Pakistan: Balochistan reports first coronavirus case
Mar 11, 2020, at 09:43 am
Quetta/IBNS: Quetta reported the first Coronavirus case in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Tuesday, media reports said.
British health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive for coronavirus
Mar 11, 2020, at 09:31 am
London/IBNS: British junior Health Minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus.
Pakistan wants Taliban to rule Afghanistan, says former Afghan President's brother
Mar 10, 2020, at 11:39 pm
Geneva/IBNS: The brother of a former Afghanistan President has said that Pakistan is backing the Taliban group to topple the elected government in his nation.
Seven killed in boat collision in central Indonesia
Mar 10, 2020, at 07:03 pm
Jakarta/Xinhua: Seven people were killed and six others injured after two boats collided on a river in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province, a disaster agency official said on Tuesday.
Erdogan invites Putin to participate in Syria's oil fields development
Mar 10, 2020, at 06:46 pm
Ankara/Sputnik: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he had invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to participate in Syria's oil fields development for boosting the Syrian economy.
Taliban hand prisoner list to US Delegation – Spokesman
Mar 10, 2020, at 06:16 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: The Taliban have handed to a US delegation a list of 5,000 fighters they want released from Afghan prisons, the spokesman for the militant group’s Qatar office said on Tuesday.
Six al-Shabab militants killed during fight with Somalia troops
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Mogadishu/Xinhua/UNI: Somali security forces on Tuesday killed six al-Shabab militants after a fierce gun battle in Diff town in the Lower Juba region, an official said on Tuesday.
Intra-Afghan talks expected to open amid renewed Taliban violence, US airstrikes
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Kabul/Sputnik/UNI: Intra-Afghan negotiations are expected to open on Tuesday amid uncertainty as the Taliban are stepping up attacks on country’s forces and US warplanes are carrying out airstrikes on the group’s positions, yet hopes for long-awaited peace has became possible after President Ashraf Ghani finally agreed to a prisoner swap.
Somali, US drone strike kills 4 al-Shabab terrorists
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:51 pm
Mogadishu/Xinhua/UNI: Somali and US forces said they conducted an airstrike in southern Somalia on Monday, killing four terrorists in the latest strike targeting the al-Shabab extremist group in the Horn of African nation.
Turkish forces neutralize 5 senior PKK members in northern Iraq
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:42 pm
Ankara/Sputnik/UNI: Turkish forces have neutralized five senior members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), considered to be a terror group by Ankara, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Kazakhstan bans entry for people arriving from Italy amid Coronavirus outbreak - Official
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:37 pm
Nur-Sultan/Sputnik/UNI: Kazakhstan has banned entry for all the people arriving from Italy, except Kazakh citizens, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, the country's chief sanitary doctor, Zhandarbek Bekshin, said on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber shot dead before reaching target in Kandahar
Mar 10, 2020, at 04:31 pm
Kandahar/IBNS: Afghanistan security forces have killed a suicide bomber who was looking to carry out an attack in Zherai district, officials said on Tuesday.
Israel introduces mandatory quarantine for all those coming from abroad
Mar 10, 2020, at 10:34 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday the introduction of mandatory quarantine for everyone arriving from abroad amid coronavirus fears.
Rising number of young people excluded from jobs, education and training
Mar 10, 2020, at 10:25 am
New York/IBNS: The number of young people around the world who are neither employed, studying or in some kind of training, is on the rise, according to a new report released on Monday by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Atomic agency cites concerns over Iran testing sites, offers COVID-19 assistance
Mar 10, 2020, at 10:11 am
New York/IBNS: Iran’s nuclear capabilities moved back into the international spotlight on Monday as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that it had concerns about possible “undeclared nuclear material and nuclear-related activities” in unregistered locations there.
Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination
Mar 10, 2020, at 09:57 am
New York/IBNS: Sudan’s Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was “safe and in good shape”.
Pakistan: Confirmed coronavirus cases touch 16
Mar 10, 2020, at 09:13 am
Karachi/IBNS: With nine more cases of coronavirus infection being reported from Karachi city, the total number of the cases in Pakistan has touched 16, officials said.
Canada confirms first COVID-19 death
Mar 10, 2020, at 08:36 am
Vancouver/Xinhua/UNI: Canada reported the first COVID-19 death in Vancouver of British Columbia province.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in UK rise to 319
Mar 09, 2020, at 08:50 pm
London/Xinhua: At least 319 people in Britain have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, up from 273 at the same point Sunday, according to the Department of Health and Social Care.
Iran's coronavirus death toll mounts to 237
Mar 09, 2020, at 08:07 pm
Tehran/UNI: The death toll from the deadly coronavirus in Iran rose to 238 on Monday while the number of confirmed cases has exceeded 7,000.
Mar 09, 2020, at 04:57 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Women in large numbers on Sunday participated in 'Aurat March' across different cities in Pakistan to demand basic rights for women in each field of life. However, the Islamabad edition of the march was marred by a stone-pelting incident where the peaceful participants were allegedly targeted by religious hardliners.
Pakistan: Bus plunges into ravine, 20 dead
Mar 09, 2020, at 01:51 pm
Karachi/IBNS: A passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine near Gilgit Baltistan's city Skardu area in Pakistan and left at least 20 people killed, media reports said.
Kabul: Four members of family found dead under mysterious circumstances
Mar 09, 2020, at 12:59 pm
Kabul/IBNS: Four members of a family were found dead under mysterious circumstances at a residence in Afghanistan's Kabul city, media reports said.
Pakistan confirms seventh Coronavirus case
Mar 09, 2020, at 11:47 am
Karachi/IBNS: Pakistan confirmed its seventh confirmed Coronvirus case on Monday.
DPRK test-fires short-range projectiles: S.Korea's military
Mar 09, 2020, at 11:20 am
Seoul/Xinhua/UNI: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) test-fired short-range projectiles into the East Sea on Monday in what was believed to be part of the ongoing firing drills, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
No sustainable development or peace without women: UN deputy chief
Mar 09, 2020, at 10:48 am
New York/IBNS: The world will not be able to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if half the planet is left behind, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said in Papua New Guinea on Sunday: International Women’s Day.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Hindu community on Holi
Mar 09, 2020, at 10:25 am
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan PM Imran Khan on Monday wished the Hindu community on the occasion of Holi.
Turkish president urges Greece to open border for illegal immigrants
Mar 08, 2020, at 10:21 pm
Istanbul/Xinhua/UNI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged Greece to open its border gate for the passage of illegal immigrants, who have been waiting in Turkey's northwestern border for the last 10 days to enter Europe.
Five people killed by avalanche in central Austria : Reports
Mar 08, 2020, at 09:20 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Five people were killed by an avalanche on the Hoher Dachstein mountain in central Austria, local media reported on Sunday.
The US-Taliban Agreement: Vindication of terrorism and betrayal of the common Afghan
Mar 08, 2020, at 07:22 pm
It had been argued in the EFSAS Commentary of 06-09-2019 titled ‘Strange negotiations in an incongruous environment do not portend well for peace in Afghanistan’ that the talks that the United States (US) was engaged in with the Taliban represented basically an acceptance of defeat by the US, its willingness to renege on the promises, both articulated and implied, made to the people of Afghanistan, and in its rush to get out of Afghanistan its sheer lack of interest in, or commitment to, the prospects of long-term peace in the country.