International News

July 11, 2017

Human rights body asks IoK govt to pay INR1 million to man used as ‘human shield’

Indian-held Kashmir human rights commission has urged the state government to pay a compensation of INR1 million to Faroow Ahmed Dar who was used as a […]
July 11, 2017

London High Court rejects bid to halt UK arms sale to S Arabia

LONDON – London’s High Court Monday rejected a claim by campaigners that Britain’s multi-billion-pound arms sales to Saudi Arabia should be halted because they were being […]
July 4, 2017

Egypt arrests daughter of Brotherhood leader

CAIRO:- Egyptian security forces have arrested the daughter and son-in-law of the Muslim Brotherhood’s spiritual leader, who is in exile in Qatar. A statement from the […]
June 28, 2017

Filipinos could face jail time for not singing national anthem enthusiastically

Filipinos would be required to sing the national anthem with ‘fervour’ when it is played in public, under a bill that the House of Representatives of […]
June 28, 2017

Corporations, governments hit by cyberattack

A global wave of cyberattacks that began in Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday wrought havoc on government and corporate computer systems as it spread to Western […]
June 28, 2017

US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders

President Donald Trump’s administration hit China Tuesday over its rights record, placing the country alongside Sudan and North Korea on a list of the world’s worst […]
June 28, 2017

US Supreme Court reinstates Trump travel ban

The United States (US) Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a ban on travellers from six mostly Muslim countries, overturning lower court orders that had blocked it. […]
June 14, 2017

Tunisian smoker jailed for not fasting during Ramadan

A leading rights group has condemned the imprisonment of a man in Tunisia for smoking a cigarette in public during the dawn-to-dusk Muslim fast. A court […]