Afghanistan: Women protest against Taliban's decision to ban girls from going to school
Mar 26, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Kabul: A small group of women demonstrated in Kabul city on Saturday against Taliban regime's decision to ban teenage girls from going to schools.
Bangladesh celebrates Independence Day
Mar 26, 2022, at 03:48 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh is observing Independence Day on Saturday, a day which marks the nation's victory in gaining freedom from the hands of Pakistan.
Afghanistan: Multiple attackers stab 80-year-ol man to death
Mar 25, 2022, at 08:19 pm
Kabul: Multiple attackers stabbed to death a 80-year-old man in Afghanistan's 16th police district in eastern Kabul, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: NA session adjourned without tabling of no-trust motion against PM Imran Khan
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:31 pm
Islamabad: The highly-anticipated session of the National Assembly with a crucial no-confidence motion — filed by the opposition against Prime Minister Imran Khan — on the agenda was adjourned till Monday.
Bangladesh observing Genocide Day
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:27 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh observed 'Genocide Day' on Friday to commemorate the brutal Pakistani military crackdown on this day in 1971 which led to a Liberation War and the ultimate liberation of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:01 pm
Kabul: Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom, USA and several other nations condemned the Taliban’s decision not to re-open secondary schools to Afghan girls.
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Mar 25, 2022, at 04:17 pm
New York: Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human rights chief shared her “profound frustration and disappointment” that six months after the Taliban seized power, high school girls have yet to return to the classroom.
Ukraine War: Chinese Prez Xi Jinping yet to talk to Zelensky
Mar 25, 2022, at 07:01 am
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken to several state leaders, including Vladimir Putin, ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, except Volodymyr Zelensky.
Pakistan: PM Imran Khan's trouble deepens as more allies abandon PTI Govt
Mar 24, 2022, at 06:39 pm
Islamabad/IBNS/UNI: The Imran Khan-led PTI government in Pakistan finds itself in political isolation as more of its allies have switched sides with the opposition on the no-confidence motion, The Dawn reported on Thursday.
Thailand's economy in jeopardy over oil, tourism risks: Report
Mar 24, 2022, at 06:58 am
Bangkok: Thailand is staring at a rare back-to-back current-account deficit as the outlook for tourist arrivals becomes less promising with growth in Covid cases globally and energy import bills increasing amid growing oil prices, media report said.
Taliban govt removes Nawruz holiday from Afghanistan's calendar
Mar 24, 2022, at 04:14 am
Kabul: Taliban government in Afghanistan has removed Navroz or Nowruz holiday from the Afghan calendar, media reports said.
Taliban threaten revenge killings in Afghanistan: HRW
Mar 24, 2022, at 04:12 am
Kabul: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan’s Helmand province have threatened to retaliate against activists and former government officials in response to recent killings of Taliban commanders, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said today.
Sri Lanka: Amid deepening economic crisis, Lankans escape to India for survival
Mar 24, 2022, at 03:52 am
As Sri Lanka grapples with acute shortages of energy and essential goods amid its worst economic crisis, the country's people are fleeing to neighboring India for survival.
Baloch activist raises concern about rights violation in Pakistan at UN
Mar 24, 2022, at 03:32 am
Geneva: Munir Mengal, a Baloch political and human rights activist, has voiced his concerns over the ongoing rights against minority communities in Pakistan.
TTP members circulating leaflets seeking donation to support 'Jihad' across Durand Line
Mar 24, 2022, at 03:13 am
Kabul: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has circulated leaflets in Afghanistan seeking donations to support their “Jihad” across the Durand Line, media reports said on Wednesday.
China: Black box of crashed plane recovered
Mar 24, 2022, at 12:03 am
Beijing: The black box of the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane that crashed Monday in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was recovered on Wednesday afternoon.
Afghanistan: Taliban reverses decision to open school for girls, causes confusion
Mar 23, 2022, at 10:58 pm
Kabul: The Taliban government in Afghanistan decided to shut down the school for girls in the country, on a day the institutes were scheduled to reopen, creating confusion, media reports said.
China has fully militarised islands in South China Sea, claims key US military official
Mar 23, 2022, at 05:43 pm
Washington: A top US military commander has warned that China has fully militarised at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea.
China's population will likely peak this year: Expert
Mar 23, 2022, at 05:25 pm
Beijing: A key Chinese expert has said the country's population will likely peak this year.
Research reveals poorest nations to pay China USD 14 billion to service debts in 2022
Mar 23, 2022, at 04:58 pm
Beijing: A new research has found that the world’s poorest nations will pay China and its lenders almost $14 billion this year in debt servicing costs.
Democratic Pakistan critical to America’s interests, says US official
Mar 23, 2022, at 05:01 am
Washington: The United States government has said a democratic Pakistan is critical to US interests.
Tax evasion cases by Chinese companies unearthed in Bangladesh
Mar 23, 2022, at 04:57 am
Dhaka: Several reports have indicated that Chinese companies are malpracticing and violating local laws of countries in which they operate.
OIC meet: Afghanistan situation on the agenda
Mar 23, 2022, at 03:47 am
Islamabad: The Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is set to hold the 48th session of its Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in Islamabad on March 22-23 and one of the key issues to be discussed in the meeting is the Afghanistan situation, media reports said.
Pakistan poll panel fines PM Imran Khan
Mar 22, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Islamabad: The Election Commission of Pakistan has imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on Prime Minister Imran Khan and five others for addressing a public meeting in violation of the election code of conduct, the Dawn reported on Tuesday.
China Eastern plane crash: No survivor found
Mar 22, 2022, at 02:26 pm
Beijing: Rescuers have informed that they have found no survivors from the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane which was carrying 132 people and that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in what has been described as China's worst air disaster in a decade, Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday.
China flight lost 26,000 feet in under 3 minutes before crash, no sign of survivors: Report
Mar 22, 2022, at 03:21 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The China Eastern Airline Boeing 737-800 aircraft carrying 132 people on board that crashed in the mountains in southern China on Monday reported a sudden loss of cruising altitude-nearly 26,000 feet under 3 minutes, online tracker FlightRadar24 said.
Chinese envoy to US says Beijing is not sending arms to Russia
Mar 22, 2022, at 01:16 am
Washington: China's key envoy to the United States has rejected claims that Beijing is sending military equipment to Russia to support Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
Hong Kong witnessing sharp drop in water collection amid COVID-19
Mar 22, 2022, at 01:05 am
Hong Kong: An environment expert has said Hong Kong is witnessing a sharp drop in the amount of water collected in the city's reservoirs despite a spike in consumption.
Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen won't visit Pakistan for OIC FM meet
Mar 22, 2022, at 12:08 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said he will not be visiting Pakistan to attend the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) scheduled to be held on Mar 22-23.
Pakistan: Bilwal Bhutto calls PM Imran Khan a 'foreign-funded' agent
Mar 22, 2022, at 12:06 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday targeted and accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of being a ‘foreign-funded’ agent.