Bangladesh: Minorities seek protection
Oct 09, 2020, at 10:07 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Hindu-Christian Buddhist Jatiya Oikya Parishad has urged the government to ensure its safety in the wake of unabated communal violence against religious-ethnic minorities.
Case of Hursan Hassan: Another Uyghur intellectual falsely sentenced, claims Campaign for Uyghurs
Oct 09, 2020, at 05:23 pm
Campaign for Uyghurs group said it is horrified to learn of yet another Uyghur victim of the Chinese regime’s persistent actions to imprison prominent members of the community on false charges.
Pakistani army chief, US special envoy discuss Afghan peace process
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:59 pm
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with visiting U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in Rawalpindi on Thursday and discussed the Afghan peace process, the Pakistani army said.
PoK witnesses protests over demand to release 14 local men amid visit by Army Chief Bajwa
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:47 am
Hunza: Hunza region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) recently witnessed demonstration as protesters demanded the release of 14 local men, including political leader Baba Jan, who were jailed in 2011 for 'inciting' people against the government, media reports said.
Release political activists: Demonstrators protest in Gilgit-Baltistan
Oct 09, 2020, at 01:27 am
Hunza: Gilgit-Baltistan region witnessed protest over the crackdown launched by the Pakistan administration against political activists of the region, media reports said on Thursday.
Pakistan: Islamabad HC rejects petition seeking ban on Nawaz Sharif' speeches
Oct 08, 2020, at 03:12 am
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has rejected a petition seeking a ban on PML-N supremo and Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif's speeches.
Pakistan's drug habit is endangering the region, says analyst
Oct 08, 2020, at 02:27 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s geographic location next to Afghanistan, the world’s largest producer of opium, places the country in a veritable front-row position in terms of drug trafficking, an activist said.
UNGA: 39 countries target China over its policy towards Hong Kong, Xinjiang
Oct 08, 2020, at 02:16 am
Geneva: As many as 39 nations have condemned China's policy towards people in Hong Kong and Xinjiang regions.
Beijing is carrying out 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang
Oct 08, 2020, at 01:52 am
Beijing: China is carrying out a 'cultural genocide' in Xinjiang region where thousands of people are believed to be kept in concentration camps, according to an article in The Atlantic.
Afghan police arrest 5 drug smugglers, destroy 2 heroin labs
Oct 07, 2020, at 02:37 pm
Kabul/Xinhua: The police have arrested five drug smugglers and destroyed two heroin labs in separate operations in Afghanistan, said a statement released by the Ministry of Interior Affairs on Tuesday.
UN condemns deadly suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan
Oct 06, 2020, at 11:34 pm
New York: The United Nations has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide attack on a government building in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, and underlined that the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
Sheikh Hasina to lead global leaders at CVF Event
Oct 06, 2020, at 10:55 pm
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh along with Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) will host the virtual Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Leaders’ Event on Wednesday at 1900 hours.
Afghanistan's Nangarhar car bomb blast: ISI link suspected
Oct 06, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Kabul: There might be a link between the car bomb explosion in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, media reports said.
Afghanistan's Nangarhar car bomb blast: ISI link suspected
Oct 06, 2020, at 05:19 am
Kabul: There might be a link between the car bomb explosion in the Nangarhar region of Afghanistan and Pakistan's spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence, media reports said.
Cambodia's naval base set to witness China-led expansion
Oct 06, 2020, at 05:07 am
Beijing/Washington/Phnom Penh: The US has expressed concern over the China-backed expansion at Cambodia Ream Naval Base.
Mongolia witnesses anti-China demonstration
Oct 06, 2020, at 12:40 am
Ulaanbaatar: Mongolia witnessed an anti-China demonstration recently ahead of the scheduled visit of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo.
Bangladesh: Noakhali woman stripped naked, beaten
Oct 05, 2020, at 03:21 pm
Police have arrested a person after video footage surfaced where a group of men could be seen stripping a woman and torturing her in Noakhali's Begumganj upazila of Bangladesh.
Afghan President Ghani starts official visit to Kuwait, Qatar - Presidential Palace
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:46 pm
Kabul/Sputnik: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is heading a high-ranking government delegation that has departed for an official visit to Kuwait, as well as Qatar, the presidential palace said in a statement.
Bangladesh: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka praise Sheikh Hasina
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:41 am
Dhaka: Diplomats stationed in Dhaka have praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her “able and prudent” leadership and tireless efforts in changing the course of national progress, braving a sea of challenges and setbacks along her way.
JUI-F chief named Prez of Pakistan opposition alliance
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:34 am
Islamabad/UNI: Maulana Fazlur Rahman, the head of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-Fazl) party, has been named the first President of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), after unanimous nomination by the heads of all constituent parties. .
Pakistani PM Imran Khan urges public to avoid another wave of COVID-19
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:30 am
Islamabad/Xinhua: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday urged the public to take precautionary measures to avoid another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina expects speedy recovery of Donald Trump, his wife
Oct 05, 2020, at 02:25 am
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday wished for early recovery of US President Donald J. Trump and his wife Melania Trump from coronavirus.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.