Europe

Poland becomes first to pledge fighter jets to Ukraine

Poland President Andrzej Duda said that almost a dozen aircraft that Poland had inherited from the former German Democratic Republic would be handed over in the upcoming days after being serviced.

2023-03-17T10:17:26.894405+00:00 IST

World Sindhi Congress protests in front of UNHRC

The protest was held against the ongoing human rights atrocities perpetrated by Pakistan against the Sindhi people.

2023-03-16T17:12:12.317629+00:00 IST

Baloch Human Rights Council urges UN to hold Pakistan accountable

In the seminar, speakers gave detailed presentations of the human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, particularly the cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of socio-political and human rights defenders.

2023-03-16T14:46:21.162504+00:00 IST

The property case was flawed, disappointing: Altaf Hussain

Hussain while lamenting on the flawed judgment said that the Bahadurabad group, which was established under the umbrella of Pakistan's military establishment after August 22, 2016, which is called "MQMP", was named as "MQM" while a genuinely decades-old MQM, which has been struggling for 39 years, was declared as a group.

2023-03-15T17:45:25.093253+00:00 IST

UK celebrates King's birthday party for first time since 1951

Speaking to ANI, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis recalled the visit of the King to India and added that India and the United Kingdom are two old countries where he sees a huge opportunity in a much closer relationship.

2023-03-15T17:18:05.768633+00:00 IST

China "most valued country" in providing relief to Turkey

The managing director of Premise, Arthur Soames, explained that "starkest finding in data is that China is perceived as being far and away the most valued country in providing disaster relief.

2023-03-15T17:10:57.080797+00:00 IST

US drone violates boundaries of airspace regime: Russian Defence

The Russian Defence Ministry on Wednesday said that US drone MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle detected flying over the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula violated the boundaries of the area of the temporary airspace regime established during the special operation.

2023-03-15T17:06:23.274219+00:00 IST

Baloch Human Rights Council calls for UN intervention

A delegation of the Baloch Human Rights Council submitted two separate petitions addressed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk calling for the UN's intervention for the worsening human rights situation in Balochistan.

2023-03-15T16:33:55.724138+00:00 IST

UK-based reporter brings defamation case against PTI leaders

At a preliminary trial on the meaning of the defamatory words, High Court Judge, the Honourable Justice Steyn DBE, sitting at the King's Bench Division of the Royal Courts of Justice said that "an allegation that a journalist has knowingly published false or baseless reports strikes at the heart of their professionalism, and undoubtedly meets both the consensus requirement and the threshold of seriousness.

2023-03-14T17:49:29.816495+00:00 IST

UK considers China "epoch-defining challenge"

Included in an update to UK's strategic foreign and defence policy blueprint are plans for an additional 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) to be spent on defence over the next two years. The assessment reiterates the goal of increasing the UK's existing 2.2 per cent defence spending to 2.5 per cent of the country's yearly GDP.

2023-03-14T09:03:17.720591+00:00 IST

Greta Thunberg delete her 'end of the world' tweet

In the post, Thunberg cited a "leading climate scientist" who claimed that unless we cease burning fossil fuels within the next five years, "climate change will wipe out all of mankind."

2023-03-13T13:32:46.819207+00:00 IST

Putin faces pressure from wives, mothers of mobilized men

Independent Russian Telegram channel SOTA shared a video in which women said their loved ones had been "forced to join assault groups" at the beginning of March despite having just four days training since their mobilization in September.

2023-03-13T06:18:17.682868+00:00 IST

Pasteur Institute suspends ties with Chinese Academy of Sciences

The Pasteur Institute said that it ceased to be involved in the activities of the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and stopped co-leading the structure with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2023-03-12T17:19:41.889307+00:00 IST

China's economic coercion increasing in the developing world

China's growing economic footprint in many developing countries is causing a significant amount of debt repayment crisis after the financial challenges posed by the pandemic. China, which surpassed traditional multilateral institutions as the largest creditor to the developing world, has since the pandemic begun pressuring economically fragile nations in the developing world to repay their debts instead of granting relief for struggling economies, Geopolitica reported.

2023-03-12T12:00:07.045162+00:00 IST

64th anniversary of Tibetan national uprising celebrated in Rome

The commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the Tibetan national uprising was held in Rome. More than a thousand Tibetans and friends of Tibet travelled to Rome from across Europe for this event. Among those present included MP of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile Thupten Gyatso, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Tibet Bureau Geneva Thinlay Chukki, Italian Senator De Priamo Andrea and French Senator, Elsa Josephe.

2023-03-12T10:29:14.432045+00:00 IST

UK to pay France USD 576 million to combat illegal immigration

As per the Illegal Migration Bill, people who come to the UK illegally cannot claim asylum, benefit from UK's modern slavery protections, make spurious human rights claims and also cannot stay in the country.

2023-03-11T22:13:22.020784+00:00 IST

Ahmadiyya community defends human rights

One of the biggest mosques in Western Europe, Baitul Futuh is located on 2.1 hectares and can accommodate up to 10,000 worshippers, acting as a spiritual hub for the neighbourhood. In fact, the fifth Ahmadi Caliph is still alive today and resides in the UK.

2023-03-11T18:07:57.810111+00:00 IST

Over 1,000 refugees brought to safety in Italy from Mediterranean

Over 1,000 people were brought to safety at two Italian ports after the overcrowded boats they were on encountered problems in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard has said, almost two weeks after at least 74 people died in a shipwreck.

2023-03-11T15:34:03.570232+00:00 IST