An Indian owner of a billboard dedicated to Nelson Mandela was red-faced on Thursday after the discovery that a photo of actor Morgan Freeman was used instead of one of the anti-apartheid hero. The billboard was erected on the side of a road in the…
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India wants to ensure the furore over the arrest and strip-search of a female diplomat in New York does not do lasting harm to its “valuable relationship” with the US, its foreign minister said Thursday. “I can’t believe that either side wants to put…
The governor of Tokyo resigned Thursday after he admitted receiving $500,000 from a hospital tycoon ahead of his election in what he claimed was an interest-free, personal loan. Naoki Inose, who was elected head of one of the world’s biggest cities…
17 December 2013 – With the lives of nearly six million children disrupted by the typhoon that devastated the Philippines…
17 December 2013 – Despite volatility and uncertainty, Afghanistan continues to make progress in enhancing its stability as the drawdown…
India on Tuesday launched a series of reprisals against the US over a diplomat’s arrest in New York, including pulling identity cards for American consular officials in the country, foreign ministry sources said. “We have ordered the withdrawal of all…
16 December 2013 – Just over a month since Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, the United Nations and its partners…
13 December 2013 – Humanitarian and early recovery needs remain great in typhoon-hit Philippines, a senior United Nations official said…
12 December 2013 – The United Nations human rights chief today voiced her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex…
11 December 2013 – An independent United Nations human rights expert today welcomed the release of 44 prisoners of conscience…