Pakistan Minister Ijaz Shah threatens opposition parties with Taliban attacks
Nov 04, 2020, at 05:40 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Brigadier (retired) Ijaz Shah has allegedly warned the opposition of attacks by the Taliban.
Legco meeting chaos: Hong Kong lawmaker Ted Hui arrested
Nov 04, 2020, at 05:33 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's Democratic Party lawmaker Ted Hui has been arrested over a chaotic Legislative Council meeting in May, unveiling yet another conflicting chapter in the history of the region, media reports said.
With more bans on products expected, relationship between China-Australia touches new lows
Nov 04, 2020, at 05:23 am
China has banned imports of Australian timber from Queensland and suspended barley imports from a second grain exporter, while Chinese importers are also bracing for a new round of bans on copper ore and copper concentrate as well as sugar this week, a move which is seen by experts as the latest point of escalating tension between the two nations.
Vietnam is losing best friends to China: Derek Grossman
Nov 04, 2020, at 05:09 am
Hanoi: Defence analyst Derek Grossman has said China has increasingly challenged Vietnam’s dominance in Cambodia and Laos, primarily by leveraging Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects to raise its influence in the region.
Treatment of Chinese govt towards Uyghur is like Al-Qaeda's attitude to non-Muslims: Historian
Nov 04, 2020, at 05:03 am
Albanian historian Olsi Jazexhi has compared the treatment given towards Uyghur people by Chinese government with that of terrorist group Al-Qaeda's attitude towards non-Muslims.
China annexes more than 150 hectares of Nepal: UK newspaper
Nov 04, 2020, at 04:43 am
Continuing its aggressive stance, China has annexed more than 150 hectares of Nepal, media reports said.
Bangladesh registers 17 more COVID-19 deaths
Nov 03, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Dhaka: COVID-19 has claimed 17 more lives in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Tuesday.
Four killed in attack in Afghanistan's Imam Sahib district - Doctor
Nov 03, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Four people were killed in an attack in the Imam Sahib district of the Afghan province of Kunduz, a local doctor told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Taliban behind Kabul University attack: Saleh
Nov 03, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Tuesday blamed the Taliban for the Kabul University attack and claimed that there are many evidences to prove his claim.
Kabul University terror attack: death toll touches 19
Nov 03, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Kabul: The death toll in the terror attack in Kabul university on Monday left 19 people dead and 22 others hurt, media reports said on Tuesday.
Second recent attack on Kabul school draws Guterres’ strong condemnation
Nov 03, 2020, at 03:32 pm
New York: The UN chief strongly condemned the “horrific attack” on Monday at Kabul University in Afghanistan.
I stand by my stance: Pakistan lawmakers on his Abhinandan Varthaman remark
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:45 am
Pakistan lawmaker Ayaz Sadiq, who triggered a row with his remark on Indian Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, has said he stands by his statement.
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:40 am
Islamabad: Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed warned Pakistan's opposition parties that there could be dangerous consequences of picking up a fight against the state.
PML-N's decision to not invite former Baloch CM to 3rd PDM rally triggers turmoil within the party
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:35 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Balochistan chapter's decision not to invite former chief minister Sanaullah Zehri to the third power show of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) last Sunday has triggered internal conflict within the party, media reports said.
China lobbying to obtain French nuclear technology: The Klaxon
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:32 am
China is now engaged in a behind-the-scenes 'lobbying campaign' to target French politicians in an increasingly frenetic bid to obtain billions of dollars of nuclear technology, media reports said.
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:19 am
Executive Director of Campaign for Uyghurs Rushan Abbas has said imprisoning and sentencing of Uyghur intellectual Hursan Hassan by Chinese authorities is another example of its brutal persecutions.
Bangladesh: Hindu homes attacked over alleged Facebook post
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:10 am
Cumilla: Angry people have allegedly vandalized several houses of Hindu people over rumours about an alleged Facebook post slandering Islam in Bangladesh's Cumilla area.
Nov 03, 2020, at 01:05 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the people of Gilgit-Baltistan will vote against candidates of PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in the upcoming Nov 15 polls.
Pakistan: Maryam Nawaz launches "Sher Jawan" campaign in Lahore to bring positive change
Nov 03, 2020, at 12:53 am
Islamabad: In her bid to continue to fight against Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his government and bring about a positive change in the nation, key opposition leader Maryam Nawaz has launched the "Sher Jawan" campaign in Lahore, media reports said.
Hefazat-e-Islam B'desh organises rally against display of caricatures of Prophet Muhammad in France
Nov 02, 2020, at 09:39 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh is holding a rally in the area of National Mosque Baitul Mukarram to protest the display of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in France.
Airstrike kills 60 Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan
Nov 02, 2020, at 09:36 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Sixty Taliban insurgents have been killed and 40 injured in an airstrike in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, a source told Sputnik on Monday.
Middle East news portal slams Xi Jinping over Chinese treatment towards Uyghurs
Nov 02, 2020, at 04:31 am
Middle-East based digital media organization Al Arabiya Post has said in its opinion post that Chinese President Xi Jinping's policy of repression towards the Uyghur population in the country is due to his 'Hitlerite idea' of weakening the separate identity of the ethnic minority.
Pakistan: Teenage girl with speech impairment gang-raped for four months
Nov 02, 2020, at 04:21 am
Badin/Pakistan: A teenage girl, who has speech impairment, was allegedly gang-raped in Pakistan's Badin village forfour months, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Herat blast leaves three people killed
Nov 02, 2020, at 01:58 am
Herat: A blast near a police checkpoint in the city of Herat in Afghanistan on Sunday left at least three policemen killed, media reports said.
Nov 02, 2020, at 01:45 am
Washington: Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (Washington, D.C), which is a rights group to call out the atrocities in Pakistan's Pashtun region, was officially launched at the National Press Club here on Saturday.
Lankan Navy attacks Indian fishing boats with soda bottles, stones; chases away boats
Nov 01, 2020, at 11:15 pm
Rameswaram/UNI: The mechanized boat fishermen from Rameswaram alleged that they were yet again attacked by the Sri Lankan Navy near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) on Saturday.
Bangladesh: 70 shanties gutted in Kalyanpur fire, 2 injured
Oct 31, 2020, at 11:44 pm
Dhaka: At least 70 shanties were gutted and two people were injured as a fire broke out in Bangladesh capital Dhaka's Kalyanpur area on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan ready to help Turkey in eliminating earthquake consequences : Foreign Ministry
Oct 31, 2020, at 11:28 pm
New Delhi/Sputnik: Pakistan is ready to provide assistance to Turkey in eliminating the consequences of the devastating earthquake that hit Izmir province on Friday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureishi said on Saturday.
Bangladesh AC blasts: Mosque committee chief arrested
Oct 31, 2020, at 10:12 pm
Narayanganj: The Bangladesh Criminal Investigation Department or CID officials have arrested the head of Baitus Salat Jame Mosque's management committee over a case related to the blasts of airconditioner which killed 34 people recently.
Afghanistan: Key Taliban leader killed in airstrike
Oct 31, 2020, at 09:25 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence on Saturday said the deputy head of the Taliban military commission for Helmand province has been killed during airstrike.