Geneva, Aug 29 (IANS) A UN official confirmed that the United States has informed the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) that it would not participate in the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the country, scheduled to take place on November 6 in Geneva.
Tokyo, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a significant diplomatic tour of Japan and China starting Thursday. On August 29 and 30, PM Modi will participate in the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba. This high-level meeting is expected to focus on strategic, economic, and cultural cooperation between the two nations.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that his visits to Japan and China would further the country's national interests and priorities. PM Modi made the statement ahead of his departure for Japan, the first leg of his two-nation visit, which will also take him to China for the SCO Summit later this week.
Dhaka, Aug 28 (IANS) Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council (BHBCUC) on Thursday expressed disappointment over the absence of representation of minority communities among the newly-appointed judges in the country.
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan must move beyond diplomatic rhetoric and introduce a resolution in the country's National Assembly and Senate offering an apology for the atrocities committed in 1971 against Bangladeshis, naming those institutions responsible, a report cited on Thursday.
Quetta, Aug 28 (IANS) Asserting that Pakistan is not only a terrorist state but a hub of terrorism, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) has reiterated its appeal to world powers to intervene in the 'Baloch–Pakistan' conflict by providing moral, diplomatic, and financial support to the Baloch national liberation movement.
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) The meeting between pro-Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, leader of banned Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) group, and Harjinder Singh, an Indian-origin trucker involved in a widely-publicised tragic incident in the US, exposes the troubling influence of certain Khalistan-linked factions rather than mere solidarity within sections of the diaspora, a report cited on Thursday.
Quetta, Aug 28 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Thursday highlighted that hundreds of Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared and several killed by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan during the month of July as the cycle of persecution continues amid a surge in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.
Islamabad, Aug 28 (IANS) Pakistan’s ruling structure, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has failed to chart a clear path to address the vital challenges hindering governance and reforms, a report cited on Thursday.
Quetta, Aug 28 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Thursday accused Pakistan of carrying out indiscriminate aerial bombardment in multiple regions of Balochistan, deploying both jets and attack helicopters.
