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Pragmatism and self-interest influence the Indian attitude while the US sees the Bangladesh elections through the lens of democracy and human rights

The High Court of Karnataka has dismissed a petition which had challenged the auctioning of players in the Indian Premier League or IPL.

Premier League: The arrival of Saudi money at Newcastle United in northeast England has been met with warnings from experts and human rights groups.

A Saudi-led consortium completed its takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United on Thursday despite warnings from Amnesty International that the deal represented "sportswashing" of the Gulf kingdom's human rights record.

The US State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen "since the 1930s."

Baloch nationalists along with the Indian-American community members staged a protest outside Pakistan's consulate shouting slogans against Pakistan for human rights violations, abduction and killings of civilians and rape of women in Balochistan.

Myanmar's government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), should amend and abolish laws that threaten freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

After hundreds of police raids on homes, mosques, restaurants and hotels in the less than five weeks since the November 13 assaults in Paris, some Muslims in France are taking the government to court for committing what they call illegal acts in the name of preventing another terrorist attack.

In a few months, Sweden's minority government has managed to antagonise both Israel and the Arab world, while also angering business leaders at home as Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom steadfastly pursues human rights and feminism.

Saudi Arabia has blocked a plan for Sweden's Foreign Minister to address the League of Arab States in Cairo today in a protest over criticism of its human rights record, a Swedish foreign ministry spokesman said.

Bangladesh's opposition began enforcing a 48-hour general strike on Saturday on the eve of elections as its leader remained confined to her home.

Ranatunga says playing in other (Indian) states while skipping Tamil Nadu is an endorsement of human rights allegations against Sri Lanka.

The fragile state of the world economy, along with the relentless turmoil in Syria and the rocky fallout from the Arab Spring, dominated discussions during this year's annual gathering of the global elite at Davos, leaving many participants uneasy about what lies ahead as they left for home Sunday.

United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. Annan told the UN Security Council yesterday that the priority in Syria was "to stop the killing," and expressed concern that ...

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights violations by his regime.

Pragmatism and self-interest influence the Indian attitude while the US sees the Bangladesh elections through the lens of democracy and human rights

The High Court of Karnataka has dismissed a petition which had challenged the auctioning of players in the Indian Premier League or IPL.

Premier League: The arrival of Saudi money at Newcastle United in northeast England has been met with warnings from experts and human rights groups.

A Saudi-led consortium completed its takeover of Premier League club Newcastle United on Thursday despite warnings from Amnesty International that the deal represented "sportswashing" of the Gulf kingdom's human rights record.

The US State Department on Wednesday slammed human rights violations in China, saying the sort of abuses it had inflicted on its Muslim minorities had not been seen "since the 1930s."

Baloch nationalists along with the Indian-American community members staged a protest outside Pakistan's consulate shouting slogans against Pakistan for human rights violations, abduction and killings of civilians and rape of women in Balochistan.

Myanmar's government, led by Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD), should amend and abolish laws that threaten freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

After hundreds of police raids on homes, mosques, restaurants and hotels in the less than five weeks since the November 13 assaults in Paris, some Muslims in France are taking the government to court for committing what they call illegal acts in the name of preventing another terrorist attack.

In a few months, Sweden's minority government has managed to antagonise both Israel and the Arab world, while also angering business leaders at home as Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom steadfastly pursues human rights and feminism.

Saudi Arabia has blocked a plan for Sweden's Foreign Minister to address the League of Arab States in Cairo today in a protest over criticism of its human rights record, a Swedish foreign ministry spokesman said.

Bangladesh's opposition began enforcing a 48-hour general strike on Saturday on the eve of elections as its leader remained confined to her home.

Ranatunga says playing in other (Indian) states while skipping Tamil Nadu is an endorsement of human rights allegations against Sri Lanka.

The fragile state of the world economy, along with the relentless turmoil in Syria and the rocky fallout from the Arab Spring, dominated discussions during this year's annual gathering of the global elite at Davos, leaving many participants uneasy about what lies ahead as they left for home Sunday.

United Nations-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan could be the last chance to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. Annan told the UN Security Council yesterday that the priority in Syria was "to stop the killing," and expressed concern that ...

The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Thursday for a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Syrian President Bashar Assad to step down and strongly condemning human rights violations by his regime.