Broken heads remark: Mike Pompeo says Xi Jinping is 'serious'
Washington: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said Chinese President Xi Jinping is serious about his 'bash heads bloody' warning.
24th anniversary of return to China: Hong Kong police arrest 19 people
Hong Kong Police have arrested 19 people as the region observed the 24th anniversary of its return to China recently.
Punjab Assembly in Pakistan passed new law: Journalists reject, stage protest
Islamabad: Several journalist associations have rejected Punjab Assembly's new law as an attack on press freedom wherein the so-called judicial committee of the house may penalise in a summary trial any journalist or bureaucrat for breach of a privilege of the house, any of its committee or a member.
COVID-19: Pakistan witnessing slow pace in vaccination
Islamabad: Pakistan, which has witnessed several waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, is still slow in vaccinating its population, media reports said.
Pakistan: Toy bomb blast leaves three children dead
Islamabad: At least three children died as a toy bomb blast hit Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province on Friday, media reports said on Saturday.
US forces leave largest air base in Afghanistan, says Pentagon
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US has handed over control of the Bagram Air Base outside of Kabul to Afghan forces and withdrawn strike capabilities as part of the ongoing drawdown of forces from the country, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.
Bangladesh receives first consignment of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
Dhaka/UNI: Bangladesh has received the first consignment of 1.2 million doses of Moderna vaccine from the US under the COVAX framework.
Afghanistan: Taliban issuing ‘new’ laws in captured districts
Kabul: Civil society activists have claimed Taliban militants have started new laws and regulations in recently captured Takhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said on Saturday.
US remembers victims of 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terror attack in Bangladesh
Dhaka: The United States on June 1 remembered the death of 20 people in a terrorist attack in Bangladesh in 2016 which had left the nation shocked.
Beijing threatening academic freedom of Chinese students in Australia, says HRW report
Sydney: Australian universities have failed to protect the academic freedom of students from China and of academics who criticize the Chinese Communist Party, Human Rights Watch said in a report released recently.
China promises 'broken heads' for enemies, triggering World War 3 fears
Washington: World War 3 fear has been ignited after China promised "broken heads" for their enemies, a sign of threat given by Beijing to the West.
Dhaka: The first commercial shipment of 1 million Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine from China has reached Bangladesh, a nation battling a deadly wave of the COVID-19 pandemic at present.
Afghan forces reinforce defenses of border town along Uzbekistan
Amid the continued Taliban’s offensive in northern Afghanistan, hundreds of troops have been deployed to protect Hairatan, a border town along the Uzbekistan border, in the northern province of Balkh. The town is important from a strategic perspective.
Afghanistan: Italian forces hand over military camp in Herat to local forces after two decades
Kabul: Italian forces recently handed over control of a military camp in Herat to Afghan forces, a measure taken amid retreating foreign forces from war-torn Afghanistan.
Four Nordic newspapers publish front-page letter slamming China over Hong Kong issue
Four major Nordic newspapers targeted China as it marked Chinese Communist Party's centenary by publishing a full-front page editorial criticising China's violation of press freedom in Hong Kong, media reports said on Friday.