Chinese journalist, who was arrested for COVID-19 reporting, sentenced to jail in new case
Sep 21, 2025, at 02:42 pm
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was earlier jailed for her reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, has been sentenced to another four years in prison in a separate case, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said.
Pakistani leader claims authorities are kidnapping, making people disappear in Balochistan
Sep 21, 2025, at 12:29 am
A senior politician has claimed that Pakistani authorities are playing a major role in the kidnapping and disappearance of people in Balochistan.
Sep 20, 2025, at 06:59 pm
The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights in Pakistan has demanded strong action to protect children from abuse at seminaries and schools across the country.
Sep 20, 2025, at 06:21 pm
At least three people, including two women, died, and five others were injured after an alleged drone strike by the Pakistani Army hit Zehri region in Pakistan's Balochistan region on Wednesday.
LeT operative admits Muridke HQs destroyed by Op. Sindoor, exposes Pakistan with 'rebuilding' claim
Sep 19, 2025, at 01:35 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: After Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM)'s admission of Operation Sindoor impact, an operative of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has accepted that the Indian military's action destroyed the group's headquarters at Markaz Taiba in Muridke, media reports said.
Nepal PM Sushila Karki meets Chinese, US envoys after telephone conversation with PM Modi
Sep 19, 2025, at 10:00 am
Nepal's interim PM Sushila Karki met the Chinese and American envoys immediately after his telephone conversation with Indian PM Narendra Modi on Thursday.
Sep 17, 2025, at 06:47 pm
The pleaded person was identified as 68-year-old Yuanjun Tang.
Pakistan continue to struggle with floods as millions left homeless
Sep 17, 2025, at 04:14 pm
A senior UN humanitarian official in Pakistan has warned that “the needs are huge” as massive floods across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan continue to leave millions homeless, destroying vital crops and pushing fragile communities to the brink.
Pakistan reels from floods as millions left homeless
Sep 17, 2025, at 04:02 pm
A senior UN humanitarian official in Pakistan has warned that “the needs are huge” as massive floods across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan continue to leave millions homeless, destroying vital crops and pushing fragile communities to the brink.
Pakistan: BLA releases video footage of attacks on military forces in Tump, Zamuran
Sep 16, 2025, at 06:50 pm
The Baloch Liberation Army's media wing, Hakkal, has released a video allegedly showing the recent blasts that targeted Pakistani military forces in the restive regions of Tump and Zamuran, located in Balochistan, media reports said.
Balochistan journalist abducted by Pakistani police, claims family members
Sep 16, 2025, at 05:57 pm
A journalist's family has alleged that he was abducted by police and plainclothed personnel in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, media reports said.
Sep 16, 2025, at 04:37 pm
Terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad has admitted for the first time that family members of its head Masood Azhar were 'torn into pieces' during India's strikes in Bahawalpur during Operation Sindoor in May.
Gen Z protesters want India to invest in Nepal, praise Modi's leadership
Sep 16, 2025, at 04:05 pm
Two prominent Nepali Gen Z protesters have said they want India and other nations to contribute and invest in the Himalayan country so that economic progress can be reached.
Pakistan: Attack on Bajaur police station repulsed
Sep 14, 2025, at 11:02 pm
The Pakistani police foiled a terrorist attack on a police station at Bajaur’s Lowi Mamund tehsil in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Unknown miscreants destroy newly built pipeline in Pakistan's Chagai, police begin probe
Sep 14, 2025, at 09:39 pm
Unknown miscreants recently destroyed a newly built pipeline meant for supplying drinking water to thousands of people in Pakistan's Chagai region, media reports said.
Pakistan: Swabi elders form committee to expel transgender from district
Sep 14, 2025, at 09:11 pm
A group of Pakistani elders have formed an 11-member committee in Swabi region and declared that all transgender persons would be expelled from the district, media reports said.
Pakistan: Bullet-ridden body of 'forcibly disappeared' person recovered from Balochistan
Sep 14, 2025, at 08:26 pm
The bullet-ridden body of a man was recovered from Purana Parom Cross in Balochistan’s Panjgur region in Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.
Nepal’s new interim PM Sushila Karki vows to tackle corruption after Gen Z-led protests
Sep 14, 2025, at 02:18 pm
Nepal’s newly appointed interim prime minister, Sushila Karki, pledged on Sunday to meet the demands of young protesters calling for an end to corruption, as she began work following the dramatic ouster of her predecessor.
Nepal to conduct parliamentary polls on March 5, President Poudel urges all sides to cooperate
Sep 13, 2025, at 11:17 pm
President Ramchandra Poudel on Saturday urged all sides to cooperate in conducting a fresh poll to elect the House of Representatives on March 5.
Pakistani court grants bail to BYC chief Mahrang Baloch in terrorism, sedition charges
Sep 13, 2025, at 06:27 pm
A Pakistani court on Saturday granted bail to Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Dr Mahrang Baloch in a case related to terrorism and sedition charges from October last year.
Pakistan: Terrorists torch bank building in Titterkhel
Sep 13, 2025, at 01:03 am
Suspected terrorists torched a bank building in Pakistan's Titterkhel town on Wednesday.
Ex-Chief Justice Sushila Karki takes oath as Nepal’s first woman Prime Minister
Sep 12, 2025, at 10:29 pm
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki was sworn in on Thursday as the interim Prime Minister of Nepal, becoming the country’s first woman to hold the post after days of violent protest and turbulence.
Sushila Karki to become Nepal’s interim Prime Minister, first woman to lead country
Sep 12, 2025, at 09:08 pm
Capping days of uncertainty, the Office of the President of Nepal on Thursday announced that former Chief Justice Sushila Karki will serve as the country’s interim prime minister. She will be sworn in at 9 p.m., media reports said.
Nepal: President has a message for Gen Z over picking interim leader
Sep 11, 2025, at 05:04 pm
The Nepali President, the highest constitutional head of the country since PM KP Sharma Oli resigned, appealed to citizens to find a new executive leader, following the violent protest that led to the toppling of the government.
Sep 11, 2025, at 11:48 am
Dhaka/IBNS: The student wing of Bangladesh’s Islamist political party Jamaat-e-Islami has swept the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) elections, a result seen as having far-reaching implications ahead of the February 2026 national elections, media reports said.
Ex-Nepal Chief Justice Sushila Karki chosen to lead protesters in talks with army
Sep 11, 2025, at 01:07 am
In a dramatic turn in Nepal’s political crisis, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been chosen as the representative of the Gen Z protest movement for negotiations with the Army on government formation, media reports said.
Sep 10, 2025, at 11:43 pm
The violence in Nepal continued on Wednesday as angry Gen Z continued to protest against unemployment, brain drain, and poor governance, with dramatic visuals emerging of ministers and their families clinging to army helicopter rescue slings as mobs torched buildings and attacked politicians’ residences across Kathmandu.
Several prisoners escape Rajbiraj jail amid Nepal unrest
Sep 10, 2025, at 08:51 pm
Several prisoners escaped from a Nepali prison after setting fire inside the facility amid the ongoing Gen Z anti-corruption protest in the Himalayan nation that led to the toppling of the former PM KP Sharma Oli-led government.
Pakistan: Hundreds of Chinese, other foreigners stranded in Sost amid protest by demonstrators
Sep 10, 2025, at 08:45 pm
Hundreds of Chinese nationals and other foreigners and tourists remained stranded on the second day of Tuesday at Sost village in Pakistan, with the demonstrators blocking the Khunjerab Pass Immigration Office’s entry and exit points on the Pakistan-China border.
Coal mine accident in China leaves six miners trapped
Sep 10, 2025, at 06:44 pm
At least six people were trapped following a mining-induced earthquake on Wednesday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, with rescuers trying to pull them out, media reports said.