Massacre so massive it’s seen from space; 2,000 slaughtered in just 48 hours - here's where it happenedSatellite images have revealed a shocking massacre in El Fasher, Sudan, where thousands of people were killed in just two days. The attack,...
29 Oct, 2025, 10.14 PM IST
A dramatic shift in Sudan’s brutal civil warSudan's military has confirmed its withdrawal from El Fasher in Darfur. Paramilitary fighters now control the city. Human rights groups rep...
28 Oct, 2025, 11.49 PM IST
UN human rights body calls for halt to weapons shipments to Israel as concerns about Gaza war mountU.N. calls to cease weapon sales to Israel in Gaza to prevent violations against Palestinians. Human Rights Council resolution focuses on w...
06 Apr, 2024, 12.30 AM IST
More than 800 Sudanese reportedly killed in attack on Darfur town, UN saysSudan has been engulfed in chaos since in mid-April, when simmering tensions between military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan and the comman...
12 Nov, 2023, 07.28 AM IST
Drone attack kills at least 43 in Sudan's capital as rival troops battle, doctors sayA drone attack on an open market in Khartoum, Sudan, killed at least 43 people, with over 55 others wounded. The attack occurred in an area...
11 Sep, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
'No winner' in Sudan war: exiled Darfur rebel leaderNur was a leader of the Darfur rebellion from 2003 when African minority groups rose up against Arab elites they accused of monopolising Su...
04 May, 2023, 04.08 PM IST
Foreign nations scramble to evacuate citizens as Sudan battles rageAs gunfire again echoed through Khartoum and fighter jets roared above, foreigners also fled the capital in a long UN car convoy, as millio...
23 Apr, 2023, 08.49 PM IST
'Not a catastrophe. You can change the pope,' Pope Francis saysPope Francis , 85, was peppered with questions about the future of his pontificate following the first trip in which he used a wheelchair, ...
30 Jul, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
United States cites China, Myanmar, Ethiopia in genocide reportThe report said the US continues to believe that China's actions against the Uyghurs constitutes a “genocide.” That finding was first annou...
13 Jul, 2021, 11.07 AM IST
South Sudan’s president appoints new army chiefSouth Sudan erupted into civil war soon after securing independence from Sudan in 2011, leading to an estimated 400,000 deaths and one of t...
11 Apr, 2021, 03.10 PM IST
How China used veto to block Bangladesh’s entry in United Nations between 1972-74On 17 September 1974, Bangladesh became a full member of the United Nation as China used veto between 1972-74 to prevent membership. Sheikh...
27 Nov, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
China, Russia, Cuba getting seats on UNHRC a win for tyrants, embarrassment for UN: PompeoOn Tuesday, China as well as Russia and Cuba won seats on the Human Rights Council, which is a win for tyrants and embarrassment for the Un...
15 Oct, 2020, 11.11 AM IST
When CEOs and billionaires courted million-dollar controversies!Some billionaires have found themselves in the wrong place over 'some' assets.
01 Mar, 2018, 03.12 PM IST
Government invites Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir for the India-Africa SummitBashir was recently under the International Criminal Court scanner but India will have no hesitation in inviting the leader since it is not...
23 Jun, 2015, 03.49 AM IST
- UN classifies rape as 'war crime'
The UN Security Council on Thursday demanded an end to persistent sexual violence during armed conflict, calling it a war crime and a compo...
20 Jun, 2008, 12.33 PM IST
- McCain’s wife gives in to pressure, dumps MF that invested in ONGC
After US President George W Bush’s remarks on the Indian middle class, the limelight in the US seems to have now turned to ONGC and its pre...
16 May, 2008, 03.15 AM IST
- Low expectations as Rice heads to Africa
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies Tuesday to Addis Ababa to consult regional leaders and ministers about how to defuse tensions ...
02 Dec, 2007, 08.00 AM IST