Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan region contributes 90 percent suicide cases
Jun 05, 2022, at 03:33 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region is contributing up to 90 percent of suicide cases across the country, media reports said on Saturday.
High-speed train derails in China, one dies
Jun 05, 2022, at 12:03 am
Shanghai: At least one person died as a high-speed train derailed in southern China on Saturday morning, media reports said.
Pakistan: Azan to control Karachi fire draws flak
Jun 05, 2022, at 12:00 am
Karachi: A group in Pakistan's Karachi were seen performing ''Azan'' as an experiment to extinguish a fire that broke out three days back and has been burning for over 72 hours at a superstore basement in Jail Chowrangi.
Bangladesh: Train hits auto rickshaw in Narsingdi, three die
Jun 04, 2022, at 09:58 pm
Dhaka: As many as three people,who were travelling in an autorickshaw, died as a train rammed the vehicle at a level crossing in Narsingdi’s Raipura, media reports said on Friday.
Jun 04, 2022, at 05:07 am
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has cautioned that the nation might descend to civil war if elections were not announced.
Tiananmen Event: Hong Kong students hide tiny 'democracy goddesses' statue on campus
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:56 am
Hong Kong: Hong Kong University students have hid the tiny figurines of a "democracy goddess" around campus in the lead-up to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, media reports said.
Pakistan: Imran Khan disappointed with senior PTI members for failing to draw crowd to May 25 rally
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:43 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed disappointment that the senior members of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) failed to draw a crowd for the May 25 rally.
China: No justice 33 years after Tiananmen Massacre, says HRW
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:25 am
Chinese authorities have over the past year stepped up the harassment and persecution of activists for commemorating the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Human Rights Watch said today.
Pakistan former PM Imran Khan's security withdrawn
Jun 04, 2022, at 01:12 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shahbaz Gill on Friday said that the security provided to former premier Imran Khan has been withdrawn.
Somalia: ‘Dire and grim’ drought, impacting more than 7 million
Jun 03, 2022, at 06:51 pm
New York: Accompanying Somalia’s newly-appointed drought envoy on his first field visit, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa country warned on Tuesday of the devastating outlook for millions of affected Somalis, amidst heightened risks of famine.
China detains Australian journalist
Jun 03, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Beijing/UNI: The Australian partner of a journalist who has been detained in China for nearly two years said Thursday that she is being denied the chance to speak with her family and consular staff, and her health is declining due to a poor prison diet, New York Post reported Thursday.
After 2 month Covid lockdown, Shanghai residents finally breathe free
Jun 01, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Shanghai: After a two-month lockdown, China's economic centre Shanghai has finally eased Covid-19 restrictions.
Afghanistan: Taliban forces kill four NRF members
Jun 01, 2022, at 02:50 pm
Kabul: Taliban insurgents of Afghanistan have killed four members of National Resistance Front during a clearing operation in Badakhshan province’s Tagab district, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Roadside bomb in Balochistan kills two
Jun 01, 2022, at 05:56 am
Karachi: A roadside bomb blew up in Harnai district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday, killing two persons.
Pakistan, TTP agree on indefinite ceasefire
May 31, 2022, at 11:43 pm
Islamabad: The Pakistani authorities and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) announced that they have agreed to extend the current ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, Express Tribune reported on Tuesday.
Nepal: Black box of crashed Tara Air plane recovered
May 31, 2022, at 09:19 pm
Kathmandu: A team of experienced international and national mountain guides have recovered the blakc box of crashed Tara Air plane.
Bangladesh: Ex-Jamaat leader Rezaul Karim, two others sentenced to death for 1971 War Crimes
May 31, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced three people, including Naogaon Jamaat-e-Islami leader Rezaul Karim Montu, to death for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Chinese authorities detained Uyghur athletic trainer in 2017: Reports
May 31, 2022, at 05:40 am
Xinjiang: Chinese authorities in 2017 had arrested a Uyghur athletic trainer who worked at a university in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region, media reports said on Monday.
China: Missing Tibetan writer said to be detained in prison
May 31, 2022, at 05:30 am
Beijing: The Tibetan writer and poet Gendun Lhundrub, who has been held incommunicado for more than a year after his arrest in 2020, is currently languishing in a prison in Siling, media reports said.
Pakistan: PTI slams Shehbaz govt, alleges it is lodging FIR against rivals due to political vendetta
May 31, 2022, at 05:10 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior vice president Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday targeted PM Shehbaz Sharif-led government and said it is lodging FIRs against rivals on account of political vendetta but it would not work.
Pakistan: Four suspected militants acquitted in explosives case
May 31, 2022, at 05:05 am
Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan recently acquitted four suspected members of a militant outfit who were arrested by the counter-terrorism department (CTD) last year on the charge of possessing explosives.
Bad weather caused Nepal plane crash, 21 bodies recovered so far: Prelim report
May 31, 2022, at 01:56 am
Kathmandu/UNI: A preliminary investigation into the Tara Air aircraft crash in Nepal has pointed to bad weather as the reason for the crash in which 21 bodies were extricated from the wreckage strewn on the hillside.
Nepal plane mishap: 16 bodies found
May 31, 2022, at 01:22 am
Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday said that rescuers have recovered 16 bodies from the site where a Twin Otter aircraft of Tara Air went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board including four Indians.
UN report says Afghanistan-based TTP terrorists pose threat To Pakistan
May 30, 2022, at 11:05 pm
A United Nations report has unveiled that Afghanistan-based Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still possesses a major threat on Islamabad.
China: COVID-19 curbs on business establishments in Shanghai to be lifted
May 30, 2022, at 10:57 pm
Beijing: The Chinese authorities have announced that the lockdown restrictions imposed due to recent surge in Covid-19 cases on businesses in Shanghai, its biggest city, will be lifted from Wednesday.
Nepal plane mishap: 16 bodies found
May 30, 2022, at 10:51 pm
Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday said that rescuers have recovered 16 bodies from the site where a Twin Otter aircraft of Tara Air went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board including four Indians.
Grave of Ahmadi man desecrated in Pakistan
May 30, 2022, at 10:41 pm
Islamabad: An episode showing the way minority community members are dealt with in Pakistan, a grave belonging to an Ahmadi man was desecrated, dug up and his remains were thrown out recently, media reports said on Monday.
After petroleum prices, now Pakistan may witness hike in power tariff
May 30, 2022, at 05:39 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's Minister of State for Petroleum Musadiq Malik has said the country might soon be seeing a spike in electricity tariff, days after petroleum product prices were increased.
UN rights chief concludes China trip with promise of improved relations
May 30, 2022, at 03:39 pm
New York: At the end of her official visit to China, the first such trip in 17 years, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet announced new areas of engagement between her office and the Chinese Government on rights issues, and summarized the many rights issues raised during her six-day May mission.
Nepal: Wreckage of crashed Tara Air plane located
May 30, 2022, at 02:30 pm
Kathamandu: Nepal Army officials on Monday said the search and rescue troops have physically located the Tara Air plane crash site.