China directs coal miners to increase output amid energy shortage

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:22 am

The Chinese administration has asked the country's coal mines to boost output as an energy shortage across the country has seen millions of homes and businesses hit by power cuts in recent weeks.

Afghanistan: Only sports channel stops operation

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:19 am

Kabul: Afghanistan's only sports channel 3Sport has stopped operating due to the economic crisis and  imposition of restrictions, media reports said on Sunday.

Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal says women are facing uncertain future under Taliban rule

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:17 am

Kabul: Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal has voiced concern that the women of the country under Taliban rule are facing an uncertain future.

Hong Kong University orders to remove Tiananmen memorial statue

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:11 am

The University of Hong Kong has directed to remove a statute which commemorates the Tiananmen Square massacre, an episode which can be seen as yet another stance taken by China to dominate over the region.

We will not bow to Beijing pressure: Taiwan president gives strong reply to Xi Jinping

Oct 11, 2021, at 05:03 am

Taipei:  President Tsai Ing-wen has targeted China in her defiant speech and said will not bow to pressure from Beijing and will defend its democratic way of life.

Ex-journalist detained over comment on Chinese soldiers in war movie

Oct 11, 2021, at 04:33 am

Beijing: A former journalist has been detained in the Chinese city of  Hainan for making “insulting comments” about Chinese soldiers portrayed in a blockbuster movie about the Korean war, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Beheaded body of elderly man found in Jalalabad

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:51 am

Jalalabad: An elderly man was found beheaded in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Friday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.

'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85

Oct 11, 2021, at 03:29 am

Islamabad: Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad after being hospitalized with Covid-19. He was 85.

PDM demands early polls in Pakistan

Oct 11, 2021, at 01:15 am

Lahore:  The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday called for early elections in the country as a measure needed to combat  rising inflation and the economic crisis of Pakistan.

Pakistan: Four terrorists killed in Balochistan 

Oct 10, 2021, at 11:54 pm

Rawalpindi: Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) troops spotted and killed four terrorists in Balochistan's Awaran area on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.

Afghanistan: Doctors protest in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries for past 14 months

Oct 10, 2021, at 11:18 pm

Kabul:  Hundreds of male and female doctors from Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UNAMA in Kabul and demanded their salaries for the past 14  months to be paid.

At least five killed after boat capsizes in Bangladesh

Oct 10, 2021, at 03:37 pm

Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: At least five bodies were recovered after a boat capsized in the Turag river in Savar, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.

UNSC calls for justice after terrorists attack mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz

Oct 10, 2021, at 02:58 pm

New York/UNI/Sputnik: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned this week’s deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province that took the lives of dozens of people.

Six die in Bolivian Air Force plane crash

Oct 10, 2021, at 02:53 pm

La Paz/UNI/Xinhua: Six people died on Saturday, including four officials from the Bolivian Ministry of Health, after a Bolivian Air Force plane crashed in the Amazon area of Agua Dulce in the Pando department, local police said.

Afghanistan: US, Taliban representatives hold first talks since withdrawal

Oct 10, 2021, at 04:13 am

Doha: US officials on Saturday met members of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government in Qatar for the first time ever since the foreign forces left the nation in August.

Hundred Afghans stranded in India leave for Kabul

Oct 10, 2021, at 12:00 am

New Delhi/UNI: Over 100 Afghan nationals stranded in India left for Kabul on Iran's Mahan Airlines flight, Puneet Singh Chandhok, President Indian World Forum, said on Saturday.

Libya: UN lauds mercenary withdrawal plan on ‘path towards peace and democracy’

Oct 09, 2021, at 11:46 pm

New York: The United Nations on Friday welcomed the signing of a long-awaited Action Plan to withdraw mercenaries, foreign fighters and foreign forces from Libya, after years of fighting between warring factions across the oil-rich nation.

Pakistan: ISIS-K claims responsibility for killing Sikh Unani medicine practitioner in Peshawar

Oct 09, 2021, at 11:26 pm

Peshawar: Terror group Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the killing of Sikh hakim or Unani medicine practitioner in the north-western Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said on Saturday.

Xi Jinping vows to pursue 'reunification' with Taiwan

Oct 09, 2021, at 10:29 pm

Beijing; Chinese President XI Jinping has vowed to pursue the "reunification" with Taiwan, which Beijing observes as a breakaway province, in a peaceful manner.

DR Congo: Lack of sufficient funding means tough choices for humanitarians

Oct 09, 2021, at 10:10 pm

New York: Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a lack of funding, are leaving humanitarians with a stark choice over who to assist, the  UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country warned on Friday.

Journalists who ‘speak truth to power’ recognized with Nobel Peace Prize

Oct 09, 2021, at 09:32 pm

New York: Two campaigning journalists were awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said was recognition that a free press is “essential for peace, justice, sustainable development and human rights – and the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions”.

Chinese firm concerned over delay in launch of CPEC solar project in Pakistan

Oct 09, 2021, at 08:46 pm

Lahore: A Chinese state company has voiced its concerns over the inordinate delay in the launch and completion of the remaining 600-megawatt portion of the 900MW mega solar power project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) amid alleged issues related to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), media reports said.

Price hike: ANP launches protest campaign against Imran Khan govt

Oct 09, 2021, at 08:16 pm

Peshawar:  Awami National Party (ANP) has put pressure on PM Imran Khan-led government as on Thursday they launched a hunger-strike camp for failing to control growing inflation and price-hike.

Pakistan: Parents of 2014 Peshawar school massacre oppose amnesty to TTP

Oct 09, 2021, at 08:09 pm

Peshawar: The parents of the students who died in the terrorist attack on an Army Public School (APS) in 2014 have rejected the federal government’s proposed amnesty to proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), media reports said.

Facebook says aware of second outage in a week, working to restore service

Oct 09, 2021, at 02:55 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Social media site Facebook says that it is aware of reports of users having trouble accessing their apps and products and is working to restore service in the second major outage for the platform this week, the company said on Friday in a tweet.

Afghanistan Development: US, Taliban officials to hold talks in Doha over weekend

Oct 09, 2021, at 02:48 pm

Washington/UNI/Xinhua: A U.S. delegation will travel to Doha, Qatar, over the weekend to meet with senior Afghan Taliban representatives, the State Department said.

Afghanistan: Islamic State Khorasan Province claims responsibility for blast in Kunduz mosque

Oct 09, 2021, at 02:26 pm

Kunduz: Islamic State Khorasan Province (IKSP), the Afghan regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, has claimed responsibility for the blast which hit a mosque in Afghanistan's Kunduz region on Friday.

Russian govt voices concern over activities of ISIS in Afghanistan

Oct 09, 2021, at 01:37 am

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said the country is concerned over the activity of the Islamic State terrorist group in Afghanistan.

French delegation head calls Taiwan a 'country'

Oct 09, 2021, at 01:18 am

The head of a French delegation of senators on Thursday called Taiwan a "country" during a visit to Taipei, risking drawing China's wrath.

China: LGBT members face threat amid growing govt introduced regulations

Oct 09, 2021, at 12:36 am

Beijing: Chinese LGBT community is facing a threat as the government has started targeting them by introducing regulations in recent times, media reports said.