Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Taliban delegation in Doha
Oct 26, 2021, at 09:30 pm
Doha/Kabul/UNI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s acting Deputy Prime Minister, in Doha, in the latest high level contact between the two sides since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Islamist militia group.
China: Wuhan stabbing leaves seven people dead
Oct 26, 2021, at 09:09 pm
Wuhan: A knife attack incident in Wuhan city of China left at least seven people dead on Monday, media reports said.
Climate Change: John Kerry to visit UK to meet Chinese counterparts in London
Oct 26, 2021, at 03:02 pm
Washington: US Special Representative for Climate John Kerry will visit the UK to meet his Chinese counterparts in London on Tuesday to discuss matters concerning climate change, the State Department said.
Australia fights COVID-19: Victoria introduces new "pandemic specific laws"
Oct 26, 2021, at 02:16 pm
Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: The government of Australian state of Victoria announced on Tuesday new public health laws to replace emergency powers which were put into place at the beginning of the pandemic.
Debt bubble: More Chinese companies default
Oct 26, 2021, at 06:02 am
China, which recently witnessed the Evergrande crisis in which the real estate bellwether was found $305 billion in the red, is also recording several major real estate players defaulting on their debt payments.
Pakistan govt seems to have surrendered to Islamist group TLP, frees 350 members
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:58 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan federal government seems to be surrendering to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) by announcing the release of 350 members even as the Islamist group took out its violent march for the past few days.
Sri Lanka bans fertilizers from China after finding it contaminated
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:54 am
Sri Lanka has barred a Chinese ship carrying desperately needed organic fertiliser which experts said was tainted with harmful bacteria, media reports said.
Pakistan: Balochistan CM Jam Kamal Khan Alyani resigns
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:51 am
Quetta: Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan Alyani of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) has tendered his resignation, media reports said on Monday.
China: PLA fighter jet crashes in Henan province, video emerges
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:47 am
Taipei: A video was released recently where it was seen that a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) two-seater Chengdu J-10S fighter jet crashed in Henan Province, media reports said.
Oct 26, 2021, at 05:29 am
Ottawa/IBNS: During an appearance on the popular Radio-Canada talk show- Tout le Monde en Parle-on Sunday, former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said during his tenure as minister, he did not hear anything about the occurrence of abuse in residential schools.
Lt Gen Faiz Hameed is ISI chief at present, says Pak Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed
Oct 26, 2021, at 12:13 am
Islamabad/UNI: With no decision forthcoming on the appointment of next Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency’s chief, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has asserted that Lt-General Faiz Hameed is DG ISI at present.
Explosion hits laboratory of China's top aerospace university, 2 die
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Nanjing: At least two people died as an explosion rocked the laboratory of China's top national aerospace university on Sunday, media reports said.
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:36 pm
Paris: Indian diaspora associations and friends of India in France demonstrated recently in Paris in front of the Pakistan Embassy against the country's state-sponsored terrorism acts in Jammu and Kashmir.
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:30 pm
Islamabad: A Pakistan Minister stirred controversy when he said Muslims across the world, including in 'India', wished for Pakistan cricket team's victory against arch-rivals India.
Entire PM Imran Khan govt must be sent packing: Pak Leader of Opposition over inflation
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:25 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Lashing out at Prime Minister Imran Khan over inflation in Pakistan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif said the "entire government" should be "sent packing" and delay in the matter will be a "gross injustice" with the country.
Unknown armed men kill religious scholar in Afghanistan's eastern province
Oct 25, 2021, at 11:12 pm
Jalalabad/UNI/Xinhua: Unknown armed men shot dead a religious scholar who served as a prayer leader at a local mosque in Behsoud district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, a local official said.
Sudanese people will resist against military coup: Foreign Minister
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Khartoum/UNI/Sputnik: Sudanese people reject the ongoing military coup and will fight against it, Foreign Minister Mariam Sadig al-Mahdi said on Monday.
Will close 2 offices in Hong Kong by end of year, says Amnesty International
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:40 pm
London/UNI/Sputnik: Amnesty International announced on Monday that it would close its two offices in Hong Kong by the end of 2021 after 40 years of working there and will move operations to the organization's other missions in the Asia-Pacific region.
Half of Afghanistan's population face acute hunger as humanitarian needs grow to record levels: UN
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:25 pm
Kabul: More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people - will face acute food insecurity from November, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report issued today by the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster of Afghanistan, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN World Food Programme.
Opposition leader Maryam Nawaz slams Pak PM by sharing his old statement on Umrah trip
Oct 25, 2021, at 10:05 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Imran Khan over his visit to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah, PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz said he is on tour when the country is facing its worst inflation.
PM Sheikh Hasina must give security to Bangladeshi Hindus: ISKCON chief
Oct 25, 2021, at 03:30 pm
Dhaka/UNI: ISKCON Bangladesh chief Charu Chanda Das Brammachari has slammed the Bangladesh government over attacks on Hindus and demanded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to provide security to the minority community here.
US imported tens of millions of used medical gloves from Thailand: Reports
Oct 25, 2021, at 03:34 am
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Tens of millions of already used nitrile medical gloves were imported into the United States from Thailand during the pandemic, CNN reported on Sunday, citing its own investigation.
Afghanistan border forces beat up Tolo News correspondent: Reports
Oct 25, 2021, at 01:50 am
Afghanistan's border forces beat up a TOLO News correspondent near Torkham gate on Sunday while making a report about the situation at the crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, media reports said.
Colombia: Security officials capture most wanted drug lord Otoniel
Oct 24, 2021, at 10:58 pm
Bogota: Colombian security officials have arrested the country's most wanted drug trafficker.
Uganda: Explosion in Kampala leaves 1 dead
Oct 24, 2021, at 10:06 pm
Kampala: A bomb blast in Uganda's Kampala on Saturday left at least one person dead and five others hurt, officials said.
Joe Biden’s popularity drops more than that of any other US leader since end of WWII: Poll
Oct 24, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The approval rating of President Joe Biden went down in his first nine months of presidency more than that of any other US president since 1945, a new Gallup poll revealed.
Pakistan: Islamist group TLP's long march to Islamabad triggers tension; clashes claim lives
Oct 24, 2021, at 06:54 am
Islamabad: Tension prevailed in several regions of Pakistan on Saturday over banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)'s long march towards Islamabad from Lahore, forcing the government to sit for negotiations with the group that had been pressing for the expulsion of French ambassador over Prophet's caricature among other demands.
Pakistan denies any deal to allow US to use its airspace
Oct 24, 2021, at 02:36 am
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday denied a media report claiming that the US is "nearing" a formalised agreement with Islamabad to allow Washington to use Pakistani airspace to conduct military and intelligence operations against Afghanistan.
Taliban rule: Musicians facing uncertain future in Afghanistan
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:48 am
Kabul: A large section of Afghanistan musicians are now saying they are facing the threat under the Taliban rule and they might not be able to continue with their profession.
Afghanistan: Taliban Forcibly Evict Minority Shia, says HRW
Oct 24, 2021, at 12:40 am
Kabul: Taliban in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced residents partly to distribute land to their own supporters, Human Rights Watch said recently.