India flags 3,582 attacks on Hindus, other minorities in Bangladesh; raises 334 major cases with PakistanIndia has addressed Pakistan regarding 334 major incidents of violence against minorities since 2021. Concerns were raised about Pakistan's...
08 Aug, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Taliban’s bizarre tourism promo goes viral packed with graphic scenes and Kalashnikovs, leaves viewers stunnedTaliban’s bizarre tourism promo is going viral for all the wrong reasons. The story behind this controversial travel ad shows graphic scene...
09 Jul, 2025, 07.03 PM IST
Taliban morality enforcers arrest men for having the wrong hairstyle or skipping mosque, UN saysA UN report reveals the Taliban's morality police in Afghanistan are detaining men for hairstyles and barbers for non-compliant haircuts. D...
10 Apr, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
CAA discriminatory law, violates right to equality, says Amnesty India"The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is a discriminatory law that goes against the constitutional values of equality and international huma...
11 Mar, 2024, 09.40 PM IST
More than 165,000 Afghans flee Pakistan after deportation orderOver 165,000 Afghans have left Pakistan in the past month, as Pakistani authorities began detaining Afghans who had been ordered to leave t...
02 Nov, 2023, 10.50 PM IST
Russia faces a tough fight to regain its seat in the UN's top human rights bodyRussia is facing a tough battle to regain its seat in the United Nations' Human Rights Council after being suspended last year for its inva...
10 Oct, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
European Union imposes sanctions for violence against womenMyanmar's deputy minister of home affairs Toe Ui is said to have allowed military security agents to "use forced nudity, rape, electro-shoc...
07 Mar, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
Taliban to charge Afghan media outlets operating from abroadBlaming the Afghan media organizations for spreading propaganda, the director of Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that th...
03 Jan, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marries Stella Moris in London prison amid high securityThe couple had announced their engagement in November last year.
24 Mar, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taliban bastionSince early May, violence has surged across several provinces including in Kandahar after the insurgents launched a sweeping offensive just...
25 Jul, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: YemenThe detainees - 18 Yemenis and one Russian, swept up from Afghanistan and Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks - have languished in custody ...
22 Oct, 2020, 05.53 PM IST
USCIRF members express concern over CAA; say it could result in 'disenfranchisement' of MuslimsMembers of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) along with an invited panel of experts convened a hearing mainly f...
05 Mar, 2020, 02.54 PM IST
SC notice to centre on petition challenging CAA, NPRThe petition filed by West Bengal resident Israrul Haque Mondal has also challenged changes made in the passport and foreigner rules of 201...
18 Jan, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
UN panel rules in favour of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: ReportAssange, 44, was granted political asylum by Ecuador, which has housed him since 2012 at its central London embassy.
04 Feb, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
Parliamentarians across the world faced dangers in 2015: ReportOverwhelmingly, the targeted MPs are men (283) and more than two thirds of all cases (71 per cent) are from the political opposition (228).
24 Jan, 2016, 11.24 AM IST
The 12 most corrupt countries in the world"Corruption risks are particularly prevalent in developing economies," Trevor Slack, legal and regulatory analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, wro...
18 Jun, 2015, 01.23 PM IST
- India best human rights performer in South Asia: Report
India is the best human rights performer in South Asia, while Sri Lanka has the worst human rights record, according to a report released b...
01 Aug, 2008, 08.40 PM IST