Citizens of New Delhi take to the streets to condemn rampant Islamophobia across India amid a rise in anti-Muslim violence.

In a terse warning to countries that have rebuffed Washington’s calls to condemn Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, a senior US government on Wednesday said they will face the consequences.

Russia has warned of a direct military confrontation with the US over its support to Ukraine, even as the former Soviet republic is set to become part of the European Union.

India’s government formally repeals three controversial farm laws that sparked more than a year of protests around the country.

Hundreds of people are detained in a crackdown by Indian police across Kashmir following "a spate of killings in the Himalayan disputed region".

India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warns that the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country would devastate India and threaten the rest of the world if it is not brought under control.

India halted its cricket league on Tuesday as COVID-19 infections surged past 20 million and the opposition leader prescribed a nationwide lockdown as the only way out.

Indian farmers have blocked a highway outside New Delhi to mark the 100th day of their protests.

A recent report by Human Rights Watch says the Indian government has adopted laws and policies that are discriminatory against the country's Muslim minority population.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has censured recent protests by farmers in New Delhi as an "insult".