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Five soldiers killed, several injured as Army truck falls into Poonch gorge | Allu Arjun quizzed by police in Pushpa 2 stampede case | Wanted Indian drug smuggler killed in the US | Congress leader files complaint against Allu Arjun for 'insulting police' in Pushpa 2: The Rule | Ahead of Jaishankar's US visit, foreign secretary Vikram Misri meets top US diplomats | India refrains from commenting on extradition request for ousted Bengladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina | I don't blame Allu Arjun, ready to withdraw case: Pushpa 2 stampede victim's husband | Indian New Wave Cinema Architect Shyam Benegal dies at age 90 | Cylinder blast at a temple in Karnataka's Hubbali injures nine people | Kuwait PM personally sees off Modi at airport as Indian premier concludes two-day trip

Pakistan: Family members of missing persons Aslam Mengal and Shah Fahad Baloch demonstrate in Kharan

Jul 30, 2022, at 05:31 am

Kharan, Pakistan: Family members of “missing persons” Aslam Mengal and Shah Fahad Baloch participated in rallies in Kharan region of Pakistan recently to press for their immediate release.

Nepal: Police raid call centre in Rupandehi, arrest Chinese national for involvement in running fraud business

Jul 30, 2022, at 05:04 am

Kathmandu: Nepal police recently raided a call centre in Nepal's Rupandehi district and arrested a Chinese national.

1,800 ISIS terrorists released from Afghanistan's Bagram and Pul-e-Charkhi prisons when Kabul fell: Taliban minister

Jul 30, 2022, at 04:57 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government has said 1,800 ISIS terrorists were released from Bagram and Pul-e-Charkhi prisons after they came to power last year.

Beijing begins military exercises in S China Sea

Jul 30, 2022, at 12:23 am

Beijing: China has launched two-day military exercises in the South China Sea off the coast of the southern Guangdong Province, China's maritime safety administration said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Security forces kill 3 IS militants

Jul 30, 2022, at 12:11 am

Mehtarlam, Afghanistan: Security forces have killed at least three Islamic State (IS) militants in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, a local official said on Friday.

Taliban administrators seen in viral image greeting Afghan cadets returning from India

Jul 29, 2022, at 11:03 pm

Kabul: An image doing the rounds on Twitter has captured a group of Staff officers of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan's Ministry of Defence greeting Afghan cadets who returned from India.

Bangladesh: 11 die as train hits tourist microbus

Jul 29, 2022, at 10:12 pm

Chattogram: A collision between a train and a tourist microbus in Bangladesh's  Chattogram region on Friday left 11 people dead, media reports said.

Taliban leader directs to implement Sharia Law in Afghanistan

Jul 29, 2022, at 03:29 pm

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Thursday said Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has directed for the implementation of  Sharia law in the country.

Joe Biden, Xi Jinping exchange warnings over Taiwan issue

Jul 29, 2022, at 02:18 pm

Washington: President Biden and President Xi Jinping have warned each other over any move over Taiwan during a phone call that lasted more than two hours, BBC reported on Friday.

Bangladesh: Awami League to be blamed for attack on Hindus, says BNP

Jul 29, 2022, at 03:26 am

Dhaka/UNI: Minorities are being attacked in Bangladesh as the government resorts to strategies for altering attention for a non-partisan government, said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

Afghanistan: Blast occurs close to Sikh temple in Kabul, no casualty

Jul 27, 2022, at 10:11 pm

Kabul: A blast occurred close to the Sikh temple in Kabul city of Afghanistan on Wednesday.

Singapore extends Ex-President Sri Lankan Gotabaya Rajapaksa's visit pass by 14 days

Jul 27, 2022, at 09:55 pm

Singapore: The Singapore government has granted another stay of 14 days to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the Island Nation earlier this month.

Pakistan Rupee drops further, trades 237 to a dollar

Jul 27, 2022, at 07:37 pm

Karachi: Pakistan rupee has dropped further and traded at 237 to a dollar in the interbank market during intraday trade on Wednesday.

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return to country: Report

Jul 27, 2022, at 02:49 pm

Colombo:  Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return to the country from Singapore, media reports said.

Pakistani rupee continues to fall against USD, touches new low

Jul 26, 2022, at 10:39 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistan rupee continued to fall and hit a new low against the US Dollar on Tuesday.

Cut ties with terror, Uzbekistan tells Afghanistan Taliban

Jul 26, 2022, at 09:19 pm

Tashkent: Uzbekistan has urged the Afghan government led by the Taliban to sever all ties with terrorist organizations, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Tuesday.

Pakistan: Police arrest man for selling his underage daughter for child marriage

Jul 26, 2022, at 08:18 pm

Jacobabad: Pakistan police have arrested a man for allegedly selling his underage daughter for child marriage.

Pakistan gold prices reach all-time high

Jul 26, 2022, at 07:37 pm

Islamabad: Price of 10 gms of gold in Pakistan reached an all-time high of Rs127,143 in the local market, media reports said.

Pakistan: Govt allows shipment of all imported items despite ban

Jul 25, 2022, at 11:58 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has announced the country's government is allowing the import of all items that have reached the ports by June 1 despite a ban on import of luxury items.

China Evergrande removes top executives

Jul 25, 2022, at 11:53 pm

Beijing: China Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, recently announced that its chief executive had resigned.

China bank scandal: Financial official placed under investigation

Jul 25, 2022, at 11:48 pm

Beijing: A top Chinese official, who was once responsible for overseeing the banks at the centre of one of China’s biggest financial scandals, has been placed under investigation, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: Army soldier dies while exchange of fire with terrorists in DI Khan

Jul 25, 2022, at 11:07 pm

Rawalpindi: A Pakistani Army soldier died while fighting against terrorists in  Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan on Saturday.

Pakistani Rupee stumbles to 230 against USD

Jul 25, 2022, at 07:32 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee stumbled further to touch  230 during intraday trade against US Dollar on Monday.

Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter China's Wentian lab module

Jul 25, 2022, at 07:18 pm

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: On Monday at 10:03 am (Beijing time), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts opened the hatch door of Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, and entered the module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).

Lithuania plans to open trade representative office in Taipei

Jul 25, 2022, at 07:13 pm

Taipei: Lithuania is planning to open a trade representative office in Taipei, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka removes Bangladesh flag from Facebook page

Jul 24, 2022, at 11:25 pm

Dhaka: The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has removed the distorted image of the Bangladesh flag from its Facebook page.

Pakistan: 3 terrorists killed

Jul 24, 2022, at 06:21 pm

Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists and arrested four others in military operations in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, said a military statement on Saturday.

Afghanistan: 180 people arrested in Kunduz in past three months

Jul 24, 2022, at 03:55 am

Kunduz, Afghanistan: Security officials in Kunduz province of Afghanistan have arrested 180 people from different parts of the province in the past three months on different criminal charges.

Pakistan failing to make its own COVID-19 vaccine due to lack of tech

Jul 24, 2022, at 03:39 am

Islamabad: Pakistan might be witnessing a spike in COVID-19 but the country's hope to create its own vaccine might not be possible due to lack of technical capacity.

Pakistan: Security heightened in Khyber region amid increase in attack on police personnel

Jul 24, 2022, at 03:36 am

Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have heightened security of all the checkposts after there was a spike in attacks on police personnel in the Khyber region of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.