U.S., India regularly consult at highest levels on democracy, human rights issues: State Department official

The United States (U.S.) and India regularly consult at the highest levels on democracy and human ri...

In Beijing, Blinken and Xi stress need for continued U.S.-China dialogue to avoid "any miscommunications"

Beijing — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and se...

J.K. Rowling criticises colleagues for publicly denouncing her transgender rights views while privately seeking friendship

In a recent revelation, J.K. Rowling, the renowned author of the beloved Harry Potter series, has la...

Pride Month 2024: A glimpse into the Out & Loud Pune International Queer Film Festival 

“Love is not a sin.” These are words that Sitara, Swara Bhasker’s character in Sheer Qorma, wanted t...

The Taliban banned Afghan girls from school 1,000 days ago, but some brave young women refuse to accept it.

June 8 marks 1,000 days since the Taliban banned girls over the age of 12 from all schools in Afghan...

Supporters say China's Sophia Huang Xueqin, #MeToo journalist and activist, sentenced to jail for "subversion"

Prominent #MeToo journalist and activist Sophia Huang Xueqin, 36, was convicted by a court in China ...

LGBTQIA+ soldiers in Ukraine rally for partnership rights

Several hundred LGBTQ Ukrainian servicemen and their supporters marched in central Kyiv Sunday to de...

Thailand passes marriage equality bill, a first in Southeast Asia

Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on June 18 , paving the way fo...

UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with Taliban in Qatar

The United Nations' (UN) top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in...

Iran presses on with crackdown over headscarf ahead of Presidential polls

Almost every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections...

Women's rights will be raised at UN meeting being attended by Taliban: UN official

The United Nations (UN) political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan's Talib...

Burkina Faso bans "homosexuality and associated practices" as Africa's coup belt lurches away from the West

Johannesburg — The military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso less than two years ago announce...

Italian police free 33 Indian farm workers from ‘slavery’

Italian police said on July 13 they had freed 33 Indian farm labourers from slave-like working condi...

Sexual violence rife in war-torn Sudan capital: Human Rights Watch

Sudan's warring parties have committed widespread sexual violence against women and girls aged betwe...

Iran executes 29 convicts a day after protester's hanging: Human Rights group

Iran on Wednesday (August 7, 2024) hanged at least 29 convicts in a single day, including 26 in a gr...

Nearly 650 people killed in recent spate of violence in Bangladesh: UN report

Nearly 650 people have been killed in the recent unrest in Bangladesh between July 16, 2024, and Aug...