Afghanistan: Taliban attack leaves four civilians killed
Oct 04, 2020, at 11:12 pm
Kabul: An attack carried out by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan's Kapsia region has left four civilians killed, media reports said.
Afghanistan: 2 government employees shot dead in Kabul
Oct 04, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Kabul: At least two government employees were shot dead in Afghanistan's Kabul city on Sunday, media reports said.
Trump's aide Nick Luna tests positive for COVID-19: Reports
Oct 04, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump’s personal attendant, Nick Luna, has tested positive for COVID-19, ABC News reported on Sunday, citing informed sources.
China: Six killed,10 injured in car accident
Oct 04, 2020, at 09:08 pm
Beijing/UNI: At least six people were killed and 10 injured on Sunday in a road accident in northeast China's Jilin Province, according to local public security authorities.
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:36 pm
Washington: Former US Secretary of Defence and ex-CIA director Leon Panetta has revealed that the country did not inform Pakistan about Al-Qaeda chief and 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden's location due to lack of trust and past experiences of terrorists being tipped off after information was shared with Islamabad,
Refugee campfire: Greek authorities keeping a close eye on Pakistani-Afghanistan migrants
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:29 pm
Athens: The Greece government is monitoring the activities of migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan after the burning of a refugee camp at Moria on Lesbos island by migrants from these two countries, media reports said.
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:18 pm
Geneva: Munir Mengal, the President of Baloch Voice Association, has targeted Pakistan and said Islamabad has opted for a strategic policy of colonialism and structural discrimination in Balochistan.
U.S. intelligence community is not prepared for Chinese threat, warns Adam Schiff
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:10 pm
Washington: California based Democrat Adam Schiff has alerted that a US House Intelligence Committee has found that the country's intelligence agencies are still not ready to compete on the global stage for decades to catch up with China.
China is threatening global economy, health by exploiting natural resources: US Report
Oct 04, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Washington: China is threatening the global economy and global health by unsustainably exploiting natural resources and exporting its willful disregard for the environment through its One Belt One Road initiative, the US State Department said.
Chinese students may face ban in UK amid rising security concerns: Report
Oct 04, 2020, at 07:51 pm
London: Chinese postgraduate students might soon find themselves in trouble as authorities in Britain are planning to ban them from studying sensitive subjects in the country's universities.
Japan: Tokyo witnesses demonstration against Chinese atrocities
Oct 04, 2020, at 06:31 pm
Tokyo: Nearly 3,000 people, including the Tibetans, Uighurs, Mongolians, Hong Kongers and Taiwanese, protested against atrocities and human rights violations by China by marching from different parts of Tokyo on Saturday.
Donald Trump making progress in recovering from Covid-19: White House physician
Oct 04, 2020, at 02:10 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump is doing well and is fever-free as he continues to make progress in his recovery from COVID-19, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said in a statement.
Car bomb explosion occurs in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province
Oct 04, 2020, at 02:01 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: A car bomb has exploded at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, a military spokesman said on Sunday.
Working tirelessly against pandemic: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
Oct 04, 2020, at 04:51 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government has been tirelessly working to face the Covid-19 pandemic and keep running the country’s economy.
Chinese Ambassador to US wishes soon recovery to President Trump diagnosed with COVID-19
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:34 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai has wished soon recovery to US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, who had been diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Trump given remdesivir as treatment for COVID-19 - White House physician
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:26 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump, who has tested positive for the coronavirus infection, was given remdesivir as a treatment for the disease, the White House physician, Sean Conley, said in a memo.
Armenian military says 3 Azerbaijani jets downed in Karabakh
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:24 pm
Yerevan/Sputnik: Three Azerbaijani jets were shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday morning as fierce fighting continues in the conflict-torn region, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported.
Two-thirds of Austrians say no to coronavirus vaccination: online survey
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Vienna/Xinhua: Two-thirds of Austrians say that they would not get a coronavirus vaccination if one becomes available, according to a national survey released on Friday.
Beijing hands Nepal list of 188 products it wants to import, ignoring Kathmandu's list
Oct 03, 2020, at 10:01 pm
Kathmandu: Showing yet another point of contention between Kathmandu and Beijing, despite receiving repeated assurance from the Chinese authorities, Nepali goods have been facing hurdles when it comes to exporting them to China via land routes for the past few years, media reports said.
Oct 03, 2020, at 06:40 pm
HongKong/IBNS: Pro-democracy protesters of Hong Kong seem to have found inspiration in India's strong resistance to China's unprovoked aggression as they wrapped themselves in the tricolour and marched on China's National Day in Causeway Bay on Thursday.
US President Donald Trump who tested Covid-19 positive hospitalised
Oct 03, 2020, at 06:33 pm
Washington/IBNS: US President Donald Trump, who has tested positive for Covid-19, was hospitalised on Friday.
Guterres: Only way to remove nuclear risk, ‘completely eliminate nuclear weapons’
Oct 03, 2020, at 03:16 pm
New York: The elimination of nuclear weapons is vital to the “survival of life on this planet”, the UN chief told the final major event of the General Assembly’s high level week on Friday.
Iraq urged to investigate attacks on women human rights defenders
Oct 03, 2020, at 03:12 pm
New York: UN-appointed independent rights experts have urged the Iraqi authorities to investigate the murder of a female human rights defender, and the attempted killing of another, targeted “simply because they are women”.
Movie producer Weinstein faces 6 new sexual assault counts
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:51 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison on rape and sexual assault charges in March, now faces six new sexual assault counts, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said in a news release on Friday.
Kim Jong Un wishes Trump speedy recovery from COVID-19
Oct 03, 2020, at 02:25 pm
Pyongyang/Xinhua: Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, expressed his sympathy to U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Tokyo: Protesters demonstrate against China's human rights violations
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:19 am
Tokyo: Representatives from Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan, Mongolia and Japan demonstrated outside the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo on Thursday.
US: Lawmakers passes bill to force companies to disclose Xinjiang-sourced materials
Oct 03, 2020, at 05:04 am
Washington: Lawmakers in Lower House of the United States Congress on Wednesday passed legislation which will now require publicly listed companies in the US to disclose commercial links to China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Uygur Region, media reports said.
Hong Kong's last British Governor Chris Patten slams China, says Beijing cannot be trusted
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:57 am
London: Hong Kong's last British Governor Chris Patten has slammed China and said the country cannot be trusted.
Hong Kong issue: German Chancellor Angela Merkel targets China
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:49 am
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has slammed China on the recent developments in Hong Kong.
False accusation and politicians: Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman slams Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Oct 03, 2020, at 04:46 am
Islamabad: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam president Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has targeted Pakistan PM Imran Khan and said his government is framing politicians under false accusations.