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Sensational revelation of Pakistan's role behind anti-India UN Report on Kashmir

A Pakistani Islamist, based in Canada has admitted that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, was in constant touch with him while preparing the Human Rights report on Kashmir.

Jul 10, 2018

Reuters journalist Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo

Reuters journalists who reported on Rohingya massacre to face trial in Myanmar

A court in Myanmar on Monday charged two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving the landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings.

Jul 10, 2018

A sign on an insurance store advertises Obamacare in San Ysidro, San Diego, California,

Trump administration halts billions in insurance payments under Obamacare

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which administers programs under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), said the action affects $10.4 billion in risk adjustment payments.

Jul 8, 2018

Woman Scales Statue Of Liberty On Fourth Of July

Saying it aloft? Woman climbs Statue of Liberty to protest ICE family separations

A woman scaled the statue of liberty of July 4 as the whole country continues to protest Donald Trump's 'Zero Tolerance' policy.

Jul 5, 2018

Thousands come together in the United States demanding reunification of migrant families

It was a Saturday of protests as thousands of people in dozens of cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Milwaukee, Denver, Miami, St. Louis, San Francisco and Los Angeles, took to the streets in protest against the Trump administration.

Jul 1, 2018

US immigration row: Ordeal of Indian woman separated from her 5-year-old differently-abled son

Bhavan Patel, a 33-year-old Indian, is seeking asylum in the US after fleeing political persecution in Ahmedabad. She is said to have travelled to Greece and then Mexico after which she was trying to cross over to the US with her five-year-old son when she was detained by the ICE.

Jun 30, 2018

Reunite migrant families separated at borders: US federal judge to Trump admin

A federal judge in San Diego has ordered children to be reunited with their parents within 30 days. The government earlier announced it would scrap the zero-tolerance policy but had not specified what would happen to the families separated prior to the decision.

Jun 27, 2018

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India lambasts Pakistan at UN, tears into its 'empty rhetoric' on Kashmir

India's response comes after Pakistan UN Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi, during the UN General Assembly debate, claimed that people in Kashmir were victims of egregious crimes.

Jun 26, 2018

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"What's the problem if a widow gets remarried?" says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Speaking at an NGO on the occasion of International Widows Day, Naidu said they should be treated equally.

Jun 24, 2018

US Supreme Court says cops need warrant to access cellphone data

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled 5-4 that law enforcement officials need a warrant to search and seize cellphone data that would give away a person's location.

Jun 23, 2018

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Time magazine features Trump on cover page, not for Korea deal but for sobbing child

Time magazine has come up with another cover photo of Donald Trump with a sobbing child in distress. However, this time the attention grabber is not the president but the toddler portraying the family separation policy.

Jun 22, 2018

Denied a home loan by banks, transgender activist Akkai raises concern online

The 35-year-old, who is the voice of transgender rights in Karnataka, has said that her identity as a transgender is the reason she has been denied a loan by several banks.

Jun 21, 2018

One small step for them, a huge step for the LGBTQ community

Jiya Das and Debdatta Biswas made history when they became the first transgender people to work in an Indian operation theatre. The two were trained as technicians by School for Skills and Allied Health Science for free in a pilot project.

Jun 21, 2018

Trump scraps migrant family separation policy; No respite for already separated kids

The US president signed the executive order allowing immigrant families to be detained together. The decision comes after the Trump administration was widely criticised for its inhumane handling of the migrant situation.

Jun 21, 2018

US Immigration Crackdown: Isolation and no legal aid, 52 detained Indians speak of plight in Oregon federal prison

The 52 Indian men, mostly Sikhs and Christians, said that they had been separated from their families weeks ago and had not been able to meet anyone since. They also had no clue of where their wives and children were and feared that they may never see their families again and be deported.

Jun 20, 2018

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