Cut ties with terror, Uzbekistan tells Afghanistan Taliban
Jul 26, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Tashkent: Uzbekistan has urged the Afghan government led by the Taliban to sever all ties with terrorist organizations, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Police arrest man for selling his underage daughter for child marriage
Jul 26, 2022, at 08:18 pm
Jacobabad: Pakistan police have arrested a man for allegedly selling his underage daughter for child marriage.
Pakistan gold prices reach all-time high
Jul 26, 2022, at 07:37 pm
Islamabad: Price of 10 gms of gold in Pakistan reached an all-time high of Rs127,143 in the local market, media reports said.
Pakistan: Govt allows shipment of all imported items despite ban
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has announced the country's government is allowing the import of all items that have reached the ports by June 1 despite a ban on import of luxury items.
China Evergrande removes top executives
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:53 pm
Beijing: China Evergrande, the embattled Chinese property developer, recently announced that its chief executive had resigned.
China bank scandal: Financial official placed under investigation
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:48 pm
Beijing: A top Chinese official, who was once responsible for overseeing the banks at the centre of one of China’s biggest financial scandals, has been placed under investigation, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Army soldier dies while exchange of fire with terrorists in DI Khan
Jul 25, 2022, at 11:07 pm
Rawalpindi: A Pakistani Army soldier died while fighting against terrorists in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan on Saturday.
Pakistani Rupee stumbles to 230 against USD
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:32 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani Rupee stumbled further to touch 230 during intraday trade against US Dollar on Monday.
Shenzhou-14 astronauts enter China's Wentian lab module
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:18 pm
Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: On Monday at 10:03 am (Beijing time), the Shenzhou-14 astronauts opened the hatch door of Wentian, the first lab module of China's space station, and entered the module, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Lithuania plans to open trade representative office in Taipei
Jul 25, 2022, at 07:13 pm
Taipei: Lithuania is planning to open a trade representative office in Taipei, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka removes Bangladesh flag from Facebook page
Jul 24, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Dhaka: The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka has removed the distorted image of the Bangladesh flag from its Facebook page.
Jul 24, 2022, at 06:21 pm
Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistani security forces killed three terrorists and arrested four others in military operations in the country's northwest tribal district of North Waziristan, said a military statement on Saturday.
Afghanistan: 180 people arrested in Kunduz in past three months
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:55 am
Kunduz, Afghanistan: Security officials in Kunduz province of Afghanistan have arrested 180 people from different parts of the province in the past three months on different criminal charges.
Pakistan failing to make its own COVID-19 vaccine due to lack of tech
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:39 am
Islamabad: Pakistan might be witnessing a spike in COVID-19 but the country's hope to create its own vaccine might not be possible due to lack of technical capacity.
Pakistan: Security heightened in Khyber region amid increase in attack on police personnel
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:36 am
Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan have heightened security of all the checkposts after there was a spike in attacks on police personnel in the Khyber region of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan needs to engage Kabul directly to neutralise TTP: Think Tank
Jul 24, 2022, at 03:01 am
Islamabad: A paper released by a think tank has said Pakistan will have to engage the Taliban government in Kabul directly to neutralise the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as the group continues to pose threats to Pakistan’s internal security and western borders.
Pakistan govt seeks US support for reviving economy
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:58 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi told US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman that Islamabad views the United States as an ‘important partner in its efforts to revive” the country’s ailing economy.
Chinese police stop students from offering flowers on first anniversary of Henan floods
Jul 24, 2022, at 02:54 am
Beijing: Chinese Police have prevented students from offering flowers to Henan Flood victims on the first anniversary of the calamity.
Blast kills Afghan child, injures 3 others in Helmand province
Jul 23, 2022, at 10:48 pm
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan/UNI/Xinhua: One child was killed and three were injured after an explosive device went off outside the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, the provincial director of information and culture said Saturday.
Bangladesh: Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah dies in US
Jul 23, 2022, at 06:20 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh Deputy Speaker Md Fazle Rabbi Miah has died in the United States, media reports said on Saturday.
Taliban bans unsubstantiated criticism of govt officials
Jul 22, 2022, at 07:53 pm
Afghanistan/UNI/Sputnik: The leader of Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, forbade to make accusations against government officials without sufficient evidence, media reported.
Sri Lanka Crisis: Anti-government protests continue after military crackdown
Jul 22, 2022, at 07:20 pm
Colombo: Two days after Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka, 14 people including one woman were hospitalised on Friday when the security forces and police forcibly dispersed them from the protest area around the President's office.
Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as new PM of Sri Lanka
Jul 22, 2022, at 06:08 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as the new Prime Minister of the economic crisis-hit country on Friday.
Afghanistan: Unidentified gunmen kill head of charity organization
Jul 22, 2022, at 02:34 pm
Kabul: Unidentified gunmen killed a head of a charity organization in Afghanistan's Farah province, media reports said on Friday.
Sri Lanka: Security forces raid main anti-government protest camp in Colombo
Jul 22, 2022, at 02:21 pm
Colombo: Sri Lankan security forces on Thursday raided the main anti-government protest camp in Colombo city and even started pulling down tents.
Jul 22, 2022, at 06:43 am
Beijing: Amid ongoing talks with India to resolve all outstanding border issues, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently carried out a military exercise with attack helicopters over disputed Pangong Lake, a video telecast by the Chinese state media network CCTV shows.
China planning to build military base in Indian Ocean region in Madagascar
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:43 am
Beijing: China is expanding its defence cooperation and making incursions into the Western Indian Ocean Region, where India traditionally has a significant presence, and it is eyeing a military base in Madagascar.
China's financial crisis: Tanks roll on Henan streets to 'protect' banks amid protests
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:33 am
Zhengzhou, China: In a grim reminder of the horrific Tiananmen Square massacre, Chinese tanks were seen rolling on the streets of Henan to 'protect' banks amid large-scale protests as the country's financial crisis worsens.
20 injured in speedboat fire in southern Thailand
Jul 21, 2022, at 01:38 am
Bangkok/UNI/Xinhua: Twenty people were injured when a speedboat caught on fire after an engine explosion in the Gulf of Thailand, local media reports said on Wednesday.
4 killed, 13 injured in gas explosion in north China's Tianjin
Jul 21, 2022, at 01:13 am
Tianjin/UNI/Xinhua: Four people died and 13 others were injured in a gas explosion that damaged part of an apartment building in north China's Tianjin Municipality, the local government said Wednesday.