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.

US senator questions Nvidia's China claims

IANS | June 2, 2026 12:19 PM

Washington, June 2 (IANS) A senior US senator has questioned whether Nvidia's advanced artificial intelligence chips are continuing to reach China despite American export restrictions, citing a series of criminal cases that allegedly involved the diversion of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of the company's technology.

India dispatches second tranche of medical aid to Africa CDC to strengthen Ebola response

IANS | June 2, 2026 12:01 PM

New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) India on Tuesday dispatched the second tranche of medical assistance to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), comprising protective gear, diagnostic and monitoring equipment, medicines, and nutritional supplements aimed at strengthening the continent’s response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak.