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US bill seeks fast asylum process for Uyghurs facing persecution in China

The proposed Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act seeks to offer additional support to the 12 million Uyghurs living in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China

FILE PHOTO: Suspected Uyghurs are transported back to a detention facility in the town of Songkhla in southern Thailand after visiting women and children at a separate shelter March 26, 2014.(REUTERS)

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Updated on Mar 27, 2025 04:07 PM IST

ANI |

What is the International Criminal Court? How Trump's sanctions affect it?

The order Trump signed Thursday accuses the ICC of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”

Trials and investigations at the only permanent international tribunal for war crimes and genocide in the world may be in jeopardy as a result of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order placing sanctions on the International Criminal Court.(AFP)

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Published on Feb 07, 2025 11:09 PM IST

AP |

Sheikh Hasina accuses Yunus of genocide in first public address

Sheikh Hasina, who spoke in Bengali for almost an hour, claimed there were plans to assassinate her and her sister Sheikh Rehana

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who took shelter in India after being forced out of office, made the remarks in a virtual address to supporters of her Awami League party. (AP FILE)

india news

Updated on Dec 05, 2024 07:53 AM IST

ByRezaul H Laskar

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court to pass verdict in case against Sajjan Kumar today

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja had reserved the judgment in the case related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984, after hearing submissions of advocate Anil Sharma on behalf of Sajjan Kumar and additional public prosecutor Manish Rawat.

cities

Updated on Nov 29, 2024 05:26 AM IST

ByAgencies, New Delhi

Namibia travel: 5 surprising insights into Southern Africa’s desert jewel

Namibia travel: 5 things you didn’t know about this unique uranium-rich desert nation

Five things to know about Namibia(Photo by Pixabay)

lifestyle

Published on Nov 27, 2024 07:09 PM IST

AFP | | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz

Australian Senator faces flak for showing ‘utter disrespect’ to King Charles

King Charles arrived at the Australian Parliament to deliver a speech, but was berated by a senator, who told him, “You are not my King, you are not sovereign.”

King Charles gave a historic address at Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, where he was pictured along with Queen Camilla.(X)

world news

Published on Oct 21, 2024 04:03 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Bangladesh ready to resolve ‘1971 issues with Pakistan': Minister

Bangladesh aims to resolve 1971 war issues with Pakistan to enhance relations and promote democracy in South Asia, says interim IT minister Nahid Islam.

Nahid Islam, a student protester who was sworn in as a minister in Bangladesh's interim government. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)

india news

Updated on Sep 05, 2024 06:46 AM IST

ByAriful Islam Mithu

Bangladesh sees new case against Hasina, 26 top journalists on charge of genocide

A Bangladeshi lawyer has filed a case at the International Crimes Tribunal against 52 people, including ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and 26 journalists, for alleged crimes against humanity and genocide.

Protesters celebrate beside a defaced portrait of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after news of her resignation, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5. (AP)

world news

Updated on Aug 30, 2024 10:47 AM IST

ByAriful Islam Mithu

Adidas apologises for their Bella Hadid campaign, promises 'revision': But why?

#BoycottAdidas is trending strong, courtesy of their latest campaign led by Bella Hadid. Politics, genocide and the Olympics are at the centre of this fiasco

htcity

Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:03 PM IST

ByAalokitaa Basu

Rwanda's Paul Kagame: visionary hero or autocrat?

world news

Published on Jul 15, 2024 09:46 AM IST

AFP |

Thousands mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide which is denied by Serbs, fueling ethnic tensions in Bosnia

world news

Published on Jul 12, 2024 07:53 AM IST

AP |

India must engage closely with global legal systems

As a nation that seeks to shape international affairs, India should engage closely with specific international law developments based on its national interests.

Gavel for judge, law and order (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

opinion

Updated on Jun 19, 2024 02:20 AM IST

ByPrabhash Ranjan

Spain applies to join South Africa's case at ICJ accusing Israel of genocide

Spain said it wants to support the International Court of Justice to implement its order asking Israel to stop its military operation in Rafah city

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares(@jmalbares (X))

world news

Published on Jun 06, 2024 05:57 PM IST

AP |

‘War Criminal’: Protesters assail Blinken with ‘Secretary of Genocide’ remarks

US Secretary of the State Antony Blinken faces the wrath of both the left and right during and after the Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 21.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo(REUTERS)

world news

Published on May 27, 2024 05:08 PM IST

ByAshima Grover

Comedian Dave Chappelle calls Israel-Hamas war a 'genocide,' urges Americans to fight antisemitism

world news

Published on May 24, 2024 01:16 AM IST

AP |

‘Do not believe genocide occurring in Gaza but…’:US amid Israel-Hamas war

Amid ceasefire talks, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan insisted that the responsibility for peace lay with Hamas.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. (AP Photo)

world news

Published on May 14, 2024 03:23 AM IST

AFP |

Islamic Cooperation denounces Gaza 'genocide', urges sanctions against Israel

world news

Published on May 06, 2024 12:49 AM IST

AFP |

Ilhan Omar accused of ‘blood libel’ for calling Jewish students pro-genocide

Anti-Defamation League chief has accused Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of spreading a "blood libel" for calling Jewish students “pro-genocide.”

world news

Updated on Apr 28, 2024 11:00 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

US has no evidence of unfolding genocide in Gaza: Pentagon

Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies.

Palestinians who had taken refuge in Rafah in the Gaza Strip leave the city to return to Khan Yunis (AFP)

world news

Published on Apr 09, 2024 11:48 PM IST

Reuters |

Kwibuka 30: Qutub Minar illuminates in remembrance of Rwanda Genocide of 1994

On Sunday, Rwanda commemorates 30 years since the 1994 Genocide (Kwibuka 30), one of the 20th century's deadliest, orchestrated by armed Hutu extremists.

On Sunday, Qutub Minar was illuminated with the colours of the Rwandan national flag.

cities

Published on Apr 08, 2024 08:14 AM IST

ANI |

Macron believes France, allies 'could have stopped' 1994 Rwanda genocide

Macron will say that "France, which could have stopped the genocide with its Western and African allies, did not have the will" to do so, the official added.

France's President Emmanuel Macron. (AFP)

world news

Published on Apr 04, 2024 08:22 PM IST

AFP |

UK judges, intelligence experts call for halt to Israeli arms sales

The Foreign Office said on Thursday it kept advice on Israel's adherence to the law under review but that the content of government advice was confidential.

Israeli soldiers stand near military vehicles, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. (Reuters)

world news

Published on Apr 04, 2024 06:52 PM IST

Reuters |

Who is Tim Walberg? GOP congressman faces ire over calls to bomb Gaza like…

In a shocking remark, Republican Rep. Tim Walberg asserted that the United States should drop bombs on Gaza “like Nagasaki & Hiroshima” to “get it over quick.”

Speaking with constituents on March 25, Walberg of Michigan appeared to suggest that the US must deploy nuclear weapons in the Gaza strip rather than sending humanitarian aid.(AFP)

world news

Updated on Mar 31, 2024 11:59 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

UN expert accuses Israel of several acts of 'genocide' in Gaza

world news

Published on Mar 26, 2024 12:09 AM IST

AFP |

Pro-Palestinian activist slashes historic University of Cambridge painting

Anti-Israel protestor spray-painted a historic 1914 painting of Lord Balfour inside Trinity College, and now netizens want her jailed.

March 8: Anti-Israel protestor vandalises Lord Balfour's Cambridge painting to symbolise the bloodshed of the Palestinian people.(X / @Pal_action)

world news

Published on Mar 09, 2024 04:10 PM IST

ByAshima Grover

Nicaragua accuses Germany of helping 'genocide' in Gaza in ICJ case

world news

Published on Mar 02, 2024 01:33 AM IST

AFP |

Has West lost its appetite for a rules-based order?

. The scales are tilting against the West as the inaction of the ICC calls into question the applicability of the international rules-based order.

The judges including President Joan Donoghue (C) attend a session of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a case of Ukraine against Russia, in The Hague on February 2, 2024. The United Nations' top court will decide on February 2, 2024, whether it has jurisdiction to rule in a case brought by Ukraine over Russia's brutal 2022 invasion, with Kyiv urging reparations. Two days into the invasion, Ukraine filed a suit at the ICJ,

opinion

Published on Feb 17, 2024 09:50 PM IST

ByRavi Nair

Moral ground is lost, but Israel will stick to an old script

The ICJ interim ruling has provided a legal basis to judge Tel Aviv’s actions in Gaza

A shock wave is visible as an Israeli army self-propelled artillery fires a round from southern Israel toward the Gaza Strip (AFP)

opinion

Updated on Feb 02, 2024 11:13 PM IST

ByTS Tirumurti

Gaza death toll crosses 27,000 as Israel-Hamas war drags on

South Africa’s foreign minister has accused Israel of ignoring last week's ruling by the United Nations’ top court

world news

Published on Feb 02, 2024 12:31 AM IST

AP |

World Court asks Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza

The United Nations' top international court also ordered Israel to punish incitement of genocide in Gaza.

Pro-Israel activists gather near the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday.(AP)

world news

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 06:44 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

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The proposed Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act seeks to offer additional support to the 12 million Uyghurs living in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China

The order Trump signed Thursday accuses the ICC of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.”

Sheikh Hasina, who spoke in Bengali for almost an hour, claimed there were plans to assassinate her and her sister Sheikh Rehana

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja had reserved the judgment in the case related to the killings of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984, after hearing submissions of advocate Anil Sharma on behalf of Sajjan Kumar and additional public prosecutor Manish Rawat.

Namibia travel: 5 things you didn’t know about this unique uranium-rich desert nation

King Charles arrived at the Australian Parliament to deliver a speech, but was berated by a senator, who told him, “You are not my King, you are not sovereign.”

Bangladesh aims to resolve 1971 war issues with Pakistan to enhance relations and promote democracy in South Asia, says interim IT minister Nahid Islam.

A Bangladeshi lawyer has filed a case at the International Crimes Tribunal against 52 people, including ex-PM Sheikh Hasina and 26 journalists, for alleged crimes against humanity and genocide.

#BoycottAdidas is trending strong, courtesy of their latest campaign led by Bella Hadid. Politics, genocide and the Olympics are at the centre of this fiasco

Rwanda's Paul Kagame: visionary hero or autocrat?

Thousands mark 1995 Srebrenica genocide which is denied by Serbs, fueling ethnic tensions in Bosnia

As a nation that seeks to shape international affairs, India should engage closely with specific international law developments based on its national interests.

Spain said it wants to support the International Court of Justice to implement its order asking Israel to stop its military operation in Rafah city

US Secretary of the State Antony Blinken faces the wrath of both the left and right during and after the Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on May 21.

Comedian Dave Chappelle calls Israel-Hamas war a 'genocide,' urges Americans to fight antisemitism

Amid ceasefire talks, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan insisted that the responsibility for peace lay with Hamas.

Islamic Cooperation denounces Gaza 'genocide', urges sanctions against Israel

Anti-Defamation League chief has accused Democratic US Representative Ilhan Omar of spreading a "blood libel" for calling Jewish students “pro-genocide.”

Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli tallies.

On Sunday, Rwanda commemorates 30 years since the 1994 Genocide (Kwibuka 30), one of the 20th century's deadliest, orchestrated by armed Hutu extremists.

Macron will say that "France, which could have stopped the genocide with its Western and African allies, did not have the will" to do so, the official added.

The Foreign Office said on Thursday it kept advice on Israel's adherence to the law under review but that the content of government advice was confidential.

In a shocking remark, Republican Rep. Tim Walberg asserted that the United States should drop bombs on Gaza “like Nagasaki & Hiroshima” to “get it over quick.”

UN expert accuses Israel of several acts of 'genocide' in Gaza

Anti-Israel protestor spray-painted a historic 1914 painting of Lord Balfour inside Trinity College, and now netizens want her jailed.

Nicaragua accuses Germany of helping 'genocide' in Gaza in ICJ case

. The scales are tilting against the West as the inaction of the ICC calls into question the applicability of the international rules-based order.

The ICJ interim ruling has provided a legal basis to judge Tel Aviv’s actions in Gaza

South Africa’s foreign minister has accused Israel of ignoring last week's ruling by the United Nations’ top court

The United Nations' top international court also ordered Israel to punish incitement of genocide in Gaza.

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