Politics

UN probe exposes shocking NKorea rights abuses

A UN-mandated investigator spotlighted "unspeakable atrocities" inflicted on political camp prisoners in North Korea, citing testimony from survivors who saw babies drowned or had to survive by eating lizards. Duration: 01:12

Sep 18, 2013

KV Thomas on food inflation

Kochi, Sep 18 (ANI): Even as food inflation continues to upset the household budget, Union food minister KV Thomas on Wednesday said that the situation is going to improve in coming days but the country has come a long way.

Sep 18, 2013

Life for women in Gilgit Baltistan has becomes a living hell with the rise of radicalism

Gilgit Baltistan, Sep 18: While the world is getting more and more aware and aggressive about women rights, the situation of women is getting from bad to worse. Fundamentalism and radicalism is on the rise which has eclipsed the liberal outlook,

Sep 18, 2013

Bangladeshis hail death penalty for 1971 liberation war criminal

Dhaka, Sep 18 (ANI): Activists opposing orthodox and fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami held a rally at Dhaka to welcome the Bangladesh Supreme Court's verdict sentencing Abdul Quader Mollah, one of the Jamaat's top leaders to the gallows

Sep 18, 2013

Rape victim commits suicide in Jharkhand

Koderma, Sep 18 (ANI): A girl in Jharkhand succumbed after consuming toxic pesticide when she was unable to bear the trauma of being raped. The tragic news came to light in Koderma district of Jharkhand.

Sep 18, 2013

Beluga whale paints pictures in Japan aquarium

A beluga whale paints pictures with a special paintbrush in its mouth at an aquarium in Japan, where the attraction will be opened to visitors at the end of the month. Duration: 00:52

Sep 18, 2013

Japan sports teacher beats boy in YouTube video

A YouTube video showing a volleyball coach repeatedly slapping a schoolboy -- just days after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics -- shocks Japan and is the latest example of brutality to tarnish the country's sport. Duration: 00:28

Sep 18, 2013

Hong Kong couple jailed for abuse of Indonesian maid

A Hong Kong couple is jailed for a shocking string of attacks on their Indonesian domestic helper, including burning her with an iron and beating her with a bike chain. Duration: 01:46

Sep 18, 2013

Looting, misery in flood-hit Mexican resort

Thousands of looters take to the streets in the flood-hit Mexican resort city of Acapulco as exhausted holidaymakers vie to be airlifted out. Twin storms have killed at least 57 people nationwide. Duration: 01:13

Sep 18, 2013

Greenpeace activists scale oil rig in Russian Arctic

Russian coast guards on Wednesday arrested two Greenpeace activists who scaled an oil platform owned by state energy giant Gazprom in the Arctic to protest oil drilling in defiance of warning shots, the environmental group and officials said. Duration: 00:48

Sep 18, 2013

US, Philippines launch war games near South China Sea

The Philippines and the United States launch war games at a naval base facing turbulent waters claimed by China, as the allies seek to highlight their expanding military alliance. Duration: 01:39

Sep 18, 2013

Greece crippled by fresh anti-austerity strikes

Thousands of civil servants demonstrated in Greece on Wednesday in the week's second major protest against planned job cuts, as social tensions rose over a leftist musician's murder by a suspected neo-Nazi. Duration:01:07

Sep 18, 2013

Villagers take up arms against C.Africa ex-rebels

Villagers in the Central African Republic form self-defense militias following what they say were violent abuses by Seleka ex-rebels, with one child saying he will fight to avenge his dead family. Duration: 01:21

Sep 18, 2013

India's 'mini Taj' unveiled after five-year refit

One of New Delhi's most famous monuments, a mausoleum that inspired the Taj Mahal, was officially unveiled Wednesday after a five-year refit that has seen it restored to its original form. Duration: 00:38

Sep 18, 2013

Nigerian MPs brawl in parliament over splinter group visit

Lawmakers in Nigeria's Lower House exchanged blows on Tuesday over the presence in parliament of a splinter group of the ruling party. Duration: 00:39

Sep 18, 2013