“As a counterterrorism measure, Islamophobia is the last thing you would want,” he said. The organisation unveiled its annual report reviewing human rights practices around the world in Istanbul. Turkey is home to 2.2 million Syrian refugees and the main ....

The country’s 2015 corruption perception score remains the same as last year’s – 38/100 – showing lack of improvement. India shares its rank along with six other countries: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Thailand, Tunisia and Zambia. China fared worse tha ....

The prosecution had filed an application in the Islamabad High Court seeking voice samples of the suspects to compare it with the communication intercepted by Indian intelligence and then present it before the anti-terrorism court (ATC) as evidence against the seven sus ....

Sri Lanka, known for its impressive track record in human development, however, fares poorly in women’s representation in Parliament. Pointing out that there are only 10 women Members of Parliament out of a total 225 MPs, a report by the Commonwealth on the 2015 ge ....

Two days later, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton received a far less raucous greeting in the same northeastern Iowa college town. A largely elderly crowd of 450 listened quietly, clapping politely at her applause lines. It’s all beginning to resemble a bad flashback ....

Wrapping up an eight-day, around-the-world diplomatic mission in Beijing, Mr. Kerry hailed U.S.-China cooperation on several issues, including the Iran nuclear deal and climate change, but said consensus on North Korea and the South China Sea remained a work in progress ....

Mr Akbaruddin takes charge at the U.N at a time when India is pushing hard for a permanent seat for itself in the Security Council. India is also pushing the world body for an international convention on terrorism. Mr. Akbaruddin, a 1985-batch Indian Foreign Service ....

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Tuesday abruptly withdrew from a debate with party rivals this week out of anger at host Fox News, leaving the last encounter before Iowa's first-in-the-nation nominating contest without the front-runner. Mr. Trump ....

Denmark remained at the top of Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, a closely watched global barometer, for the second consecutive year as the country perceived as least corrupt. It scored 91 points out of a possible 100 while North Korea and ....

The attacks have become one of Mr. Sanders’ biggest applause lines in Iowa, where the median household earns about $52,229 a year. And Republican strategists are testing how to turn Ms. Clinton’s speaking fees against her in an election defined by rising ....