S Korea to reduce number of troops by 100,000 by 2022 – Reports

Oct 11, 2019, at 08:15 pm

Seoul, Oct 11 (Sputnik) South Korea will reduce the number of troops in its reserves by 100,000 by 2022, media reported on Friday.

S Korean President to skip Japanese Emperor’s enthronement amid trade row : Reports

Oct 11, 2019, at 06:21 pm

Moscow, Oct 11 (Sputnik) South Korean President Moon Jae-in will not attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, an official at the presidential office said Friday.

Bangladesh: Four suspected terrorists arrested

Oct 11, 2019, at 04:51 pm

Dhaka: Bangladesh security forces have arrested four suspected terrorists from capital city Dhaka, media reports said on Friday.

Abrar murder in Bangladesh: Police arrest BUET BCL leader Amit Saha

Oct 10, 2019, at 03:22 pm

Dhaka: Police have arrested another key suspect in the murder of engineering student Abrar Fahad inside a residential hall of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology or BUET.

Afghanistan probe: ‘at least 60 civilians’ killed after US military airstrikes on alleged drug labs

Oct 10, 2019, at 03:03 pm

New York: “Multiple” airstrikes by the US military on alleged methamphetamine drug labs in a remote area of western Afghanistan earlier this year, killed or injured dozens of civilians who should not have been treated as military targets, the UN said on Wednesday.

Bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh reached a special height: Sheikh Hasina

Oct 10, 2019, at 10:38 am

Dhaka, Oct 10 (UNI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have reached to a special height following her four-day official visit to India from Oct 3 to 6.

At least 4 Taliban fighters killed in security operations in Afghanistan: Reports

Oct 09, 2019, at 12:42 pm

Moscow, Oct 9 (Sputnik) At least four Taliban militants were killed and 15 others detained in separate operations carried out by the Afghan Special Forces across the country, local media reported on Wednesday.

Results of Afghan Presidential race may be announced later than scheduled – Commission

Oct 09, 2019, at 10:36 am

Kabul, Oct 8 (Sputnik/UNI) The results of the Afghan presidential election may be announced later than on October 19 as it was initially scheduled, Independent Election Commission (IEC) Secretary Habibur Rahman Nang said on Tuesday. The vote was held on September 28, despite the unstable political situation in the country.

Durga Puja ends with idol immersion in Bangladesh

Oct 08, 2019, at 10:28 pm

Dhaka, Oct 8 (UNI) Tens of thousands of Hindus, dressed in colourful attires took to the streets on Tuesday, beating drums and chanting mantras as five days of revelry and celebration ended today with immersion of Devi Durga in rivers and water bodies across the country.

Afghanistan: Blast inside Ghazni University, 19 hurt

Oct 08, 2019, at 09:15 pm

Kabul: An explosion rocked inside Ghazni University in Afghanistan on Tuesday and left 19 students hurt, media reports said.

Imran Khan in China, wishes he had power to lock up 500 powerful Pakistanis for corruption

Oct 08, 2019, at 07:29 pm

Beijing: Visiting China, Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Tuesday said he wished he could follow President Xi Jinping and send 500 corrupt individuals in Pakistan to jail.

Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast leaves 10 killed

Oct 07, 2019, at 08:10 pm

Kabul: At least 10 people were killed in an explosion that rocked Afghanistan's  Jalalabad area on Monday, media reports said.

Afghanistan Taliban frees 3 Indian hostages in exchange for its 11 members

Oct 07, 2019, at 06:49 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan Taliban has claimed that they have released three Indian engineers who were held hostage for more than a year in an exchange for securing the release of 11 of its members, media reports said.

Suicide bomber shot dead in Kabul's first police district

Oct 07, 2019, at 06:37 pm

Kabul (Sputnik/uni) A suicide bomber was shot dead by Afghan forces in Kabul's first police district, an eyewitness, Ismail Abbas, told Sputnik on Monday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan to leave for China today

Oct 07, 2019, at 12:59 pm

Islamabad, Oct 7 (UNI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will pay a three-day official visit to China from Monday to discuss issues of regional and bilateral significance with Chinese leadership.

Sheikh Hasina completes her India trip, returns to Bangladesh

Oct 07, 2019, at 08:33 am

Dhaka: Completing her four-day visit to India, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Bangladesh on Sunday.

Rifaat murder: 4 accused surrender

Oct 06, 2019, at 06:21 pm

Dhaka: In a crucial development in the Rifaat murder incident, four fugitive accused have surrendered before a Barguna court, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Security forces foil terrorists bid to detonate two bombs in Kabul

Oct 06, 2019, at 05:48 pm

Kabul: Security forces in Afghanistan's Kabul city foiled terrorists  bid to detonate two improvised explosive devices, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns PoK residents against crossing LoC

Oct 05, 2019, at 11:57 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Saturday asked people of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir not to cross the Line of Control to extend humanitarian aid to the Kashmiri people after India removed the special status of the state on Aug 5.

Explosion hits official vehicle in Afghan capital, injuring one

Oct 05, 2019, at 11:33 pm

Kabul, Oct 5 (Xinhua/UNI) At least one person was injured after an explosion ripped through a road in central Kabul on Saturday, causing panic among people in the busy neighborhood, a witness said.

Sri Lankan court rejects legal challenge over presidential candidate's citizenship

Oct 05, 2019, at 10:02 am

Colombo (Xinhua/UNI) A Sri Lankan court on Friday dismissed a legal case challenging presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lankan citizenship, thereby allowing him to contest the upcoming presidential polls.

Pak Foreign Minister Qureshi loses cool when asked about nations backing them on Kashmir

Oct 04, 2019, at 11:18 am

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has recently lost his cool when he was asked on a television show about the names of 58 nations which his Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed to have been backing them at the United Nations Human Rights Commission, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Police arrest leader of banned terror outfit HuJi who had met Osama Bin Laden

Oct 04, 2019, at 09:34 am

Dhaka: Bangladesh Police have arrested a leader of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh or HuJI-B, media reports said.

Taliban delegation to visit Islamabad on Wednesday amid stalled peace talks: Spokesman

Oct 02, 2019, at 05:14 pm

Kabul, Oct 2 (Sputnik/UNI) A high-level Taliban delegation is due to visit Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday as part of its tour that includes Russia, China and Iran after the group's peace talks with the United States broke off last month, a Taliban spokesman said.

Five IS militants killed in drone strikes in E Afghanistan

Oct 02, 2019, at 04:34 pm

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Oct 2 (Xinhua) At least five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in NATO-led coalition drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province, the provincial government said Wednesday.

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb explosion leaves eight people wounded or killed

Oct 02, 2019, at 04:05 pm

Kabul: At least eight civilians, including a woman, were killed or wounded as a roadside bomb explosion hit  Kapisa province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reports said.

South Africa: About 400 Bangladeshis murdered in 4 years

Oct 02, 2019, at 03:51 pm

Dhaka, Oct 2 (UNI) According to a recent report, more than 400 Bangladeshis have been murdered in South Africa over the past four years because of business and personal disputes within the community.

Kabul Police arrest man for murdering his father

Oct 02, 2019, at 09:22 am

Kabul: The police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his own father in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.

Millions of Afghans have ‘voted not just for a president, but also for democracy’, UN Assembly told

Oct 01, 2019, at 04:28 pm

New York: Just two days ago, some three million Afghans faced the threat of terrorism and headed to the polls, to “vote not just for a president, but also for democracy,” Hamdulla Mohib, Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser told the UN General Assembly on Monday, adding that no matter the outcome of the elections, “peace is and will remain the Government’s priority.”

Pakistan: 2 killed in Loralai explosion

Oct 01, 2019, at 09:18 am

Islamabad: An explosion occurred close to a police vehicle here in Loralai area of Pakistan and left two people, including a suspected bomber, killed, media reports said on Tuesday.