San Francisco, June 22 (IANS) The American Civil Liberties Foundation has filed a class action lawsuit against the federal government in a court here for “barring” permanent residents from serving in the US military. The…
London, June 22 (IANS) The European Union (EU) on Friday launched tariffs on some $3.2 billion worth of American goods, in retaliation for tariffs US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed on imported steel and aluminium…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) The Pentagon has been asked to supply up to 20,000 beds at old military bases for migrant children held after illegally entering the US, a media report said. Beds will be…
Seoul, June 22 (IANS) North and South Korea on Friday launched Red Cross talks to discuss humanitarian issues, including reunion of families separated across their borders, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said. After holding their first summit…
Brasilia, June 22 (IANS) The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) has voted to allow the press to create political satire about candidates in the October general elections, as well as to express itself in favour or…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) The Pentagon has been asked to supply up to 20,000 beds at old military bases for migrant children held after illegally entering the US. Beds will be for migrant children who…
Austin (Texas), June 22 (IANS) A bipartisan group of 16 US mayors protested on the Mexican border in front of the Port of Entry in Tornillo in the US state Texas against the government’s immigration…
Washington, June 22 (IANS) US First Lady Melania Trump has been criticised for the choice of her coat worn on a trip to a migrant child detention centre in Texas. Melania Trump was spotted in…
Rome, June 22 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s hard-right, anti-migrant Interior Minister Matteo Savini on Thursday deplored attempts by German charity Lifeline to rescue 300-400 migrants in the Mediterranean, an operation allegedly taking place in Libyan waters. He…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) A Dalit women’s collective, leading their side event for the first time at a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva on Thursday, voiced their concern…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Investigating the recent spate of hunger deaths in Jharkhand, a Right to Food Campaign report has blamed faulty Public Distribution System and “alarming level of food insecurity” in the state…
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) The truck drivers – forming the base of the logistics sector of the country – must be empowered and given dignity, panelists said at a conclave here on Thursday. “We should…
Washington, June 21 (IANS) Unaccompanied immigrant children held at a detention centre in the US state of Texas were forcibly given a variety of psychotropic drugs, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit that was made…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea seeking restoration of the rivers flowing through reserve forests in Uttar Pradesh with their beds overloaded with sand, bajri (gravel),…
Hyderabad, June 21 (IANS) Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Thursday said there is a need for smart policing and to expand the fingerprint database of prisoners as criminals are increasingly…
Lucknow, June 21 (IANS) A Hindu woman married to a Muslim got her passport on Thursday, following External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s intervention, barely 24 hours after a passport officer rejected her application on the…
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Thursday announced it would continue hearing a case and decide it even if an appelant dies in the course of the hearing. “Instances have…
Agartala, June 21 (IANS) The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), the junior ally of ruling BJP, will hold demonstrations across the state in August to spearhead its demand for a separate state, a party…
United Nations, June 21 (IANS) The seat in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) vacated by the US will be filled by a member from the same regional group. A spokesman for Miroslav Lajcak, President…
Mexico City, June 21 (IANS) Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray has requested the US to immediately reunite a girl with Down’s syndrome and her brother with their family. Mexico on Wednesday demanded that the Donald…