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A person falsely accusing anyone of being involved in blasphemous expression or action must get the same punishment as set forth for the convicted, a Senate Special Committee on Human Rights recommended Tuesday. The Upper House...

Sticking to his guns on the Administration’s approach to U.S. international trade, President Donald Trump Monday said he would not step back from his decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. “No, we’re not backing...

A UN Photo by John Isaac shows tiger cubs in Mysore, India Big cats are vanishing from Asia at an alarming pace. Soon the exotic animals – may just be found in zoos only or on...

Pakistan’s Parliament took a significant step toward inclusive democracy on Saturday, when the upper chamber elected its first woman senator from the Hindu community of the Muslim majority nation. Krishna Kumari, who hails from southern Pakistan’s...

A file photo shows a child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi As the Syrian forces continue to rain death and destruction...

Kashmir region 2004 Photo: CIA/Wikimedia Commons Amid exchange of fire across Kashmir’s Line of Control, uprising against Indian repression of the Kashmiris and the latest attacks on an Indian military base in the disputed region, Indian...

Photo: A team of volunteers from diverse communities come together at Gaithersburg’s acclaimed organization MCMF  Maryland boasts of four of the nation’s top ten most culturally diverse places, more than any other state including richly colorful...

With Pakistan-India tensions soaring over Kashmir, Islamabad has urged the United Nations to expand its military observer group to enhancing monitoring of the situation in the disputed territory. The UN Military Observer Mission in India and...

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Pakistani human rights champion, who passed away in Lahore on Sunday, calling her a “human rights giant” In addition to her lifelong struggles for rights of...

Photo: Asma_Jahangir_Four_Freedoms_Awards/Wikimedia Commons Views and News Editorial She stood like a rock against two military regimes, entrenched societal injustices and the militant mindset – and on all these fronts she achieved remarkable success as a champion...