Taiwan says 19 Chinese warplanes recently entered its air defence zone
Sep 07, 2021, at 02:12 am
Taipei: Taiwan government has said a large incursion of Chinese military jets occurred in its air defence zone on Sunday, giving fuel to trigger conflict with Beijing.
Pakistan's Punjab may soon face wheat shortage
Sep 07, 2021, at 01:53 am
Lahore: Pakistan's Punjab Flour Mills Association Chairman Asim Raza has warned that the region may soon witness shortage of the commodity as its stocks in the private sector were depleting fast.
Drug trafficking: Sri Lankan Navy officials arrest seven Pakistani nationals, seize 336 kg heroin
Sep 07, 2021, at 01:26 am
Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy officials recently apprehended a trawler, allegedly involved in drug trafficking, in the high seas off Male, and brought it to Colombo city besides arresting even Pakistani nationals, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Ahmad Massoud says he is alive and resistance will continue
Sep 06, 2021, at 11:07 pm
Kabul/UNI: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the Resistance forces in Panjshir, on Monday released an audio message saying that he is alive and in the northeastern province and called on all Afghans to begin a national uprising against the Taliban.
Chinese Foreign Minister to visit South Korea next week: Reports
Sep 06, 2021, at 10:21 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi plans to visit South Korea early next week for talks on bilateral relations and North Korea, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Monday, citing diplomatic sources.
Sep 06, 2021, at 10:08 pm
Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have now issued a diktat by which women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya and niqab to cover most of their faces.
Sep 06, 2021, at 09:59 pm
Kabul/UNI: With the rebellion in Panjshir ended, the Taliban on Monday said that they have intensified the process for government formation which would be done in the next few days, and have invited Turkey, China, Russia, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar to participate in the announcement ceremony.
Egypt: Seven Pakistanis sentenced to death for smuggling heroin
Sep 06, 2021, at 09:46 pm
Cairo: An Egyptian court on Sunday awarded death sentences to seven Pakistanis, two Egyptians and an Iranian citizen on charges of smuggling in over two tonnes of heroin by sea, media reports said.
Afghanistan: UN humanitarian chief calls for ‘rights…well-being’ of women
Sep 06, 2021, at 09:39 pm
New York: Women in Afghanistan play a “critical role” in delivering aid, the UN Humanitarian told the leadership of the Taliban in Kabul on Sunday, calling on all parties to “ensure their rights, safety and well-being”.
Syria: Prevent ‘entire generation from being lost’, urges UN humanitarian chief
Sep 06, 2021, at 09:32 pm
New York: Some 13.4 million Syrians throughout the beleaguered country are in need of assistance, the UN humanitarian office said on Saturday, calling for “greater access and expanded funding”, to better help them.
Afghanistan Women: Where are they now?
Sep 06, 2021, at 08:17 pm
As the remarkable two-decades-long journey of the women of Afghanistan comes to a rude halt, Jayalakshmi Sengupta recalls her time in the war-torn country with Miriam and Marzia, Zulia and Zainab- story makers and storytellers, those who created history and those who chronicled them.
Recently appointed German envoy to China dies at 54
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:51 pm
Berlin/UNI/Sputnik: The recently-appointed 14th German Ambassador to China, Jan Hecker, died at the age of 54, the German Federal Foreign Office said in a statement on Monday morning.
Pakistan will be affected by regrouping of terror outfits in Afghanistan: Mohsin Dawar
Sep 06, 2021, at 07:34 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani lawmaker Mohsin Dawar has said people of Pakistan will be the first to be affected by the regrouping of terrorist outfits in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Pakistan Air Force drones bombed Panjshir which fell to Taliban, claim reports
Sep 06, 2021, at 06:08 pm
Bazarak/IBNS: Pakistan Air Force drones were used to bomb on Sunday Afghanistan's Panjshir province, which was the last bastion of the National Resistance Force before it fell to the Taliban finally, several media reports claimed.
Afghanistan: Taliban declares victory in Panjshir
Sep 06, 2021, at 04:03 pm
Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday declared victory of the Taliban over the resistance forces in the northeastern province of Panjshir.
US urges all parties in Guinea to forego violence
Sep 06, 2021, at 03:52 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The United States condemns the seizure of power by the military in Guinea, calling on all parties to avoid violence and engage in dialogue, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
US: Florida shooting leaves four people, including infant, dead
Sep 06, 2021, at 03:40 pm
Washington/UNI/Xinhua: Four people, including an infant, were killed on Sunday in Lakeland, southeastern US state Florida, according to local media reports.
Taliban insurgents kill pregnant policewoman in Afghanistan: Reports
Sep 06, 2021, at 03:04 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents have allegedly shot dead a pregnant policewoman in front of her family in Ghor province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Afghan resistance leader says he is open to peace talks with Taliban
Sep 06, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Kabul: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley, on Sunday he is ready for peace talks to end the ongoing fighting.
Attacks on Afghanistan-Pakistan border increased following Taliban takeover
Sep 06, 2021, at 04:53 am
Islamabad: Attacks on Pakistan's security post along the Afghanistan border has spiked in recent times ever since the Taliban captured the neighbouring nation, media reports said.
BBC anchor 'shuts down' US scholar exposing Taliban-Pakistan nexus, Twitterati expresses anger
Sep 06, 2021, at 02:59 am
London: BBC recently drew flak on social media when its presenter Philippa Thomas, “shut down” US scholar Christine Fair, a guest on her show, as she was exposing the link between Pakistan and Taliban in the sorry state of Afghanistan affairs.
Amrullah Saleh urges UN to prevent 'Taliban's onslaught into Panjshir'
Sep 06, 2021, at 01:40 am
Afghanistan's caretaker president Amrullah Saleh has urged the United Nations to do everything in its power to prevent the Taliban from running over the resistance stronghold in Panjshir valley.
Sep 06, 2021, at 01:36 am
Kabul: As fighting continues to rage in Panjshir, the Resistance forces said Pakistan’s spy agency ISI's chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed was in Kabul primarily to oversee the Taliban’s war against the holdout Afghanistan province and support the Taliban with drone-fired rockets and drone eyes in the sky.
Death toll due to Islamic State attack in northern Iraq touches 12: Reports
Sep 05, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Baghdad/UNI/Sputnik: The number of police officers killed in the Islamic State terrorist attack in Iraq's northern Kirkuk Governorate rose to 12, Shafaq News reported, citing security sources.
Four security personnel killed in suicide blast in Pakistan's Quetta, TTP claims responsibility
Sep 05, 2021, at 08:26 pm
Islamabad/IBNS:A suicide bomb attack rocked Pakistan's Quetta region on Sunday morning, leaving at least four securitymen dead and several others seriously injured, Pakistan's Dawn News (Dawn.com) said in its report. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly known as Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Joe Biden to survey damage done by Hurricane Ida in New York, New Jersey: White House
Sep 05, 2021, at 03:51 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: US President Joe Biden will visit the states of New York and New Jersey next Tuesday to see the damage done by Hurricane Ida, the White House has said.
Sep 05, 2021, at 03:05 pm
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: About 200 of the 30,000 Afghan refugees processed at the US Ramstein base in Germany are now under further background checks, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Fox News.
Pakistan: Sindh police chief warns about possible terror attack
Sep 05, 2021, at 04:25 am
Sindh police chief Mushtaq Ahmed Mahar, taking notice of intelligence reports and interrogations of militants of different groups conducted by counterterrorism wings, has issued an alert for a possible terror attack by separatist outfits in the Pakistani region in the upcoming days.
Afghan woman activist thrashed by Taliban for seeking political rights: Report
Sep 05, 2021, at 02:14 am
Kabul: A woman activist, who was taking part in a protest demonstration in Kabul seeking political rights under the Taliban rule, was beaten leaving her with head injuries.
Taliban fighters resort to celebratory gunfire, 70 feared dead or hurt in Afghanistan
Sep 05, 2021, at 12:19 am
Kabul: Over 70 people died or were injured in Afghanistan on Friday night as Taliban fighters opened gunshots in the air as part of their celebration, media reports said.