There is "credible evidence" that Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people during the Afghan conflict, a long-awaited report has found. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has released findings from a four-year inquiry into misconduct by its forces. The inquiry

Iota’s death toll rose to over 30 on Wednesday after the storm unleashed mudslides, smashed infrastructure and left thousands homeless in its wake across Central America, revisiting areas devastated by Hurricane Eta just two weeks ago. Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a

China is seeding a “fake news” story about using microwave weapons to defeat Indian forces in an alleged border clash, according to Indian officials. “It’s pure and poor psyops from China,” an Indian official told the Washington Examiner. It’s a

The Sports Ministry has introduced an incentivisation structure to extend monetary support to 500 private academies, through the Khelo India Scheme over the next four years starting 2020-21. In this model, private academies shall be graded into different categories based on quality and

Relations between Pakistan and the UAE appear to be on a sharp downward spiral in recent weeks, particularly after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was critical of the UAE’s formalisation of its relationship with Israel, people familiar with the matter said on condition of

Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced Tuesday that the US will withdraw thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15, 2021 -- just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, confirming plans first reported by CNN on Monday. Miller said

Donald Trump says he has fired a top election official who contradicted the US president's claims of voter fraud. President Trump said he "terminated" Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) chief Chris Krebs for his "highly inaccurate" remarks

Ever since Pakistan occupied Gilgit Baltistan, there has been a massive reduction in Shia population, falling down to more than half when compared to 1948, according to Barrister Hamid Bashani, a native from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and a Human Rights Advocate. Addressing a

Amid rising criticism of China over its human rights abuses in Tibet, the Swiss Foreign Policy Commission has recommended the country’s government to submit a detailed report to the Parliament on the implementation of human rights dialogue with Beijing and also on the situation of

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has organized a two-day conference on Sufism in the Valley to revive the cultural heritage of the region. Titled as 'Mehfil-e-Sama', the event is witnessing a number of Sufiyana music segments performed by renowned Sufi singers of the

At least 49 per cent of Pakistani people believe that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government is responsible for inflation in the country, reported Geo News. According to a new survey by Ipsos, respondents stated that price hikes have impacted all classes in Pakistan, with the bottom

Pakistan continues to be ranked as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, as more than 140 journalists have been killed in the country since 2000, according to a report by Freedom Network. This year’s report on impunity against journalists facing trial

Peru’s Congress has chosen legislator Francisco Sagasti as the Andean country’s caretaker president, in an attempt to defuse a sharp political crisis after angry protests and the departure of two presidents in the past week. People waved the nation’s red-and-white

Joe Biden has warned "people may die" if his incoming presidential administration continues to be impeded by Donald Trump. Speaking in Delaware, the president-elect said co-ordination was needed to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. He called President Trump's refusal to

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to take a historic step and Select a woman to head the Pentagon for the first time, shattering one of the few remaining barriers to women in the department and the presidential Cabinet. Michele Flournoy, a politically moderate Pentagon veteran, is

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a treasure trove of some 100 intact sarcophagi dating back more than 2,500 years, the government said on Saturday. Officials said the discovery of the sealed wooden coffins in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo was the largest such find this

Ten people died on Saturday in a fire at a Romanian hospital treating coronavirus patients, the country's agency for emergency situations (ISU) said. The blaze broke out in the intensive care unit of the Piatra Neamt county hospital and spread to an adjoining room. It was unclear

A judge on Saturday rejected the White House’s limitations on a program protecting 700,000 so-called “Dreamers,” undocumented migrants brought to the United States as children. The federal judge in New York ruled that President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland

New Delhi: A protest rally and human chain was organised in Dhaka on Thursday by Islamic scholars and Ulemas under the banner of ‘Uyghur Muslim Rights Council’(Uyghur Musalmaner Odhikar Parishad) to demand political and religious rights for the Uyghurs. The Uyghurs are

Highlighting the atrocities caused by Pakistan on the people of the region, activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Wednesday urged US President-elect Biden  to “heal” the “wounded people and divide people” of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan (GB). “Mr President-elect,