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Kashmir group seeks UN probe into torture by India troops

International rights groups accuse Indian troops of using systematic abuse and unjustified arrests to intimidate residents opposing India's rule in disputed Kashmir. New Delhi denies its forces strategically use abuses to control the population.

Can a century-old beverage thaw frosty India-Pakistan ties?

An iconic drink of the subcontinent is missing from Indian stores, leaving tens of thousands of its fans craving for it. In the need of the hour, Pakistan offers help.

Indian polls: Modi's rhetoric on national security obscures local issues

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking to boost the popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party by harping on national security issues and decades-old disputes with nuclear rival Pakistan. Will it help the party earn electoral dividends?

Major disaster averted as weakened Fani hits Bangladesh

The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least twelve people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where four more people died although more than a million had been evacuated.

What next for Iran oil trade as US sanctions kick in?

A six-month US waiver on Iran's sanctions, which allowed Turkey and other nations to continue buying oil from Iran, expires on May 2.

Iranian oil dilemma for Turkey and India as US ends waiver

Impact of the end of US waivers for imports of Iranian oil was part of discussions between senior Turkish presidential advisor Ibrahim Kalin and India's national security advisor Ajit Doval last week in New Delhi, Anadolu Agency reports.

Cyclone Fani expected to intensify into 'extremely severe' storm

Fani is heading north-northwest in the Bay of Bengal towards India's Odisha state. The storm is generating maximum sustained winds of 157 kph, according to the US Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

How Kashmiri families identify the mutilated bodies of fallen rebels

In one case a father visits three graveyards to offer prayers for his son. In another, a broken tooth became the only way to identify a slain rebel.

I want to give India a new prime minister – Akhilesh Yadav

The former chief minister of the country's most populous Uttar Pradesh state tells TRT World that the ruling BJP ‘has created a wall of hatred,’ which like-minded alliances must demolish.

Boycott and curbs subdue India's election in disputed Kashmir

At least 86 percent of eligible voters in the Kashmir valley abstained from voting, although in the southern Jammu belt, where Muslims and a sizeable Hindu population doesn't shy away from casting votes, a 70 percent turnout was recorded.

The rebirth of Hamid Karzai: Kingmaker to president to father figure

Afghan politics has always been a complicated and ruthless affair, yet Karzai has withstood the turbulence like no leader before him.

Marginalised Indian Muslims rally around 'secular' parties

Battered by decades of communal violence and now the rise of right-wing Hindu supremacy, the 2019 general election offers some hope to India's largest religious minority.