Veerappa Moily blames Modi for 2002 Gujarat `Genocide`

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 13:32

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister, Dr. Veerappa Moily said that prime ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi, had deliberately shielded the 2002 `genocide` in Gujarat.

Central African Republic risks genocide: UN expert

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 06:38

The UN chief`s special adviser on genocide prevention is warning of a "high risk of crimes against humanity and of genocide" in the Central African Republic.

Uganda parliament backs troops in South Sudan

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 00:24

Uganda`s parliament endorsed on Tuesday the government`s decision to send troops to neighbouring war-ravaged South Sudan.

Bangladesh PM Hasina says BNP chief Zia resorting to `genocide`

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 21:26

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today accused her archrival and BNP chief Khaleda Zia of resorting to "genocide" equating the 28 deaths during the recent deadly opposition-enforced strikes and blockades to mass murder.

India won`t rest till implementation of 13th amendment: P Chidambaram

Last Updated: Sunday, December 1, 2013, 01:11

India on Saturday asserted that it would not rest till the Sri Lanka implemented the 13th amendment and insisted on an "elaborate, independent and genuine probe" acceptable to the international community into the `genocide` by that government during 2009 civil war.

Modi supporter files defamation case against CAG activist

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 14:51

A controversial Indian-American supporter of Narendra Modi has filed a defamation case against an activist of the Coalition Against Genocide for allegedly publishing "false" and "malicious" information about him.

Bosnia court releases genocide convicts

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 23:10

A Bosnian court has released 10 Bosnian Serb war crimes convicts, including six jailed for genocide, because it applied the wrong criminal code during their trials.

Iraq PM warns of `war of genocide` as attacks kill 49

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 11:34

Violence has reached a level unseen since 2008, as Iraq emerged from a brutal conflict between minority Sunni Muslims and majority Shiites.

`Richard Nixon kept quiet on Hindu genocide by Pakistan Army`

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 16, 2013, 14:20

Ahead of Bangladesh`s liberation in 1971, the Pakistani Army "systematically committed genocide" of the Hindu community in the then East Pakistan.

ICC calls on US to arrest Sudan genocide suspect Bashir

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 12:17

The court has asked "the competent US authorities to arrest Omar al-Bashir and surrender him to the court, in the event he enters their territory," it said in a statement.

Syria refugee crisis ‘worse since Rwanda genocide’

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 11:00

The beleaguered refugees from Syria are fleeing the conflict-stricken country at an alarming rate, worse since Rwanda genocide of 1994, UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres said.