US Congressional delegation of Republicans arrives in Taiwan
Jul 03, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Taipei: A US Congressional delegation led by Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Kevin Hern has arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit to hold meetings with the island's leadership and discuss bilateral relations, the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Taliban using school buildings as military outposts in Panjshir: Residents
Jul 03, 2023, at 03:25 pm
Residents of Panjshir province in Afghanistan have complained that several school buildings are currently being used by the Taliban as military outposts.
Bhutan: Japanese technology implemented in Thimpu to treat wastewater
Jul 03, 2023, at 04:32 am
Thimphu is witnessing the implementation of Japanese technology- Johkasou wastewater treatment- to treat wastewater in the Bhutanese city.
Pakistan witnessing rise in drug abuse: Reports
Jul 03, 2023, at 03:34 am
The police, the Anti-Narcotics Force and the Excise, Taxation and Anti-Narcotics Department are probably not operating at their pick potential as is evident from the rising drug abuse among the youth, media reports said.
Pakistan: Acute water shortage bothering people of Karachi
Jul 03, 2023, at 02:52 am
Acute water shortage in Pakistan's Karachi has left people suffering hard even at a time when the city was celebrating Eidul Azha.
Afghanistan ranked as least positive country in world: Study
Jul 03, 2023, at 01:59 am
A survey has shown that nearly one year after the Islamic Emirate returned to power in Afghanistan, 'life was worse for Afghans than at any point in the past decade -- or for anyone else on the planet'.
Sri Lanka: Navy arrests suspect over smuggling kendu leaves
Jul 02, 2023, at 08:15 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka Navy said it apprehended a suspect with 1,947 kg smuggled kendu leaves on the western coast of the South Asian country on Sunday morning.
Pakistan: Probe ordered into Chaman jailbreak, jailer, other officials suspended
Jul 02, 2023, at 07:35 pm
Police in Pakistan's Balochistan region have ordered a combing operation for the arrest of 13 prisoners who escaped from a district jail in Chaman on the first day of Eid.
Sri Lankan parliament establishes committee to control drug menace
Jul 02, 2023, at 03:16 pm
Colombo/IBNS/UNI: Sri Lanka's Parliament said it appointed a parliamentary select committee to control and eradicate the rapidly spreading drug menace in the country.
Uyghurs to mark Urumqi massacre, demonstrate outside Chinese Embassy in Washington
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:24 am
Members of a non-profit organization, based in the US capital Washington DC, will protest outside the Chinese Embassy in the city to mark Urumqi Massacre.
Pakistan: Protest rallies held in different cities demanding recovery of missing Baloch people
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:21 am
Massive rallies were taken out in Pakistan's Quetta and Karachi cities where they demanded the recovery of missing Baloch people, media reports said.
Pakistan: Road mishap leaves eight members of family dead
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:18 am
A collision between a car and a passenger coach in Pakistan's Moro on Friday left at least eight people dead.
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:12 am
Beijing: At least six people were killed due to a landslide in Fenshui Township of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, according to local authorities.
China: Blast rocks chemical plant in Jiangxi, no casualty
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:09 am
Beijing: The staff of a chemical plant in the southeastern Chinese province of Jiangxi have been evacuated after an explosion caused by silicone oil caught on fire, the local emergency department said on Saturday, adding that no victims have been reported.
Myanmar: Military’s obstruction of humanitarian aid could be international crime
Jul 02, 2023, at 12:03 am
New York: Myanmar’s military is killing civilians, destroying food and homes, and keeping the most vulnerable from receiving lifesaving aid, according to a new report from the UN human rights office (OHCHR).
Afghanistan remains one of the worst places in world for children's rights: Survey
Jul 01, 2023, at 08:46 pm
Child's advocacy group KidsRights Foundation has said in its report that Afghanistan, the country currently ruled by Taliban, remains one of the worst countries in the world to be born.
Pakistan: Security forces kill six terrorists in separate operations
Jul 01, 2023, at 03:21 pm
Pakistani security forces killed six terrorists during separate operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank and North Waziristan districts of the country, media reports said.
Bad times hit Hindus of Badani in Pakistan
Jul 01, 2023, at 04:57 am
Killings of men, kidnappings, and forced conversions of women in Pakistan’s Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces have made religious minorities feel unsafe.
Pakistan: Peshawar witnessing rise in crime cases
Jul 01, 2023, at 12:49 am
Pakistan's Peshawar city has witnessed a 136 percent spike in crime incidents in the first five months of 2023, media reports said.
Pakistan: 17 prisoners escape prison during Eid ul-Adha prayers
Jul 01, 2023, at 12:46 am
As many as 17 prisoners escaped Pakistan's Chaman jail in the restive Balochistan province during Eid ul-Adha prayers, media reports said on Friday.
Unemployment rate spiking in Pakistan
Jul 01, 2023, at 12:38 am
The unemployment rate in Pakistan has touched 6.5 percent, reflecting the trouble people are facing in the country.
Pakistan: Unidentified men hurl grenade at Rangers check post in Karachi
Jun 30, 2023, at 11:48 pm
Karachi: An unidentified man hurled a hand grenade at a Rangers check post on Gareeb Shah Road Lyari in Pakistan's Karachi city recently, media reports said.
Pakistan: Four terrorists, including commander, killed
Jun 30, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Khyber: Four terrorists, including a commander, were killed during intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Pakistan's tribal districts of Bajaur and Khyber, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistani snooker player Mohammad Majid Ali commits suicide
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:05 pm
Karachi: Pakistani snooker Mohammad Majid Ali has committed suicide after suspected battling depression for several years.
Pakistan: Nine members of family shot dead over domestic dispute
Jun 28, 2023, at 11:45 pm
Peshawar: Nine members of a family were killed over a domestic dispute in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday.
Australia: Boy stabbed to death in Melbourne
Jun 28, 2023, at 11:13 pm
Sydney: Police in the Australian state of Victoria have said that a 14-year-old boy died on the way to the hospital after being stabbed in the capital city Melbourne.
Pakistan: 9 terrorists arrested in intelligence-based operations
Jun 28, 2023, at 11:00 pm
Islamabad: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province foiled a major terror bid and arrested nine terrorists during search and combing operations, CTD officials said.
Sudan: Displacement soars amid shrinking humanitarian access
Jun 28, 2023, at 10:49 pm
New York: Humanitarian needs have soared among people displaced by fighting in Sudan, with the number of those fleeing expected to surpass projections while aid access remains extremely uncertain, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: ATM's link down, cash is insufficient as people in Karachi suffer hardships
Jun 28, 2023, at 10:02 pm
People in Karachi city are having a tough time with automated teller machines (ATMs) as they are running short of cash even at this point of the year when the country is gearing up to celebrate Eid ul Adha.
Pakistani-Canadian shot dead in Karachi
Jun 28, 2023, at 08:45 pm
Karachi: A Pakistani-Canadian person was shot dead by muggers for resisting robbery in Karachi city recently, media reports said on Wednesday.