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China hopes UNSC meet spurs India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir

UN Security Council members hold rare "closed consultations," called by Beijing, on disputed Kashmir where New Delhi is accused of abuses against its mostly-Muslim population.

Kashmiris suffer further as ICRC stops humanitarian work

The International Committee of the Red Cross hasn’t been able to work in India-held Kashmir since it was stripped of its political autonomy on August 5, foreign aid workers are not being issued visas and Kashmiris are being left without support.

German student has no regrets about being deported from India

The 24-year-old IIT student says he still loves India despite the far-right Modi government deporting him for participating in a protest against a newly passed citizenship law, which reminds him of earlier 'fascist regime' laws.

Analysis: Saudi policies increasingly hurt Muslim causes worldwide

The custodians of Islam’s two holiest sites have conveniently distanced themselves from many issues affecting Muslims.

One woman reports a rape every 15 minutes in India

The government statistics understate the number of rapes as it is still considered a taboo to report rape in some parts of India, and because rapes that end in murder are counted purely as murders.

India takes 15 envoys to Kashmir but EU spurns 'guided tour'

EU nations, except Norway, refused to take part in a rare diplomatic visit to disputed India-administered Kashmir, where New Delhi's lockdown after annexation continues since August 5.

Were Indian police complicit in assault on JNU students?

Students blame youth wing of ruling nationalist BJP party after more than 30 were hospitalised in brutal assaults.

Protests in India after attack on university students

A Hindu nationalist group is blamed for attacking students of Jawaharlal Nehru University amid protests against PM Modi's new citizenship law.

Battery factory collapses in fire in New Delhi, injuring at least 14

A fire official said three people were rescued from the building debris in Peera Garhi area in western New Delhi.

Another India-Pakistan conflict is just a populism-driven decision away

Narendra Modi and Imran Khan may be tempted to escalate the hitherto limited warfare in disputed Kashmir, both to distract public opinion away from domestic governance failures, and to reinforce their ideological claims to power.

In pictures: India’s New Year Eve — the night of resolution or revolution?

How a large gathering of Indian protesters welcomed the new year with revolutionary defiance, rejecting the Hindu nationalist government's 'discriminatory' policies.

As protests continue in India, victims of police violence speak up

India's new citizenship law and its plan to conduct nationality tests sparked popular fury across the country, which the far-right BJP government is trying to muzzle with brute force.