Bangladesh’s key garment industry at risk of $1 billion setback after airport fire
Oct 20, 2025, at 03:25 pm
Bangladesh's garment exports can face a loss of up to USD 1 billion after a massive fire devastated the cargo complex in Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Hong Kong: Cargo plane skids off runway into sea; two ground staff killed
Oct 20, 2025, at 10:02 am
A cargo plane skidded off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and plunged into the sea early Sunday, killing two ground staff members, according to local media reports.
Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire after deadly border clashes
Oct 19, 2025, at 04:14 pm
Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following over a week of cross-border fighting that killed dozens and injured hundreds, Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced Sunday, media reports said.
Oct 18, 2025, at 09:43 pm
Kakul: Pakistan Army Chief and Field Marshal Asim Munir has, yet again, issued threats against India, warning of "decisive, beyond proportions" response from Islamabad at a time when Pakistan itself was raining bombs on Afghan civilians.
4.7 million children are currently out of school in Pakistan's KP
Oct 18, 2025, at 06:21 pm
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has recorded a massive 4.7 million children who are currently not studying in schools.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Dhaka Airport's cargo section, all flight operations suspended
Oct 18, 2025, at 05:58 pm
A major fire broke out in the cargo area of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Saturday, forcing authorities to suspend all flights.
Oct 18, 2025, at 02:39 pm
Former Afghan Member of Parliament Mariam Solaimankhil has blamed the Pakistan Army for being directly responsible for the “systematic terrorism” in the region.
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of airstrikes in Paktika province hours after ceasefire extension
Oct 17, 2025, at 11:54 pm
Hours after Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to extend their 48-hour ceasefire, the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes in several districts of Paktika province, which lies along the Durand Line, media reports said.
Oct 17, 2025, at 04:45 pm
The Pakistani security forces on Friday killed 10 terrorists during intelligence-based operations in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, media reports said.
Oct 17, 2025, at 12:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan seems to be in a spot as its Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is anticipating a "two-front war" with an attack from India amid the ongoing conflict with Afghanistan.
Oct 17, 2025, at 10:36 am
A prosecutor in a special domestic tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday demanded the death penalty for ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over alleged crimes against humanity during the mass uprising in 2024, which forced her to flee the country after the fall of the Awami League government.
Panicked Pakistan seeks Trump’s intervention for truce with Afghanistan, blames India for proxy war
Oct 16, 2025, at 09:15 pm
Islamabad: Unsure of the fragile ceasefire with the Taliban, Pakistan has sought US President Donald Trump’s intervention to alleviate tensions after border clashes with Afghanistan, which left several people dead on both sides, media reports said.
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 48-hour ceasefire after deadly border clashes
Oct 15, 2025, at 09:04 pm
Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire on Wednesday evening after a day of intense cross-border fighting that left dozens dead and many others wounded, media reports said.
It seems as if we are citizens of an enemy country: Pakistani transgenders allege eviction from home
Oct 15, 2025, at 06:08 pm
The leaders of transgender community in Pakistan have alleged that the police have evicted their members from different districts of the province, media reports said on Wednesday.
Wheat movement issue: Pakistani flour millers threaten to launch province-wide protest in KP
Oct 15, 2025, at 05:51 pm
Flour millers in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have warned they will launch a province-wide protest if the “unconstitutional” ban on the movement of wheat and flour from Punjab is not immediately lifted.
Afghan Taliban, Pakistan exchange gunfire, dozens killed
Oct 15, 2025, at 05:10 pm
Pakistan and Afghan Taliban forces clashed along the border on Wednesday in one of the deadliest cross-border confrontations in recent years, leaving dozens dead and many others wounded, according to media and official sources from both sides.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at a garments factory in Dhaka, 16 dead
Oct 15, 2025, at 10:19 am
At least 16 people died after a massive fire broke out at a garments factory and a chemical warehouse in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, on Tuesday.
Philippines, China 'clash' in South China Sea, US condemns Beijing
Oct 14, 2025, at 06:28 pm
The United States on Monday condemned China after Beijing and the Philippines traded accusations over a maritime confrontation close to disputed islands on the South China Sea.
Pakistan: Levies constable was shot dead while guarding a polio team in Swat
Oct 14, 2025, at 05:58 pm
Unidentified attackers shot dead a Levies constable who was deployed to protect a polio team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Tuesday.
Xiaomi car catches fire in China, driver burns to death after door fails to open
Oct 14, 2025, at 03:03 pm
A driver was killed after a Xiaomi Corp. SU7 electric sedan caught fire following a crash in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday, sending the company’s shares down more than 5%, according to CNBC.
Nepali student, who was captured by Hamas during October 7 attack, confirmed dead
Oct 14, 2025, at 09:56 am
A Nepali student, who was held in captivity by Hamas, has now been confirmed dead, on a day when the group released 20 living Israeli hostages on Monday as part of the new ceasefire deal reached with Israel.
China 'detains' over 20 prominent underground church pastors
Oct 13, 2025, at 06:37 pm
A prominent Chinese underground church founder, along with more than 20 other members of the group, have been detained over the weekend during overnight raids in various cities.
One police officer, three TLP workers killed during anti-Israel protest in Pakistan
Oct 13, 2025, at 05:48 pm
At least one officer was killed, and three supporters of a radical Islamist outfit died after they clashed with the police during an anti-Israel march in Pakistan on Monday.
Pakistan: Attacker opens fire outside Ahmadi worship place, six security guards hurt
Oct 12, 2025, at 11:32 pm
An attacker opened fire outside an Ahmadi community’s worship place in Chenab Nagar in Pakistan on Friday, leaving six security guards injured on Friday.
Afghan FM defends exclusion of women journalists during presser in Delhi, calls it 'technical issue'
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:30 pm
Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday sought to downplay the controversy surrounding the absence of female journalists from his earlier press conference in New Delhi, describing it as a “technical issue.”
Pakistan: Bomb explosion in Jaffarabad leaves 10-year-old boy dead
Oct 12, 2025, at 08:15 pm
A 10-year-old boy died and his brother was injured after a bomb exploded in the Jaffarabad district of Pakistan on Friday, media reports said.
Islamabad says 200 Talibans killed; Kabul claims 58 Pakistani soldiers dead in border fighting
Oct 12, 2025, at 06:53 pm
The Pakistan Army on Sunday claimed that more than 200 Taliban fighters were killed during intense border clashes, just hours after Afghanistan’s Taliban government asserted that 58 Pakistani soldiers had died in the fighting.
Pakistan summons Afghan envoy over India-Afghanistan statement on Jammu and Kashmir
Oct 12, 2025, at 02:17 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday summoned the Afghan ambassador to express its “strong reservations” over the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi a day earlier.
15 Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban retaliates after Kabul airstrikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 12:48 pm
Kabul: Taliban forces launched retaliatory attacks following Pakistani airstrikes in Helmand province, killing 15 Pakistani soldiers after strikes that also targeted Kabul, media reports said.
Taliban, Pakistani forces clash along border after alleged air strikes
Oct 12, 2025, at 07:52 am
Armed clashes erupted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Saturday after the Taliban accused Islamabad of carrying out airstrikes inside Afghan territory, escalating already fraught relations between the two neighbours, media reports said.