Former Pak PM Imran Khan granted bail in mutiny case
Apr 29, 2023, at 06:17 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been granted protective bail until May 3 by a top court in Islamabad in relation to a mutiny case filed against him.
IMF's $3 billion bailout package approved by Sri Lanka
Apr 29, 2023, at 04:35 am
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka's Parliament gave the green light to a USD 3 billion bailout package from the IMF, aimed at revitalizing the country's economy that has been severely affected by a disastrous economic and humanitarian crisis resulting from a combination of poor management over the years and the ongoing pandemic on Friday.
Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN
Apr 29, 2023, at 12:02 am
New York: In a landmark resolution, the UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the de facto rulers of Afghanistan’s decision to ban women nationals from working for the United Nations, calling for Taliban leaders to “swiftly reverse” their decision.
Multiple attacks rock Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Apr 28, 2023, at 10:27 pm
Multiple attacks, which are believed to be terror incidents, rocked different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday night, media reports said on Friday.
China: 'Vocational training' programmes for Tibetans carry risk of forced labour
Apr 28, 2023, at 10:14 pm
New York: So-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, threaten Tibetan cultural identity and could lead to forced labour conditions, UN independent human rights experts warned on Thursday.
China’s investment in Pakistan power sector spikes to touch USD 21 bn
Apr 28, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Chinese investment in Pakistan’s power sector, under the umbrella of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has spiked to touch $21 billion with the restoration of a powerhouse based on imported coal at Gwadar, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi Express catches fire, seven die
Apr 28, 2023, at 01:12 pm
Khairpur: At least seven people, including four children, died after a bogie of a Karachi Express train caught fire near Tando Masti Khan in Sindh’s Khairpur district in Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.
Chinese man gets surgical chip implant to fight alcoholism
Apr 27, 2023, at 07:53 am
China/IBNS: A man aged 36 in China has undergone a surgical procedure to have a chip implanted in his body, aimed at assisting him in combating his addiction to alcohol.
Taliban killed ISIS mastermind behind 2021 Kabul airport bombing attack: Reports
Apr 26, 2023, at 12:47 pm
The Taliban has killed the ISIS mastermind who is believed to have planned the 2021 bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, media reports quoting The White House said.
Changshu: China to soon give a push to its digital yuan project despite struggles
Apr 26, 2023, at 05:46 am
Changshu: China is aiming to launch its ambitious digital yuan project with public sector employees set to be paid in the new form of currency in Changshu city from May, media reports said.
China detects new XBB COVID sub-variants
Apr 26, 2023, at 05:38 am
Beijing: China, the nation which was seen struggling to contain a surge at the start of the year, has also registered the highly contagious XBB new sub-variants of the COVID-19 infection, media reports said.
Pakistan: Blasts rock Counter Terrorism Department police station in Swat, 12 policemen die
Apr 25, 2023, at 11:07 am
Swat: At least 12 policemen were killed and more than 40 others injured as explosions rocked the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat's Kabal region in Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Apr 25, 2023, at 01:43 am
Colombo: Environmentalists have expressed doubts over Sri Lankan Minister Mahinda Amaraweera's recent announcement that the government is considering a Chinese private company’s proposal to import 100,000 “toque macaque” monkeys from Sri Lanka for 1,000 zoos in China as the animal is already considered to be endangered.
Encroachment: China's new rural land transfer scheme triggers fear
Apr 25, 2023, at 01:34 am
Beijing: There are fears that the ruling Communist Party may be gearing up for the mass confiscation and reallocation of farmland in the name of "stabilizing the grain supply" following the start of implementing new rules governing the transfer of rural land in China, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 10 bodies recovered from fishing trawler in Cox's Bazar
Apr 24, 2023, at 10:21 am
Dhaka/Cox's Bazar: At least 10 decomposed bodies, who are believed to be fishermen, were found in a trawler floating off Nazirertek Beach in Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Locals demonstrate against police over killing of villager
Apr 24, 2023, at 10:06 am
Lakki Marwat: Locals demonstrated against the police in Shahbazkhel town of Pakistan on Friday over the killing of a villager, media reports said.
Apr 24, 2023, at 09:15 am
Kabul: The Taliban forces of Afghanistan have banned women from participating in Eid gatherings in two provinces of the country.
Apr 23, 2023, at 04:37 pm
Under the shadow of a constant cross-strait threat to Taiwan, China can make use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to achieve precision in artillery attacks in future conflict with the former, according to a report in The EurAsian Times.
Japan strengthens diplomacy to avoid 'losing' Global South to China
Apr 23, 2023, at 02:39 am
Tokyo: With the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima just a month away, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is all set to embark on a multi-country trip in a bid to compete against China and Russia for influence in Africa, reported Nikkei Asia.
Pakistan's Balochistan made hell for political activists: Haq Do Tehreek
Apr 21, 2023, at 05:43 am
Balochistan: Haq Do Tehreek (Give Rights Movement) has claimed that Balochistan has been made hell for political activists, ANI reported quoting Pakistan vernacular media Qudrat.
China 'biggest threat to economic security': Dutch intel agency
Apr 21, 2023, at 05:13 am
Beijing: Netherlands intelligence agency and Service warned about the increasing internal and external threats against the rule of law, reports said.
Six years on, Orange line in Lahore continues to be in Chinese stranglehold
Apr 21, 2023, at 04:28 am
Pakistan's much touted metro railway project in the historical city of Lahore, called the Orange Line, seems to have brought many tough lessons for the Pak government.
China's corruption, poor human rights practices spread to Africa, says Washington Post column
Apr 20, 2023, at 06:35 pm
The Chinese government's exploitative intentions and the "China model" involving serious human rights abuses and corruption will undermine the dignity and freedom of Africans as the Asian giant led by Xi Jinping helmed Communist Party of China makes deep inroads in the African continent, according to an opinion piece in The Washington Post.
21 dead in Beijing hospital fire
Apr 19, 2023, at 07:18 pm
Beijing, Apr 19 (UNI) Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead following a hospital fire in Beijing's Fengtai District, according to the district's fire and rescue department.
2 killed, 6 injured as bus falls in ditch in Pakistan
Apr 19, 2023, at 07:10 pm
Islamabad, Apr 19 (UNI) At least two people were killed, and six others injured on Tuesday when a passenger bus fell into a ditch in Jamshoro district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, rescue service reported.
Pakistan: Terrorism case registered against Islamabad church attack suspects
Apr 19, 2023, at 05:34 am
Islamabad/IBNS: A terrorism case was registered against suspects who attacked a church in Islamabad and resorted to indiscriminate firing, reports said.
Ahmadiyya place of worship vandalised in Pakistan
Apr 19, 2023, at 05:29 am
Lahore/IBNS: A worship place of the Ahmadiyya community in Ghooghiat in Pakistan's Sargodha district was reportedly vandalised on Sunday night.
Chinese worker arrested in Pakistan on blasphemy charges
Apr 19, 2023, at 12:48 am
Islamabad: In a rare case of a foreigner being swept up in the harsh and controversial blasphemy laws of Pakistan, a Chinese national working on a dam project in northern part of the South Asian nation has been arrested and imprisoned on accusations of blasphemy, reports New York Times (NYT).
Bangladesh reiterates its commitment to the EU for fair elections
Apr 18, 2023, at 05:11 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has reiterated the government's commitment to the European Union (EU) regarding free, fair and acceptable elections.
11 dead in east China factory fire
Apr 18, 2023, at 04:37 pm
Hangzhou, UNI/IBNS: Eleven people were killed in a fire that broke out at a factory building in the city of Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, on Monday afternoon.