Pakistan Senate questions legal status of CPEC Authority
Oct 26, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Senate on Friday questioned the legality of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority Ordinance, media reports said.
Pakistan: Students' body condemns police brutality on protesting Pakhtuns in university campus
Oct 26, 2020, at 05:58 pm
Islamabad: The Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF), an allied student wing of Pakistan’s Awami National Party (ANP), has condemned the police baton charge over a peaceful protest in Peshawar University campus last week.
Afghanistan: Magnetic mine blast leave three dead in Kabul
Oct 26, 2020, at 05:40 pm
Kabul: At least three people were killed as a magnetic mine blast rocked Kabul city on Monday, media reports said.
Four children killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan’s Paktika province
Oct 26, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: A bomb blast in Sharana, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika Province, has killed at least four children, Paktika police spokesman Shah Mohammad Aryan told Sputnik.
Afghanistan: UN Mission voices ‘deep revulsion’ over deadly bomb attack on Kabul college
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:44 pm
New York: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed “deep revulsion” at the killing on Saturday night of at least 24 people, according to latest reports, and injuring of dozens of others in a suicide attack outside an education centre.
Pakistan: Quetta blast leaves three people killed
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:20 pm
Quetta: A remote-controlled bomb explosion in Quetta region of Pakistan on Sunday left at least three people killed, media reports said.
Science, unity and solidarity, key to defeating COVID: UN chief
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:07 pm
New York: Better preparation, listening to the science and acting together in solidarity, are some of the main ways that countries across the world can overcome the on-going COVID-19 crisis, the UN chief told the World Health Summit on Sunday.
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons set to enter into force in January
Oct 26, 2020, at 02:50 pm
New York: In what leading campaigners are describing as “a new chapter for nuclear disarmament”, the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will now come into force on 22 January, after Honduras became the 50th Member State to ratify on Saturday.
Tikhanovskaya announces nationwide strike in Belarus starting Monday
Oct 26, 2020, at 02:39 pm
Minsk/Sputnik: Ex-Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya announced on Sunday that a nationwide strike will commence on October 26 as her ultimatum to President Alexander Lukashenko expires.
COVID-19: Bangladesh government imposes strict mask wearing measures
Oct 26, 2020, at 03:44 am
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has decided not to provide its service to any person who is not wearing a mask, a measure taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation.
Pakistan: PDM holds third rally, once again targets Imran Khan government
Oct 26, 2020, at 01:58 am
Quetta: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) alliance hosted their third rally in Pakistan where they used the platform to once again target the PM Imran Khan-led government on Sunday.
Pakistan: Jamaat-i-Islami announces to launch country-wide protest against PTI govt on Nov 1
Oct 26, 2020, at 01:15 am
Islamabad: The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced it will launch a country-wide protest against the Pakistani government on Nov 1.
Afghanistan: Blast close to educational institute in Kabul leaves 30 dead
Oct 26, 2020, at 12:50 am
Kabul: The death toll due to the blast near an educational centre in Kabul on Saturday touched 30, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Blast rocks Hazarganj on a day when PDM hosts rally in Quetta
Oct 25, 2020, at 11:13 pm
Quetta: A blast rocked Pakistan's Hazarganj area on Sunday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Three members of banned terror outfit detained
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:54 pm
Dhaka: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members have detained three members of banned terrorist outfit Allahr Dal from Bangladesh's Rangpur region, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Imran Khan government gets flak from PPP for FATF verdict
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:42 pm
Islamabad/UNI: While the Pakistan government has claimed the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)'s decision to keep the country in the grey list as a diplomatic victory, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has sought an explanation from it over the outcome.
Afghanistan: Explosion close to educational centre in Kabul leaves 18 people killed
Oct 25, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kabul: An explosion occurred close to an educational center in Pul-e-Khoshk area of Dasht-e-Barchi in the west of Kabul on Saturday evening which left 18 people killed, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: PDM to host third rally in Quetta today
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:45 pm
Quetta: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the alliance of Pakistan's key opposition parties, will hold its third rally in Quetta region on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Female police officer shot dead in Kandahar
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:26 pm
Kabul/Kandahar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a woman police officer in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, media reports said on Sunday.
Security forces deployed to downtown Minsk ahead of protest rally
Oct 25, 2020, at 09:15 pm
Minsk/Sputnik: The police, internal military troops and OMON Special Task Force have been arriving at the center of Minsk, where another large-scale unauthorized protest rally is expected to be held later in the day, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Spy agency claims to have killed high ranking Al-Qaeda leader
Oct 25, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Kabul/UNI: Afghanistan's spy agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) has claimed to have killed a key Al-Qaeda commander Abu Muhsen Al Masri in the turbulent Ghazni province.
Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
Oct 25, 2020, at 02:05 pm
Seoul/Sputnik/IBNS: Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co. Lee Kun-hee has died at the age of 78, the company said in a statement.
UN chief hopes Israel-Sudan agreement will bring peace to wider regions
Oct 25, 2020, at 05:08 am
New York/Xinhua: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed the hope that the agreement between Israel and Sudan to normalize relations will create opportunities for peace and prosperity in the wider regions, said his spokesman.
Major fire erupts in "abandoned warehouse" in French northern port Le Havre
Oct 25, 2020, at 04:39 am
Paris/Xinhua: A major fire broke out on Saturday afternoon in an abandoned warehouse in Le Havre, a port city in northern France, police said.
Japan's number of newborn babies to reach record low this year
Oct 25, 2020, at 12:32 am
Tokyo/Xinhua: Japan's number of newborn babies in 2020 is expected to decrease to around 845,000, hitting a new record low, local media reported Saturday.
China has desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India: Expert
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:37 pm
Washington: Public Policy Researcher Michael Rubin has claimed that it appears that China is less committed to counter-terrorism and more inclined to a desire to use Pakistani terrorism as a tool to harass India.
Twin blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 9 civilians, injures 2 servicemen
Oct 24, 2020, at 11:24 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: At least nine civilians were killed and two police officers were injured as a result of a twin blast in the Afghan province of Ghazni, media reported on Saturday, citing police.
US-Taiwan arms sale: China threatens retaliation
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:18 pm
Beijing: China seems to be irked by the US move of approving the potential sale of $1.8bn worth of advanced weapons systems to Taiwan as Beijing on Thursday said Washington 'seriously interferes' in China's internal affairs.
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:12 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Interior Minister Brig (retd) Ijaz Shah is suspected to be the person behind the recent Pakistan Rangers' move to 'kidnap' Sindh IGP and subsequent arrest of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Safdar Awan, media reports said.
European Parliament asks France, EU to impose sanctions against terrorist activities in Pakistan
Oct 24, 2020, at 07:06 pm
Brussels: Members of European Parliament, Ryszard Czarnecki, Fulvio Martusciello and Gianna Garcia on Wednesday wrote a letter of concern to the French government and the European Union and urged them to impose sanctions against unabated terrorist activities in Pakistan.