Bangladesh: Mosque explosion death toll rises to 24
Sep 07, 2020, at 04:05 am
Dhaka/UNI: Three more people who sustained burn injuries due to an explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj, died on Sunday, taking the death toll from the incident to 24.
Chinese language imposition: Mongolians protest against China in Tokyo
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:59 am
Tokyo: Around 35 ethnic Mongolians living in Japan on Saturday demonstrated against China in Tokyo city against the policy to forcibly push Mandarin language education in Inner Mongolia region.
Vice governor of China's Qinghai Province under investigation
Sep 07, 2020, at 01:18 am
Beijing/Xinhua: Wen Guodong, vice governor of northwest China's Qinghai Province, has been put under disciplinary and supervisory investigation by the country's top anti-graft body for suspected severe violations of disciplines and laws.
President Xi Jinping is a global threat like Hitler: China’s exiled Tiananmen leader
Sep 06, 2020, at 10:31 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Communist Party of China’s Xi Jinping is a major threat to global peace and the world needs to follow India in fighting his expansionism, an exiled Chinese student leader who had led the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest has said.
China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan: US report
Sep 06, 2020, at 09:48 pm
Washington/UNI: An official report by the US government has stated that China has deep strategic interests in Pakistan, which will ensure close relations between the two countries despite irritants.
Bangladesh: Death toll from gas explosion in mosque rises to 21: Reports
Sep 06, 2020, at 02:31 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: At least 21 people were confirmed dead as a result of a gas explosion in the Baitus Salah Jame mosque, located in the Narayanganj city of Bangladesh, as dozens of injured worshipers are still receiving medical treatment, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
Afghanistan: Freed Taliban by government returns again to pursue 'jihad'
Sep 06, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Kabul: In a startling revelation, Taliban prisoners released by the Afghan government as part of a deal brokered by the United States aimed at ending almost 20 years of war are returning to the battlefield as commanders and fighters.
Chinese President Xi Jinping cancels visit to Pakistan amid COVID -19 pandemic
Sep 06, 2020, at 05:08 am
Islamabad: The visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan has been postponed amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Sep 06, 2020, at 05:01 am
The chairman of Sindh-based Pakistani political outfit Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) holds that China's aggression, war frenzy and Pakistan's Islamic terrorism pose a serious threat to regional peace and global security.
Sep 06, 2020, at 02:00 am
Beijing might have an eye on becoming a global superpower, but presently, it is struggling to feed its people.
Kabul: Senior police officer gunned down in Afghan capital
Sep 05, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: Unidentified armed men shot and killed a key airport police officer on Friday in the latest targeted attack in Afghanistan, reported local media on Saturday.
End secret detention of rights defender, independent experts urge Pakistani authorities
Sep 05, 2020, at 09:58 pm
New York: Independent UN rights experts have called on the Government of Pakistan to end the secret detention of a human rights defender, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
Bangladesh: Six AC machines explode in mosque, 50 worshippers hurt
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:13 pm
Dhaka: At least 50 people were hurt as six air conditioners at a mosque in Narayanganj’s Fatullah region in Bangladesh exploded on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Fahmida Riaz's daughter turns down presidential award
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:56 am
Islamabad: Protesting against the kidnapping and torture of journalists and writers in the country, poet Fahmida Riaz's daughter has declined the presidential award announced by the Pakistani government for her late mother.
Pakistan must end enforced disappearance of human rights defender: UN Experts
Sep 05, 2020, at 03:10 am
Geneva/IBNS: UN human rights experts on Friday called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months.
Ten outstanding Bangladeshi students to receive online training offered by Huawei
Sep 04, 2020, at 10:35 pm
Dhaka/Xinhua: Huawei, the world's leading ICT solutions provider will offer an online training program to 10 outstanding ICT talents from five renowned universities of Bangladesh.
Afghanistan: Near-record violence risks derailing imminent talks between Government and Taliban
Sep 04, 2020, at 09:54 pm
New York: The UN’s top official in Afghanistan has warned that with the formal launch of direct peace negotiations imminent, near-record violence in the country is creating an atmosphere of mistrust that risks derailing long-sought talks between the Government and the Taliban.
Afghanistan: Unknown gunmen kill religious scholar in Paktia
Sep 04, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Kabul: Unknown gunmen killed religious scholar and Quran memorizer Mawlawi Mohajer in Afghanistan's Paktia province on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Facebook removes several Pakistani accounts over 'coordinated inauthentic behaviour'
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:58 am
San Francisco: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it has removed 453 Facebook accounts, 103 Pages, 78 Groups and 107 Instagram accounts operated from Pakistan for 'coordinated inauthentic behavior'.
Pakistan Christian man accused of blasphemy arrested
Sep 04, 2020, at 12:38 am
Islamabad: Pakistan continues to persecute its religious minorities with a Christian man arrested in the northwestern city of Nowshera under the country’s notorious blasphemy laws being the latest victim, media reports said.
China cries foul over India's second digital strike on Beijing post-Ladakh faceoff
Sep 03, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Beijing/IBNS: China has cried foul over the Indian government's banning of 118 mobile apps including the very popular PUBG following the fresh attempt by the neighbour to change the status-quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), media reports said.
CPEC: Maryam Nawaz asks Asim Bajwa to face allegations
Sep 03, 2020, at 06:02 pm
Islamabad: Reflecting the internal conflict within the political paradigm of Pakistan, PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz has asked China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Chairman and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information retired Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa to face the allegations against him.
Tibet govt-in exile slams Chinese president Xi Jinping's call to ‘sinicize’ Tibetan Buddhism
Sep 03, 2020, at 03:59 am
Beijing: Tibet’s India-based exile government has slammed Chinese President Xi Jinping's call to "sinicize" the Tibetan people's Buddhist religion.
COVID-19-hit China now faces a food crisis after massive floods
Sep 02, 2020, at 10:49 pm
Beijing: Already hammered by COVID-19 pandemic, China might soon be fighting against another challenge- the food crisis- owing to the massive flood it experienced in recent times.
Taiwan presents changed passport cover to avoid confusion with Chinese one - State Media
Sep 02, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Beijing/Sputnik: The Taiwanese government on Wednesday presented a new design of its passport to ensure it reflects the difference between it and China, the state-owned Central News Agency reported.
Bangladesh: Three killed in Chattogram container depot blast
Sep 02, 2020, at 09:38 pm
Dhaka: An explosion of a fuel tank at a private container depot in the Laldiar Char area of Patenga in Bangladesh's Chattogram area left at least three people killed, media reports said.
New York: People protest outside Pakistan Consulate over forceful abductions
Sep 02, 2020, at 06:00 pm
New York: A large number of people on Sunday gathered outside the Pakistan consulate in New York to demonstrate against the forceful abductions of people from the minority communities in Pakistan by its Army and Intelligence wing.
Anti-Pakistan protest: Sindhi Baloch Forum members demonstrate outside UK Parliament
Sep 02, 2020, at 05:06 am
London: Members of the Sindhi Baloch Forum demonstrated outside the UK Parliament against the Pakistan government over the issue of enforced disappearance.
They shall pay a heavy price: China warns Czech speaker Milos Vystrcil as he visits Taiwan
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:37 am
Beijing: The visit of a 90-member delegation led by Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil to Taiwan has angered China as Beijing said the group will pay a heavy price for their 'short-sighted behaviors and political opportunism'.
Sep 02, 2020, at 04:27 am
London: Protesters gathered outside the residence of British PM Boris Johnson to demonstrate against Pakistan on the issue of enforced disappearances in Balochistan.