India Protests: US, Israel, UK, Saudi Arabia, and UAE issue travel warning for Northeast India
New Delhi — The governments of United States of America, Israel, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates warned
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Supporters throng streets as Myanmar leader Suu Kyi returns from The Hague
Naypyitaw (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi thronged the streets of the capital Naypyitaw
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In an Indian village, a woman’s killing and alleged rape opens caste divides
Hindunagar (Reuters) – When the young woman limped towards shopkeeper Ravindra Prakash, pleading for help on a dark and foggy
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Japan PM cancels visit as clashes erupt in Delhi over citizenship law
New Delhi (Reuters) – Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and hundreds of university students on Friday over the
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United Nations calls Citizenship Amendment Bill as “fundamentally discriminatory”, calls for review
The United Nations Human Rights (UNHR) office has called India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAB) that excludes Muslims from citizenship as “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” and called for a review.
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Two dead, several wounded in Assam as protests escalate over India’s new citizenship law
Guwahati (Reuters) – Violent mobs in Assam torched buildings and clashed with police on Thursday, leaving two dead and 11
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Taliban attack on U.S. military base kills two, injures dozens
Kabul (Reuters) – Suicide bombers struck the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring
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Suu Kyi tells U.N.’s top court charge of Rohingya genocide is “misleading”
The Hague (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected accusations of genocide committed against her country’s
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Rohingya refugees reject Aung San Suu Kyi’s genocide denial
Cox’s Bazar (AP) – Rohingya refugees accused former Myanmar pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi of lying to the International
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Delhi court reserves verdict for Dec 16 in Unnao rape case against Kuldeep Sengar
New Delhi – The alleged kidnapping and rape case of a woman by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in
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