Responding to a question sent by The Hindu in this regard, Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the High Commissioner, stated via email: “This [the U.N. report] does not preclude such a finding [that genocide was committed] being made as a result of further crimina ....

A statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs said that India is “concerned that the situation in several parts of the country bordering India continues to be violent.” “We urge that issues on which there are differences should be resolved ....

Both attacks were carried out by bombers on foot, wearing explosives-laden vests, two police officers said. One bomber struck in Baghdad’s Bab al-Sharji area, killing nine civilians and three police officers there. Forty-five people were wounded in that explosion. ....

Not just the candidates, the country’s Union Election Commissioner (UEC), who has come under criticism for the lack of transparency in the preparation of electoral rolls, has decided to put voter lists online, offering mobile apps so that all election workers at r ....

The attack triggered an hours-long firefight at the base and the Pakistani forces said they killed 13 of the attackers, though it was unclear how many were involved in the assault. Apart from 16 slain inside the mosque, three guards employed with the air force and an ar ....

What is Boko Haram? Boko Haram (which means Western education is forbidden in the Hausa language) is an armed group that opposes secular authority. Founded in 2002, it has been fighting the Nigerian state since 2009. How big is their force? With an estimated 15 ....

The court quashed Ms. Zia’s petition to scrap the case filed in 2008 by the country’s official anti-corruption watchdog. The charges accuse Ms. Zia and 15 others of causing millions of dollars of losses to the state exchequer by awarding the contract of B ....

But there are also signs that the Himalayan nation’s new political framework could set the stage for prolonged conflict as some ethnic groups are protesting the charter. Lawmakers passed the Constitution overnight that sets Nepal up as a secular federation of s ....

The ninth-grader from Irving in Texas had hoped to impress his teachers when he brought his homemade clock to show his engineering teacher. Hours later, he was handcuffed and arrested by school resource officers as part of “standard procedure”. The incide ....

Up to 10 gunmen attacked a guard post and entered the Badaber air base in outskirts of the city, military spokesman Major General Asim Bajwa said on Twitter. Bajwa said terrorists attacked the guard room at the camp early in the morning. “Terrorists attk gua ....