China iPhone plant disruption: Foxconn reports big sales drop
Dec 10, 2022, at 04:08 am
Beijing: Multinational company Foxconn, which trades as Hon Hai Technology Group in China, has registered an 11 percent downfall in sales in November from the prior year as the shipment was badly hit due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Zhengzhou city.
Pakistan: Banned outfit claims botched attempt to blow up two pylons
Dec 10, 2022, at 12:39 am
Islamabad: A banned outfit has claimed responsibility for the partial damage of pylons of high transmission lines of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC) in Jamshoro area of Pakistan.
Pakistan: Terror attack in Bannu leaves policeman dead
Dec 10, 2022, at 12:26 am
Lakki Marwat: Terrorists attacked a checkpost in Pakistan's Bannu district on Tuesday which left at least a policeman dead, media reports said on Friday.
Dec 09, 2022, at 06:31 pm
New York: What is believed to be the first public execution in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power last year, drew criticism from the UN human rights office, OHCHR on Wednesday. Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence described it as a “deeply disturbing” development.
Afghanistan: Taliban conducts first public execution since returning to power last year
Dec 08, 2022, at 03:05 pm
Kabul: The Taliban ruled Afghanistan government has conducted the first public execution since coming to power in the country last year.
China accused of depriving Tibetans of their own language, education
Dec 08, 2022, at 03:03 am
Beijing/Lhasa: China's move of conducting "re-education" centers in Xinjiang, with an aim to target Uyghur Muslims, was first tested in Tibet, media reports said on Wednesday.
China’s services sector activity shrinks to 6-month low amid COVID-19 restrictions
Dec 08, 2022, at 02:54 am
Beijing: The COVID-19 situation in China has left the service sector shrinking to a six-month low in November, media reports said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh: Police, BNP clash in Dhaka, one die
Dec 08, 2022, at 12:16 am
Dhaka: A man died as Pakistan's major opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party members clashed with the police in Dhaka city on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Protesters hit Skardu city over power cuts, wheat shortage
Dec 08, 2022, at 12:06 am
Gilgit: People took to streets of Skardu city in Pakistan on Monday to vent their rage over long power cuts and wheat shortage in Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Japan: Activists protest against atrocities committed against Uyghur community in China
Dec 07, 2022, at 10:41 pm
Tokyo: Few activists gathered in Japan's capital city Tokyo on Dec 3 to protest against the atrocities committed against the Uyghur community in China.
Afghanistan: Blast close to Jalalabad money exchange leaves several hurt
Dec 07, 2022, at 02:17 pm
Jalalabad: Several people were hurt when a blast occurred close to the money exchange market in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Tuesday, media reports said.
COVID-19 outbreaks in China expose failure of Chinese Communist Party and its vaccine
Dec 07, 2022, at 02:03 am
Beijing: China's COVID-19 pandemic case rise in recent times showed the government's failure in securing safe vaccines for its population, media reports said on Tuesday.
Chinese atrocities in Xinjiang: Protests erupt across Turkey
Dec 07, 2022, at 01:41 am
Istanbul: Uyghur and Turkish NGOs recently demonstrated in several parts of Turkey on Sunday to protest against the atrocities carried out by Chinese authorities in the Xinjiang region in the pretext of controlling COVID-19.
Imran Khan's Al-Qadir Institute enrols only 100 students in two years
Dec 07, 2022, at 12:03 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan's Al-Qadir Institute has not been recognized as a university.
Pakistan: Police under attack in Mardan Range
Dec 06, 2022, at 11:44 pm
Peshawar: There has been an acceleration in terror attacks on police in Mardan range of Pakistan for the past few days, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistani people lose around Rs 420 million in ponzi scam
Dec 06, 2022, at 11:21 pm
Islamabad: A large number of Pakistani people, which mostly includes women, lost around Rs 420 million allegedly in a ponzi scam.
Dec 06, 2022, at 07:42 pm
Colombo: A prominent Sri Lankan politician has warned that he will start a “ChinaGoHome” campaign if the Chinese Embassy and its government do not work for the benefit of his countrymen and fail to restructure debts.
Dec 06, 2022, at 06:27 pm
Beijing: US-based tech giant Apple is planning to accelerate its plans to shift the production of some of its products outside China and even telling suppliers to plan more for assembling the product elsewhere in Asia, especially in Vietnam and India.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill muezzin
Dec 06, 2022, at 02:36 pm
Kabul: Unknown men killed a mosque’s muezzin, who performed the prayer call and taught children, in Afghanistan's Kunduz province, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Pakistan head of mission, who escaped armed assault on life, visits home country
Dec 05, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Kabul: Pakistan's head of mission in Kabul, Ubaid ur Rehman Nizamani, who recently escaped an armed assault on life during a terror attack in the Embassy in Kabul, has returned home for official engagements, media reports said.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest five terrorists
Dec 05, 2022, at 09:20 pm
Dhaka: The Rapid Action Battalion on Monday said five members of a new terrorist group Jama'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya have been arrested, media reports said.
Taliban minister accuses Iran of sending former Afghan soldiers to war in Ukraine
Dec 05, 2022, at 07:01 pm
Kabul: Khalil Rahman Haqqani, the acting Afghan Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, has said that Iran is using former Afghan soldiers as a military force, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan Embassy attack in Kabul: ISIS claims responsibility
Dec 05, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Kabul: Islamic State terror group has taken responsibility for the attack on Pakistan Embassy in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Friday, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: 3 policemen die in terror attack in Nowshera
Dec 05, 2022, at 03:56 am
Islamabad: At least three policemen were killed in a terror attack in Nowshera district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, media reports said on Sunday.
High Air Pollution level creating physical, mental health hazards in Bangladesh: World Bank
Dec 05, 2022, at 12:42 am
Dhaka: Exposure to high level of air pollution significantly raises the risks of breathing difficulties, cough, lower respiratory tract infections, as well as depression and other health conditions. Children under five years, elderly, and people with comorbidities such as diabetes, heart or respiratory conditions, are most vulnerable, says a new World Bank report launched Sunday.
Dec 04, 2022, at 11:31 pm
Washington/Beijing: Chinese leader Xi Jinping is unwilling to accept Western vaccines despite the challenges China is facing with Covid-19, a US official said Saturday, according to media reports.
Iran abolishes morality police amid ongoing nationwide protests
Dec 04, 2022, at 10:27 pm
Tehran: Iranian authorities have abolished the controversial morality police amid ongoing mass protests sparked by the death of a young woman in custody, media reported, citing Iranian Attorney-General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri.
Afghanistan witnessing hunger, privation for second consecutive winter: Reports
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:38 am
Kabul: The US Institute for Peace (USIP) has released a report which showed Afghanistan is facing hunger and privation for a second winter in a row.
Three businessmen killed in Pakistan: Bannu Jirga threatens to launch protest drive
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:35 am
Lakki Marwat, Pakistan: The members of the Bannu Bachao Tehreek on Thursday threatened to launch a protest movement over the recent killing of three businessmen in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
China’s zero-Covid protests: Twitter, Telegram rise in popularity
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:17 am
Beijing: An app market researcher has found social media platforms like Twitter and Telegram, which are blocked in mainland China and only accessible via virtual private networks (VPNs), have become popular in the country amid widespread protests and restrictions imposed due to COVID-19.