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MHA extends AFSPA in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months | Encourage fair, transparent and legal process: US comments again on Kejriwal's arrest | India and China discuss border disengagement: EAM | Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discusses defence, trade while interacting with Malaysian leaders | Want to return money 'looted' from poor and attached by ED in Bengal: PM Modi tells Krishnagar BJP candidate | Congress drops Supriya Shrinate as candidate for LS polls over her remarks on Kangana Ranaut | Delhi HC refuses interim relief to Arvind Kejriwal, issues notice to ED | I don’t have money to contest Lok Sabha election: Nirmala Sitharaman declines BJP ticket | EC issues notices to Congress leader Supriya Srinate, BJP's Dilip Ghosh over derogatory remarks | Nitin Gadkari files nomination from Nagpur LS seat

Pakistan Army rejects allegations of meddling in country's political affairs

Jan 12, 2021, at 10:40 pm

Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Army has rejected the opposition’s criticism of its meddling in the country's political affairs and said there is no reason for the opposition alliance — Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — to march to Rawalpindi, where the military headquarters are located.

Afghanistan: Car bomb blast leaves one person killed

Jan 11, 2021, at 09:36 pm

Kabul: A car bomb, which targeted National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel in southern Helmand province region of Afghanistan, left at least one person killed on Monday, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: Two minor girls set ablaze over marriage dispute

Jan 11, 2021, at 05:44 pm

Muzaffargarh: A marriage dispute in Leshariwala locality in Pakistan turned violent when minor girls were set ablaze, media reports said on Sunday.

Five abducted Bangladeshi nationals rescued from Yemen

Jan 11, 2021, at 03:17 am

Dhaka/UNI: Five Bangladeshi nationals have been rescued and repatriated from Yemen, who were arrested by the Houti Coast Guard on 14th February 2020.

Pakistan: Blast hits Balochistan, four injured

Jan 11, 2021, at 03:05 am

Quetta: An explosion hit Turbat's Cinema bazaar in Balochistan region of Pakistan and left at least four people hurt on Sunday, media reports said.

We did not let China play procedural games over J&K: French President Emmanuel Macron's Advisor

Jan 11, 2021, at 02:39 am

New Delhi: Emmanuel Bonne, Diplomatic Advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron, has said his country has never let China play any procedural games regarding the security concern in Kashmir.

Ex-Hong Kong lawmaker sent to jail again

Jan 11, 2021, at 02:30 am

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court has revoked bail for former lawmaker and Democratic Party chairman, Wu Chi-wai, who was charged with joining an alleged unauthorized demonstration last year.

National Security Law: Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong arrested

Jan 11, 2021, at 02:12 am

Beijing: China's attempt to control activists and their free voices became evident once again when Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested Thursday over an alleged violation of the city's national security law.

Protests in Bangladesh against atrocities against minorities in Pakistan

Jan 11, 2021, at 02:09 am

Dhaka: A large section of people recently protested  in Bangladesh capital Dhaka against the ongoing atrocities on minorities in Pakistan, which had once unleashed horrors in the people of Bangladesh during its independence movement that culminated in the birth of a new nation in 1971.

Afghanistan: Magnetic bomb blast leaves NPPF spokesman, 2 others killed in Kabul

Jan 10, 2021, at 09:41 pm

Kabul: A magnetic bomb blast in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday left at least three people, including a spokesman for National Public Protection Force (NPPF) Zia Wadan, killed, media reports said.

Blackout: Major power outage hits Pakistan 

Jan 10, 2021, at 09:25 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan plunged into darkness after a major power breakdown occurred in the country.

Pakistan: Two Hindu girls kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam

Jan 10, 2021, at 05:13 am

Islamabad: Two Hindu girls have been abducted and now forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan, showing the state of minority community in the country.

Relation between France and Pakistan has touched historic low: French President's top advisor

Jan 10, 2021, at 04:46 am

French President Emmanuel Macron's top advisor, Emmanuel Bonne, has said the relationship between France and Pakistan has touched  'historic low'.

Only new elections can solve Pakistan’s problems: Abbasi

Jan 10, 2021, at 04:36 am

Islamabad: Senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said only a fresh election can bring Pakistan out of the prevailing crisis.

World Sindhi Congress urges international community to put pressure on Pakistan to ensure safety of minorities   

Jan 10, 2021, at 04:17 am

Quetta: Condemning the killing of 11 coal miners by Islamic State terrorists, the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) on Friday urged the international community to put pressure on Pakistan to ensure the safety of all the minorities.

Viet Nam: UN rights office denounces ‘increasing clampdown’ on freedom of expression

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:51 pm

The UN human rights office (OHCHR), on Friday, voiced concerns over the use of “vaguely defined laws” in Viet Nam, to arbitrarily detain an increasing number of journalists, bloggers, commentators and rights defenders, amidst what appears to be part of an “increasing clampdown” on the freedom of expression in the country. 

South Korea: Pakistan's minority rights activist attacked, seeks help for medical treatment

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:34 pm

Seoul: A Pakistani activist and lawyer was recently attacked in South Korea, making him seek help for medical treatment.

Don't blackmail me: Imran Khan tells protesting Hazara community members

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:25 pm

Islamabad: PM Imran Khan on Friday targeted the protesting Hazara community members, who are demonstrating for the past several days over the killing of the coal miners in Machh region by terrorists on Sunday, and said they should not 'blackmail' him.

US envoy to UN plans to visit Taiwan: China slams Washington

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:19 pm

Beijing: China has targeted the USA over the announcement of its ambassador to UN Kelly Craft's proposed visit to Taiwan and said the announcement seriously violates the one-China principle.

Afghanistan: IED explosion leaves three dead 

Jan 09, 2021, at 11:08 pm

Kabul:  An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion hit Afghanistan's Pul-e-Khumri city on Saturday which left at least three people, including civilians, killed, media reports said.

Beijing is now planning to combine all ethnic minorities into singular national identity

Jan 09, 2021, at 08:16 pm

Beijing: China is believed to be engaging in the practice of combining all the different ethnic minorities in China into a singular national identity and thereby imposing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ideology on them, media reports said on Friday.

Conflict with Tibet: China performs military air drill over Lhasa

Jan 09, 2021, at 03:22 am

Beijing: China performed a military air drill over Lhasa region, amid alleged growing resentment against Beijing in Tibet, media reports said.

Beijing is now emerging as world's worst abuser of internet freedom: Report

Jan 09, 2021, at 03:10 am

Beijing: China is emerging as a nation which is not giving its citizens the same freedom as other nations plan to give.

Pakistan: Christian person moves to high court to demand her release from 'illegal' detention

Jan 09, 2021, at 03:03 am

Islamabad: A Christian person, who is kept in Peshawar Central Prison, moved to the high court on Wednesday to seek his release from the prolonged ‘illegal’ detention, media reports said.

Pakistan: Riot police use batons, lob tear gas shells to disperse protesting teachers

Jan 09, 2021, at 02:55 am

Muzaffarabad: Riot police resorted to baton-charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse protesting teachers in Pakistan's Muzaffarabad region on Wednesday, media reports said.

Pakistan court sentences Mumbai attack conspirator Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to 15 years' imprisonment

Jan 08, 2021, at 09:18 pm

Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba top commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi for 15 years of imprisonment.

Hong Kong: UN human rights office urges immediate release of arrested activist

Jan 08, 2021, at 06:50 pm

New York: The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Thursday voiced deep concerns over the arrests of over 50 individuals under the new National Security Law in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, and called for their immediate release.

Expert believes Taliban failed to change its way despite Intra-Afghanistan talks

Jan 08, 2021, at 05:04 am

Keeping in mind the recent negotiations that the Afghanistan government and Taliban resumed, several American policymakers have opined that the Taliban has changed but the people of the war-battered nation feels that  the group still believes in its "medieval, totalitarian, and dogmatic ideologies".

Sri Lankan Navy seizes over Rs 600 million worth drugs, role of Pakistan ISI suspected

Jan 07, 2021, at 10:31 pm

Colombo: A special operation carried out by the Sri Lankan Navy in the seas off Negombo on Monday led to the apprehension of 4 suspects with over 100 kg of Crystal Methamphetamine (ICE) and about 80 kg of Hashish besides seizure of a multi day fishing trawler used to transfer the narcotic substances.

China is waging cognitive warfare against Taiwan, warns Think tank

Jan 07, 2021, at 10:27 pm

Beijing: China is  waging “cognitive warfare” against Taiwan by using tools like misinformation and an army of online trolls, a think tank has alerted.