What to know as Nigeria rejects US military threat over alleged Christian killingsNigeria has dismissed a US military ultimatum concerning alleged abuses against Christians. Presidential spokesperson Daniel Bwala criticiz...
03 Nov, 2025, 08.45 AM IST
Trump threatens US military action in Nigeria over treatment of ChristiansFormer US President Donald Trump has threatened swift military intervention in Nigeria. He also announced an immediate halt to all US aid a...
03 Nov, 2025, 08.16 AM IST
Trump says there 'could be' US troops on the ground in Nigeria, or air strikesUnited States President Donald Trump has indicated potential military intervention in Nigeria. He stated that US troops could be deployed o...
03 Nov, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
Trump threatens military action against Nigeria over ‘killing of Christians,’ a day after adding Africa’s largest oil-producing nation to US watchlistTrump-Nigeria: President Trump has threatened military action against Nigeria, citing alleged anti-Christian violence and vowing to stop al...
02 Nov, 2025, 06.40 AM IST
Trump opens the door for sanctions on Nigeria over persecution of ChristiansPresident Trump has designated Nigeria a country of particular concern regarding religious freedom. This move opens the door for potential ...
01 Nov, 2025, 07.17 AM IST
US Senator writes to Blinken, wants 'robust discussion' with India on religious freedomLankford is asking for the State Department's legally required explanation to Congress on its designations, a media release said. "India wa...
16 Dec, 2022, 10.56 AM IST
Rising attacks on people, places of worship in India: US Secretary of State Tony Blinken"In India, the world's largest democracy and home to a great diversity of faiths, we've seen rising attacks on people and places of worship...
03 Jun, 2022, 07.34 AM IST
USCIRF recommends to designate India, 14 others as 'Country of Particular Concern'India has in the past said that the American body on international religious freedom has chosen to be guided only by its biases on a matter...
25 Apr, 2022, 11.52 PM IST
US designates Pakistan, China as countries of particular concern for violation of religious freedomPakistan and China along with Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, Nigeria, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were placed in the li...
08 Dec, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
US re-designates Pakistan, China as countries of particular concern on religious freedomPakistan and China along with Myanmar, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan were placed in the list for ha...
20 Dec, 2019, 08.30 PM IST
US panel wants Pakistan on list for religious freedom violationsAs such USCIRF again recommended the State Department to designated Pakistan a "country of particular concern", or CPC, under IRFA.
03 May, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
Apart from USCIRF, US Congress-funded USIP organises meet in dharamsalaThe USIP is an independent, nonpartisan institution established and funded by Congress to increase US capacity to manage international conf...
03 May, 2016, 08.22 AM IST
Pakistan worst country in religious freedom: US bodyCPC designation is given to countries or those governments that "engage in or tolerate" systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of re...
22 Oct, 2015, 08.56 PM IST
Pakistan should be designated among 'countries of particular concern': USCIRFPakistan should be designated among 'countries of particular concern' (CPC) for its "egregious violations" of religious freedom, an indepen...
22 Oct, 2015, 04.44 PM IST
RSS, VHP draw USCIRF fire for ghar wapsi, PM Narendra Modi praised for backing freedom of faithThe annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom came down heavily on the RSS and VHP for the ghar wapsi campaign.
01 May, 2015, 07.53 AM IST
Malala Yousafzai criticises world leaders on Boko Haram kidnappingsMalala Yousafzai criticised Nigerian and other world leaders for failing to secure the release of over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram mil...
14 Apr, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
- India next only to Iraq on religious discrimination: US thinktank
A study carried out by Washington-based Pew Research Centre, the highly respected US thinktank, India is next only to Iraq when it comes to...
22 Dec, 2009, 09.27 AM IST