Geneva: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights described a hardening of the government's response to protests that have resulted in more than 300 deaths in the last two months when she declared the situation in Iran "critical." Spokesperson...

Kathmandu: The governing Nepali Congress led by PM Sher Bahadur Deuba on Sunday maintained its lead as the single largest party by winning 53 seats in the parliamentary polls held to end the prolonged political instability that has plagued the...

A group of students, who demanded that they be allowed to wear a ‘namabali’ (saffron scarf) in class, apparently to retaliate the permission another group received to wear hijab in school, came to blows with each other last week, prompting the...

Hectic negotiations are ongoing between the United Kingdom and India for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which could be signed by the middle of 2023. A framework to strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries, the FTA comprises 26...

Hikvision, a leading Chinese surveillance company, has denied suggestions that it poses a threat to Britain’s national security after the UK government banned the use of its camera systems at “sensitive” sites.