PM IST
To China's fury, UN accuses Beijing of Uyghur rights abusesThe assessment from the Geneva-based U.N. human rights office largely corroborated earlier reporting by researchers, advocacy groups and th...
01 Sep, 2022, 10.30 PM IST
Biden signs $768.2 billion defense spending bill into lawThe NDAA authorizes a 5% increase in military spending, and is the product of intense negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over i...
28 Dec, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Bangladesh cities witness anti-China protests over treatment of MuslimsOn May 5, every year Uyghur Community around the world observe and celebrate Doppa Day. Doppa is a traditional hat worn by the Uyghurs to c...
05 May, 2021, 06.57 PM IST
China trial of 'Hong Kong 12' begins as US decries 'tyranny'The hearing began as scheduled on Monday afternoon and a convoy of vehicles were seen departing around four hours later. The Yantian Distri...
28 Dec, 2020, 11.33 PM IST
Canadian MPs ask Trudeau government to sanction Chinese officials over Uyghur “genocide”Addressing a recent press meet, current and former members of the Canadians House of Commons subcommittee on international human rights foc...
17 Nov, 2020, 02.02 PM IST
US removes East Turkestan Islamic Movement from list of terror organisationsIn an order issued on October 20 and made public on November 5, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the group had been remov...
07 Nov, 2020, 08.42 AM IST
US House of Representatives votes to ban imports from China's Xinjiang over forced laborDespite opposition by US businesses, the act passed 406-3 in a sign of growing outrage over Xinjiang, where activists say more than one mil...
23 Sep, 2020, 08.29 AM IST
Miffed by power grab, India snubs Maldives special envoyIndia delivered a strong snub to the Maldives government by declining a visit by a special envoy in the middle of the ongoing unrest in the...
09 Feb, 2018, 10.57 AM IST
China announces reforms to improve rights recordChinese judicial authorities have introduced reforms in many areas in order to further improve the legal guarantee procedure of human right...
12 Sep, 2016, 11.43 AM IST
- ASEAN adopts landmark charter to cement the bloc
The 10-member ASEAN adopted a landmark Charter here on Tuesday to cement the group into a rules-based community with deeper economic integr...
20 Nov, 2007, 03.48 PM IST
- UN Security Council'strongly deplores' Myanmar crackdown
In its first public statement on Myanmar unrest, the UN Security Council has “strongly deplored” the use of violence by the military junta ...
13 Oct, 2007, 12.11 AM IST