Trusting thief with responsibility of eliminating theft: Activist on EU-Pak counter-terrorism cooperation

IANS | June 2, 2026 2:53 PM

Quetta, June 2 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch has written to Kaja Kallas, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, expressing grave concern over designating Pakistan as a partner in counter-terrorism despite longstanding allegations of Islamabad's links to proxy networks, support for militancy and extremist groups.

UN rights body denounces Taliban move legitimising child marriage

IANS | June 2, 2026 2:03 PM

Geneva, June 2 (IANS) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has strongly condemned a new Taliban decree in Afghanistan that legitimises child marriage and considers a girl's silence as consent to marriage, describing it as a "grave and systematic violation of international human rights law".

US: Federal jury convicts Andrew Left over $21 million stock fraud

IANS | June 2, 2026 12:36 PM

Washington, June 2 (IANS) A federal jury in Los Angeles has found prominent stock analyst Andrew Left, founder of Citron Research, guilty of orchestrating a years-long scheme that prosecutors said manipulated stock prices and generated at least $21 million in illicit profits by trading against the very recommendations he promoted to investors.