Pakistan: Terrorists attack army check post in South Waziristan, four soldiers killed
Feb 14, 2021, at 05:38 am
Islamabad: At least four Pakistani soldiers were killed after terrorists opened fire on a security forces post in Makeen, South Waziristan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: College students abducted, gang-raped in Karachi
Feb 13, 2021, at 02:59 pm
Karachi: A college student has been allegedly abducted and gang-raped in Pakistan's Karachi city, media reports said.
Australians more worried about income, less confident in Government: Study
Feb 12, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: While the confidence in the Australian government saw its peak during the pandemic in 2020, the current levels are slowly falling against the backdrop of soaring financial distress among the population, according to a new study by the Australian National University (ANU).
US condemns China's decision to ban BBC World News
Feb 12, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Washington: The US has condemned China's decision to ban BBC World News.
Police resort to firearms to disperse anti-coup student protest in Myanmar: Reports
Feb 12, 2021, at 10:53 pm
Naypyitaw/UNI: Myanmarese police had to open fire to disperse an anti-coup student protest in the nation's fourth-largest city of Mawlamyine, claimed media reports on Friday.
Only ‘following orders’, no defence for any Myanmar atrocities: UN expert
Feb 12, 2021, at 05:02 pm
New York: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on Wednesday said that security forces in the country must “stand down before there are more casualties” among protesters, amid reports of use of lethal force against those demonstrating against last week’s military takeover.
BBC World News banned from broadcasting in China
Feb 12, 2021, at 02:28 pm
Beijing/UNI: The Chinese government's television and radio regulator announced on Thursday that it is banning the BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, with immediate effect.
Ban on BBC 'unacceptable curtailing of media freedom' by China : UK
Feb 12, 2021, at 06:50 am
London/IBNS: The British government has slammed China over media censorship, after Beijing banned BBC World News for its reporting of Uighur minority.
Pakistan Minister says terrorism spread due to weak education system in country
Feb 12, 2021, at 06:06 am
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mehmood has said terrorism spread in Pakistan due to the country's weak education system.
Pakistan says China's Sinopharm vaccine not recommended for people aged above 60
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:56 pm
The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine for Covid-19, which started being administered in Pakistan recently, is not recommended for people aged over 60, a top official said.
Pakistan: Human rights activist Gulalai Ismail's father arrested, US voices concern
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:53 pm
Islamabad: Pakistani human rights activist Gulalai Ismail, currently seeking political asylum in the US, is finding herself amid a storm as her father Muhammad Ismail was arrested in Pakistan on charges of terrorism and sedition.
COVID-19 patient who fled from Hong Kong hospital jailed
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:44 pm
Beijing: A Covid-19 patient in Hong Kong, who fled from hospital only to be captured more than two days later, has been jailed for four months, reports South China Morning Post.
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:37 pm
Dhaka/Kolkata: Former Indian civil servant Gautam Bhattacharya feels that the most important contribution of Bangladesh's 'Founding Father' Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was just not to give the clarion call for liberation but to develop the “spirit of muktijuddho” (liberation war), to make all his people dream of establishing a society based on liberal values.
Pakistan govt is struggling to repay, may seek debt relief from China Belt and Road loan
Feb 11, 2021, at 04:28 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan is now planning to ask China for relief in payments for power projects which Beijing has financed for the past eight years, media reports said.
Leaked video shows PTI lawmakers receiving bribes before Senate elections in 2018; Imran Khan reacts
Feb 11, 2021, at 03:39 pm
Islamabad: A video has surfaced on the social media where the ruling PTI lawmakers are allegedly seen receiving bribes before the Senate elections in 2018, media reports said.
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari slams Imran Khan over inflation
Feb 11, 2021, at 12:09 am
Islamabad: PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday targeted PM Imran Khan over the issue of inflation.
Publisher Foisal Arefin Dipon murder case: 8 militants awarded death sentence
Feb 10, 2021, at 10:02 pm
Dhaka: Eight activists of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam have been awarded death sentences in connection with the case related to 2015 murder of Jagriti Prokashony Publisher Foisal Arefin Dipon.
Afghanistan: Kabul blast leave police chief dead
Feb 10, 2021, at 09:53 pm
Kabul: Mohammadzai Kochi, police chief of Kabul's police district 5 (PD5), was killed as a blast targeted his vehicle in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Wednesday, media reports said.
Afghanistan govt claims Taliban maintains close ties with Al-Qaeda
Feb 10, 2021, at 05:51 am
Kabul: Afghanistan Foreign Ministry has said the Taliban still have close ties to Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, media reports said.
Pakistan: Farmer leader arrested in Lahore
Feb 10, 2021, at 05:36 am
Raiwind police in Lahore have arrested Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) president Chaudhry Anwar from his residence on Monday, media reports said.
No room for 'debate or compromise': Hong Kong now launches national security rules for schools
Feb 10, 2021, at 05:27 am
Months after China imposed a new national security law which gave wide-ranging powers to crack down on vaguely defined political crimes to authorities, Hong Kong has now introduced new restrictions for how schools operate, media reports said.
Taiwan should join global semiconductor supply chain alliance against China, feels expert
Feb 10, 2021, at 04:45 am
Taipei: Taiwan should join any global semiconductor supply chain alliance against China to protect its technological advantage and national security, said assistant research fellow at the government-funded Institute for National Defense and Security Research Wang Che-jen.
Pakistan: One terror suspect killed in Karachi
Feb 09, 2021, at 11:49 pm
Karachi: One terror suspect was killed and five others were arrested during an operation conducted in Pakistan's Karachi city on Monday, media reports said.
Nepal to hold mid-term elections in 40 districts in first phase: Cabinet
Feb 09, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Kathmandu/UNI: Nepal will be holding the mid-term polls in 40 districts of the nation on April 30 and in the remaining 37 districts on May 10, a Cabinet communique said on Tuesday.
Australia says respects China's legal system amid row over Journalist's arrest
Feb 09, 2021, at 10:11 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: Canberra is not interfering in China’s legal system and respects it, but will continue to push for justice toward Australian national Cheng Lei, who has been recently arrested on suspicion of espionage, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in an interview, in the wake of Beijing's criticism.
Pakistan: Documents reveal that PTI allowed paid employees to receive funds
Feb 09, 2021, at 09:48 pm
Islamabad/UNI: In what is being seen as significantly impacting the PTI's foreign funding case, a documented list has been leaked on Monday which claims to name Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf employees who were authorised by the party to receive donations from within and outside of Pakistan.
China forced labour issue in Xinjiang: Solar companies now tracing supply chains
Feb 09, 2021, at 06:13 pm
Beijing: Several solar companies have pledged to oppose forced labor in their supply chains as concern over the sector's reliance on China’s Xinjiang region has been raised in recent times.
China’s new coastguard law: Indonesian official voices concern
Feb 09, 2021, at 06:01 pm
Beijing: China’s new coastguard law has spiked the risk of a “spillover conflict” into Indonesia’s territorial waters around the Natuna Islands, warned Indonesia’s Maritime Security Agency chief.
Pakistan: Commission submits report to SC which depicts dismal picture of major Hindu sites
Feb 09, 2021, at 05:54 pm
Islamabad: The seventh report of the one-man Dr Shoaib Suddle commission submitted to the Pakistan Supreme Court has unveiled a dismal picture of the major Hindu sites in the south Asian country.
Pakistan's Justice Isa says media is not free in the country
Feb 09, 2021, at 05:47 pm
Islamabad: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of Pakistan has remarked that the media is not free in the country.