Laos default will now give momentum to Chinese debt trap policy
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:51 am
Beijing: Laos, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, is currently facing an intense economic crisis and there seems to be no respite from it without some form of a Chinese bailout or debt forgiveness, media reports said.
Chinese embassy in Nepal terms US diplomat's Beijing ‘disinformation campaign’ comment as 'baseless'
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:17 am
Beijing/Kathmandu: China has reacted strongly against US ambassador nominee for Nepal in which he criticised China for its disinformation campaign and termed his remarks “baseless”.
Thailand: Three Uyghurs flee from detention centre
Jul 19, 2022, at 04:08 am
Bangkok: Authorities in Thailand have started searching for three Uyghur men who escaped from an immigration detention centre in the country earlier this week, a police investigator said.
Pakistan: JUI-F leader gunned down in North Waziristan
Jul 18, 2022, at 11:02 pm
North Waziristan: Unknown attackers gunned down a local leader of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl and his colleague near Mirali town in Pakistan on Thursday.
Unidentified gunmen kill counterterrorism officer in Pakistan
Jul 18, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Quetta: Unidentified motorcyclists in Pakistan's Kharan town shot dead counterterrorism officer on Friday, media reports said.
EU renews terrorist blacklist for another 6 months
Jul 18, 2022, at 10:31 pm
Brussels/UNI/Sputnik: The Council of the European Union on Monday renewed without changes its list of sanctioned persons and entities established in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
India emerges as top lender to Sri Lanka
Jul 18, 2022, at 08:24 pm
Colombo: India has surpassed China to become the top lender to Sri Lanka after coming to Colombo's rescue in a big way following the island nation's worst economic crisis, a newspaper reported on Monday.
Sri Lanka Crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe declares state of emergency
Jul 18, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka's acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a State of Emergency across the island nation from Monday.
Pakistan: PTI leader Shahbaz Gill arrested for displaying weapons at polling station
Jul 18, 2022, at 04:29 am
Islamabad: Leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former minister Shahbaz Gill was arrested from Pakistan's Muzaffargarh on Sunday for allegedly carrying and displaying weapons on his visit to polling stations during the by-elections in Punjab.
Somalia: 2 people die in car bombing attack
Jul 18, 2022, at 01:48 am
Mogadishu/UNI/Xinhua: At least two people were killed and more than 15 others injured in a suicide car bombing attack on a popular hotel in the south-central Somali town of Jowhar on Sunday, a government official confirmed.
Bangladesh bound cargo plane crashes in Greece
Jul 18, 2022, at 12:34 am
Dhaka: All eight people on board a cargo plane died when it crashed in Greece.
Sri Lanka is warning sign for countries with high debt levels, says IMF Director
Jul 17, 2022, at 10:19 pm
Colombo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said Sri Lanka has become a warning sign for those countries with high debt levels and limited policy space.
Sri Lanka is warning sign for countries with high debt levels, says IMF Director
Jul 17, 2022, at 10:17 pm
Colombo: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said Sri Lanka has become a warning sign for those countries with high debt levels and limited policy space.
3-hour power cut announced in Sri Lanka for two days
Jul 17, 2022, at 06:18 pm
Colombo/UNI: As Sri Lanka continues to face an economic crisis, the Public Utilities Commission has approved power cuts for three hours on Monday and Tuesday.
Russian chess grandmaster Krogius passes away at 92
Jul 17, 2022, at 02:29 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Nikolai Krogius, a Russian and Soviet chess grandmaster and former vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), has died at the age of 92 in New York, the Russian Chess Federation said.
Jul 17, 2022, at 02:15 pm
Athens/UNI: A cargo plane has crashed near the city of Kavala in northern Greece, BBC reported on Sunday.
Key UN forum closes with ‘enthusiasm, passion and high-energy’ to reach the SDGs
Jul 17, 2022, at 12:14 am
New York: Following two years of virtual meetings due to COVID-19, the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) closed on Friday at UN Headquarters in New York with delegates showing “enthusiasm, passion and high-energy” for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Pakistan Govt-TTP parleys: Parents of APS martyrs move Peshawar High Court
Jul 17, 2022, at 12:04 am
Peshawar, Pakistan: Five mothers of students, who were killed by militants in the 2014 Peshawar Army Public School attack in Pakistan, have moved Peshawar High Court against the ongoing negotiations between the government and proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
LGBTQ festival in Seoul resumes after two-year hiatus
Jul 16, 2022, at 11:51 pm
Seoul/UNI: After a pause for two years due to Covid-19, the annual LGBTQ festival was held in the South Korean capital.
Steps discussed to provide essentials: Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe
Jul 16, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lanka's Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday said the government has decided to implement an urgent programme to supply fuel, gas and essential food items to the people amid the country's worst economic crisis.
Pakistan: Ethnic tension rises in Sindh
Jul 16, 2022, at 11:38 pm
Islamabad: Ethnic tensions flared up in several districts of Sindh province after the killing of a 35-year-old man at a hotel in Hyderabad a couple of days ago, Dawn reported on Friday.
Pakistan: Former PM Imran Khan unhappy with SC decision
Jul 16, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Islamabad: Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has termed the decision of the Supreme Court on the ruling of the National Assembly deputy speaker as “heart-wrenching”, Express Tribune reported on Friday.
Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Postal services suspended for four nations
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:50 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities have temporarily suspended accepting the postal shipments for the USA, Netherlands, Israel and Russian due to the suspension and restriction of flights to Sri Lanka due to fuel crisis, media reports said on Saturday.
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:47 pm
Ankara: Several activists from Union of International East Turkistan NGOs on Thursday raised the concern of the Uyghurs by infiltrating a volleyball stadium in Turkey and disrupting the scheduled game between China and Italy, media reports said.
China's protection for Makki puts Pakistan's FATF hope in trouble
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:29 pm
Beijing: Pakistan's hope to come out of grey list might face a hurdle after China blocked the joint proposal by India and the US to list Pakistan-based terrorist Abdul Rehman Makki as a global terrorist under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the Security Council.
First consignment of diesel arrives in Colombo: Minister
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:25 pm
Colombo: Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Saturday said a consignment of diesel has arrived in the Colombo port.
Pakistani politician Maryam Nawaz tests COVID-19 positive
Jul 16, 2022, at 10:11 pm
PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday said she has tested COVID-19 positive.
Sri Lankan Economic Crisis: Supermarkets in Colombo run out of food
Jul 16, 2022, at 08:08 pm
Colombo: Supermarkets in Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo are rapidly running out of food and other essential commodities.
Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka, urges UN Resident Coordinator
Jul 16, 2022, at 08:05 pm
New York: The head of the UN Country Team in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the national Constitution, following weeks of protests that finally saw the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday.
South Africa ‘on the precipice of explosive xenophobic violence’, UN experts warn
Jul 16, 2022, at 08:02 pm
New York: A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting foreign nationals in South Africa, and called for accountability against rising xenophobia, racism and hate speech aimed at migrants, refugees, asylum seekers - and even citizens perceived as outsiders - throughout the country.