United Nations, June 21 (IANS) — The vacant seat in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) left by the United States will be filled by a member from the same regional group, said spokesman of…
Washington, June 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has bowed to public pressure and signed an executive order promising to “keep families together” in migrant detentions. Trump reversed his own policy amid international fury over…
Rome, June 21 (IANS/AKI) The European Union is facing “an historic moment” and the bloc must respond to a new political climate and “improve” its security and immigration policies or lose Italian funding, Italy’s anti-migrant…
Rome, June 20 (IANS/AKI) Italy will not receive back from other European Union countries migrants who registered there when they first arrived, populist Premier Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday after meeting EU Council President Donald…
Milan, June 20 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s anti-migrant Interior Minister Matteo Salvini will be “a welcome guest” at a ‘multi-ethnic’ street party in the central Sempione park here this weekend, City Mayor Giuseppe Sala said on Wednesday….
Rome, June 20 (IANS/AKI) Italy’s President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday called on European Union and other countries to show unity and solidarity in their response to the refugee crisis and its causes. “The international community…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Fair trade watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of Monsanto by Bayer AG, subject to conditions designed to remove anti-competitive effects from the deal, the government…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Wedneday said there was a need to recognise both physical and mental aspects of disability and provide comprehensive care to the disabled soldiers to…
Washington, June 20 (IANS) US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled by activists here while she was eating at a Mexican restaurant as the outcry over Trump administration’s controversial policy of separating migrant children…
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) Green activist Claude Alvares, whose petition in the Supreme Court led to the shutdown of Goa’s mining industry, was on Wednesday summoned by officers of the Panaji Town Police Station in…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from Tamil Nadu government on a plea by P.P. Chellathurai challenging the Madras High Court order quashing his appointment as Vice Chancellor of…
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) A court here hearing the Tehelka rape trial on Wednesday directed the state prosecution to give former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal a sequential record of WhatsApp messages exchanged between him and…
Chennai, June 20 (IANS) Actor-turned-politician S.Ve. Shekher, accused of sharing a derogatory message against female journalists on his Facebook page, got bail here on Wednesday. A local court granted the bail. Shekher has to appear…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking to be impleaded in a public interest plea, alleging an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, probing the Aircell-Maxis case, possesses…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The ancient Indian practice of yoga, celebrated world over on June 21 as International Day of Yoga, is now capturing the imagination of doctors who are prescribing a fusion of…
Pune, June 20 (IANS) In a sudden development, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) here arrested Ravindra P. Marathe, the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra, in a case of Rs 3,000 crore fraudulent…
Beijing, June 20 (IANS) China is disappointed over the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. US Permanent Representative to the UN Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday the…
Panaji, June 20 (IANS) The Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed that the Goa Chief Secretary’s report on the alleged Rs 51 lakh Brics food scam during the 2016 international event,…
Kochi, June 20 (IANS) A Kerala policeman who alleged he was beaten by the daughter of a senior police officer on Wednesday filed a petition before the High Court to quash an FIR filed against…
Tripoli, June 20 (IANS) The number of displaced people around the world has increased to over 68 million, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said. “The number of displaced people is alarming…