Pakistan: Two terrorists killed during exchange of fire in North Waziristan

Oct 10, 2022, at 03:18 pm

Islamabad:  At least two terrorists were killed during an intense exchange of fire in the general area of North Waziristan District, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan: Four-year-old raped, murdered in Bannu 

Oct 10, 2022, at 02:48 pm

Bannu: A four-year-old girl has been allegedly raped and then murdered in Pakistan's Bannu district, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: Islamabad shopping mall fire brought under control

Oct 10, 2022, at 04:53 am

The fire, which broke out at Islamabad's Centaurus Mall in Pakistan, has been brought under control, media reports said.

DR Congo: China sends criminal experts to halt kidnappings

Oct 10, 2022, at 03:52 am

Beijing: Beijing has decided to deploy criminal investigators to help halt kidnappings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after alerts were issued regarding the safety of Chinese citizens working in the African nation’s high-stakes mining industry.

Taiwan foresees more Chinese coercion, intimidation during Xi Jinping's new term

Oct 10, 2022, at 03:48 am

Taipei: A senior Taiwanese minister feels that China might increase its coercion and intimidation to achieve its goal of bringing the island under Beijing's control once President Xi Jinping assumes the third term in office.

Nepal: President Bidya Devi Bhandari tests COVID-19 positive

Oct 10, 2022, at 03:17 am

Kathmandu: Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari has tested COVID-19 positive, media reports said on Sunday.

Unknown men assassinate Taliban leader in Afghanistan

Oct 10, 2022, at 02:59 am

Unknown armed men assassinated the Taliban Head of Economy for the northern Afghan province of Faryab Abdul Rahman Munawar, media reports said on Sunday.

Pakistan: Nine person die as roof of house collapses in Chilas city

Oct 10, 2022, at 01:53 am

Chilas: At least nine persons died when the roof of their house collapsed in Pakistan's  Chilas city on Sunday, media reports said.

China launches space-based observatory to unravel the Sun's secrets

Oct 09, 2022, at 03:15 pm

Jiuquan/UNI: China lifted off a solar exploration satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Sunday.

Pakistan: Police baton-charge, arrest protesting school teachers in Peshawar

Oct 08, 2022, at 10:00 pm

Peshawar: The police arrested dozens of schoolteachers after resorting to baton-charge and tear gas firing to disperse their rally staged in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Thursday to demand upgradation of their pay scales and restoration of allowances.

Pakistan: Policeman hurt in Lakki attack

Oct 08, 2022, at 09:55 pm

Lakki Marwat: A policeman was hurt when  armed men attacked a patrolling party on Manjiwala link road in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat region on Wednesday, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Flood victims killed in alleged 'police firing'

Oct 08, 2022, at 09:36 pm

Quetta:  One flood victim was killed in an alleged police firing during distribution of relief goods by an NGO in the cattle farm area of Jafferabad district of Pakistan on Thursday, media reports said.

Bangladesh: Idol vandalized by miscreants in Hindu temple in Jhenaidah

Oct 08, 2022, at 08:26 pm

Dhaka: Police are currently trying to find out the vandals who allegedly  desecrated the idol of a deity at a Hindu temple in Jhenaidah's Shailkupa Upaliza in Bangladesh.

Nepal Airlines to sell 5 Chinese planes which are not fit for flying

Oct 08, 2022, at 07:28 pm

Nepal Airlines, facing losses, has decided to  sell five of its Chinese-made aircraft as nobody wants to lease them, media reports said on Saturday.

All LTTE detainees to be freed: Sri Lankan PM

Oct 08, 2022, at 07:19 pm

Colombo: All remaining Tamil Tiger detainees will be released and the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be repealed, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said in remarks published on Saturday.

Pakistan: Eight Sheikhupura men stabbed to death in sleep

Oct 08, 2022, at 05:26 pm

Sheikhupura: At least eight people were stabbed to death with axes while they were sleeping  in the farms in a village near Sheikhupura in Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Armed men kidnap GB minister, 2 foreigners

Oct 08, 2022, at 04:35 pm

Skardu: Unknown armed men, who demanded the release of their accomplices from jail, kidnapped a Gilgit-Baltistan minister and two foreigners from the Babusar Road of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Balochistan witnessing spike in Malaria cases

Oct 07, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Quetta: Pakistan's Balochistan is witnessing a rise in Malaria as 2,434 cases of the disease were registered from six districts of the region in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Friday.

Sri Lanka: 82 Jaffna students get Chinese scholarship

Oct 07, 2022, at 06:32 pm

Colombo: China has given away scholarships amounting to Rs 4.3 million to 82 students of Jaffna University.

Bangladesh: Chinese national booked for promoting obscenity through mobile app

Oct 07, 2022, at 05:55 pm

Bangladesh police have booked a Chinese national and four others for  making millions illegally in Bangladesh by promoting obscenity through a mobile app, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves a child dead in Paktika

Oct 07, 2022, at 03:08 pm

Paktika: At least one child died and two others were hurt as a mortar shell exploded in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: Grenade attack on tribal elder's house leave five injured

Oct 06, 2022, at 11:20 pm

Hub: A grenade attack on the house of a tribal elder in Hub town of Pakistan has left five members of a family, including women and children, critically injured, media reports said on Thursday.

Pakistan:Attock jail employees rape, harass women visitors, claims report

Oct 06, 2022, at 11:15 pm

Rawalpindi:  The Provincial Intelligence Centre (PIC), in a report, has accused some Attock district jail employees in Pakistan of raping and sexually harassing women who visit to meet prisoners, media reports said on Thursday.

Pakistan: Norwegian national goes missing in Punjab

Oct 06, 2022, at 11:06 pm

A Norwegian national of Pakistani origin has gone missing in Punjab province, media reports said on Thursday.

Ten years of Afghan economic growth, reversed in just 12 months: UNDP

Oct 06, 2022, at 09:11 pm

New  York: A year on from the Taliban takeover in Kabul, Afghanistan is gripped by “cascading crises”, including a crippled economy that humanitarian aid alone cannot address, according to a new report from the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Teacher rapes teen student in Karachi, arrested

Oct 06, 2022, at 06:25 am

Karachi: The police on Wednesday arrested a school teacher in Pakistan's Karachi city for allegedly raping a 14-year-old student, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Blast rocks MoI mosque, 4 die

Oct 06, 2022, at 04:44 am

Kabul: At least four people died and 25 others were hurt as a blast rocked the mosque of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) in Afghanistan capital city Kabul on Wednesday.

Chinese govt imposes ban on residents from leaving Xinjiang to tackle COVID-19 situation

Oct 06, 2022, at 04:22 am

Xinjiang: The Chinese government has imposed a ban on residents from leaving Xinjiang region amid rise in COVID-19 cases.

Pakistan: To avert ‘second wave of death’, UN raises funding appeal to $816 million

Oct 05, 2022, at 10:40 pm

New York: Battling what the top UN aid official in Pakistan has warned is a “second wave of death and destruction”, following catastrophic flooding since June that left a third of the country submerged, UN humanitarians on Tuesday raised their funding request from $160 million to $816 million.

Pakistan Army kills seven terrorists during two different operations in KP

Oct 05, 2022, at 03:31 pm

Islamabad: The Pakistani Army have killed seven terrorists in  two different operations in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, media reports said.