Death toll rises to 132 in deadliest police operation in Rio de Janeiro history amid battle against Comando Vermelho gangRio de Janeiro authorities launched a massive police raid against the Comando Vermelho criminal faction. The operation, named Operation Con...
30 Oct, 2025, 11.16 AM IST
Pakistan becoming "rogue state" with alarming enforced disappearance, says human rights expert at sidelines of UNHRC sessionPakistan faced sharp criticism at a UN Human Rights Council event over its alarming record of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial abu...
03 Oct, 2025, 10.12 AM IST
US prepares for a new war, marines practice beach assault in Puerto Rico; a few hundred miles away Venezuela readies to hit backIn September 2025, the U.S. increased its military presence in the Caribbean, particularly near Venezuela, citing counter-narcotics operati...
18 Sep, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
‘We are hunting you’: Trump issues warning to Venezuelan cartels following latest US drug strikePresident Trump confirmed a second US military strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, resulting in three deaths and no US casualties. This actio...
16 Sep, 2025, 08.06 AM IST
Shashi Tharoor's deep dive into Indira Gandhi-imposed Emergency sets off buzz once againShashi Tharoor's critique of the Emergency, timed with its 50th anniversary, has stirred debate within Congress. He recalls Sanjay Gandhi's...
11 Jul, 2025, 12.17 AM IST
Two Baloch civilians killed by state-backed death squads; rights groups call for justiceTwo Baloch civilians, Yasir and Musafir Baloch, were killed by state-backed death squads in Kech and Turbat, Balochistan. Rights groups con...
01 Jun, 2025, 01.52 PM IST
Like US, India should get less coy about surgically targeting credible threats to national securityThe two incidents - the killing of Anwar al-Aulaqi by the US, and the alleged plot to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by Indian agents ...
01 May, 2024, 08.39 AM IST
UN experts seek justice for Hamas 'sexual torture'Two United Nations rights experts called Monday for justice for a multitude of alleged crimes, including sexual torture, during Hamas's unp...
08 Jan, 2024, 05.46 PM IST
Israel warns against nuclear talks with Iran’s ‘hangmen regime’Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, convening his first televised cabinet session since taking office last week, described Raisi’s ascent as enable...
21 Jun, 2021, 07.42 AM IST
Khashoggi family forgives those who killed their fatherKhashoggi was last seen at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, 2018, where he had gone to obtain documents for his impending wedding...
22 May, 2020, 09.30 AM IST
BJP makes extra judicial killing of Manipur a poll issueRights organisations claim altogether 1528 people including 31 women and 98 children were killed in fake encounters by security forces in M...
27 Feb, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
Repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Acts: Amnesty International IndiaIn its ruling on July 8, the court said that all the allegations needed to be looked into, and offences committed by security forces could ...
09 Jul, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
Human Rights Watch asks new Government to fulfill campaign promisesA global human rights body has asked the new government to fulfill its campaign promises of introducing laws to end discrimination.
30 Jan, 2015, 02.27 PM IST
Hamas executes four suspected Israeli spies in GazaHamas, which controls Gaza Strip, continued with its executions of "collaborators", killing four more Palestinians suspected of spying for ...
24 Aug, 2014, 01.15 PM IST
Hamas executes four more in Gaza in warning to spiesThe Islamist faction declined to release the names or pictures of the executed for the sake of social stability, fearing backlash against t...
24 Aug, 2014, 02.40 AM IST
UNAMI asks Iraq to investigate abduction of foreign nationalsThe UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) said in a report released yesterday more than 1,000 people have been killed in Iraq in June so fa...
25 Jun, 2014, 10.29 AM IST
UN rights experts hail Supreme Court's ruling on death row convicts"This judgement by the SC reaffirms the value of human rights and respect for human life, as enshrined in the Indian Constitution," said Ch...
31 Jan, 2014, 12.08 PM IST