Political or scientific: China’s patriotic COVID-19 medication
Jun 30, 2022, at 09:45 pm
Beijing: Reuters reports that Chinese health regulators have authorized TCM medications, including the Lianhua-Qingwen capsules, for use by Covid patients despite a lack of valid clinical evidence.
11 Afghan Sikhs arriving from Kabul post attack on Karte Parwan Gurudwara
Jun 30, 2022, at 09:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A group of 11 Afghan Sikhs will arrive in India Thursday from Kabul, days after the terror attack on the Karte Parwan Gurdwara in which one Afghan Sikh and an Afghan guard were killed.
Sri Lanka seeks urgent oil supplies from Russia
Jun 30, 2022, at 09:23 pm
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has reportedly written to Russian President Vladimir Putin seeking urgent supplies of oil for his economically-battered country, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Cambodian PM Hun Sen sets date for general election
Jun 29, 2022, at 09:59 pm
Phnom Penh/UNI/Xinhua: Cambodia sets Jul 23, 2023 as the date for the seventh National Assembly election, according to a decision signed by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Wednesday.
Amid crisis, Sri Lanka plans to buy fuel shipments from India
Jun 29, 2022, at 09:54 pm
Colombo/UNI: In a step close to integrating energy security with India, Sri Lanka plans to buy four shipments of fuel- 40,000 tonnes each- from India on cash payment to enjoy discounts on bulk purchases.
China-Japan relationship heating up with maritime disputes over islands and alliances
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:11 am
Beijing: Tension between Japan and China has heated up as both countries are building up their militaries and boosting maritime activity.
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:04 am
Kathmandu: A Nepali civic group named Rastriya Ekata Abhiyan recently demonstrated in Kathmandu against China for unilaterally laying a 150-meter-long wire fence within no-man’s land in Gorkha, media reports said.
Tibet: China decides to relocate 17,555 people from high-altitude places in Nagqu City
Jun 28, 2022, at 11:24 pm
Chinese authorities have decided to relocate 17,555 people from high-altitude places in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Two policemen, polio worker shot dead during inoculation drive in North Waziristan
Jun 28, 2022, at 10:54 pm
Islamabad: Unknown gunmen shot dead two police officers assigned to polio vaccination teams and a polio worker in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area of Pakistan on Tuesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Karachi police baton-charge residents protesting against load shedding
Jun 28, 2022, at 08:45 pm
Karachi: The Karachi Police resorted to lathi charge on protesting residents, who were demonstrating against load shedding trouble, of Lyari near the Mauripur road of the city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Xi Jinping's close ally Wang Xiaohong appointed as China's new public security chief
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:22 am
Beijing: Wang Xiaohong, a close ally of the Chinese President Xi Jinping, has been appointed as China’s new public security chief, media reports said on Monday.
China sends 29 warplanes to Taiwan's ADIZ
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:12 am
Taipei: China recently sent 29 warplanes to Taiwan's self-declared air defense identification zone (ADIZ), media reports said on Monday.
China indicts two Taiwanese officials on spying charges
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:08 am
Beijing/Taipei: China has indicted two Taiwanese officials on national security charges after accusing them of accepting bribes from a known Chinese spy to set up an espionage ring in Taiwan.
Few newly introduced Hong Kong textbooks claim the region was never a British colony
Jun 28, 2022, at 06:02 am
Hong Kong: Few newly introduced Hong Kong textbooks have triggered a controversy as they claimed that the region was never a British colony.
Lawyers approach ICC to investigate treatment of Uyghur Muslims by China
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:56 am
Xinjiang/Washington: A team of lawyers recently approached the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into the treatment of Uyghurs and others in China’s Xinjiang area.
Human Rights situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated, slides down in survey ranking
Jun 28, 2022, at 05:10 am
Hong Kong: A new survey has shown that the human rights situation in Hong Kong has deteriorated rapidly since Beijing’s crackdown after the pro-democracy protests of 2019, media reports said on Sunday.
Countries urged to ‘dig deep’ and support Afghanistan in aftermath of deadly earthquake
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:59 pm
New York: The top UN official in Afghanistan appealed on Sunday for greater international support for the country, following a one-day visit to communities hit hard by the devastating earthquake on Wednesday.
Pakistan: One person dies in gun, bomb attack in Jacobabad
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:36 pm
Jacobabad: At least one person died and eight other persons, including two policemen, were wounded in a gun and bomb attack on a moving Frontier Constabulary (FC) vehicle by a lone terrorist at the Mauladad level-crossing in Jacobabad region of Pakistan on Saturday.
Imran Khan announces nationwide protest against inflation
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:14 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has announced countrywide protest rallies on Saturday against the issue of inflation.
Pakistan: Four million female factory workers deprived of their due rights in Karachi
Jun 27, 2022, at 11:07 pm
Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Wing chief Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman has said about four million women in Karachi city, who are currently working in factories on contract basis, are not getting their due rights from their employers.
Lahore has become a city of unidentified dead bodies: Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir
Jun 27, 2022, at 09:08 pm
Lahore: 312 unidentified bodies have been recovered from Pakistan's Lahore city in the past six months, a top journalist tweeted on Monday.
Bangladesh: Two motorcyclists die due to mishap on Padma Bridge
Jun 27, 2022, at 03:33 pm
Dhaka: At least two motorcyclists died during an accident on Bangladesh's recently unveiled Padma Bridge, media reports said on Monday.
Pakistan: Activist against ‘enforced disappearances’ arrested on terror charges in Karachi
Jun 27, 2022, at 03:11 am
Karachi: An activist, who had been holding a sit-in outside the Karachi Press Club against enforced disappearances in recent days, has been arrested on terrorism charges, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: Woman constable raped by colleague
Jun 27, 2022, at 02:41 am
Dadu: A female police constable has been allegedly raped by her male colleague in Hala town of Pakistan, an episode showcasing the deteriorating situation of women safety in the country.
LNG becomes too expensive, Pakistan's power crisis to deepen
Jun 27, 2022, at 12:59 am
Islamabad: Pakistan might be facing a spike in power crisis after it failed to agree on a deal for natural gas supply next month, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: 2 die during violence-hit first phase of local body polls in Sindh
Jun 27, 2022, at 12:40 am
Karachi: Two people, including the brother of a PTI candidate, died as violence and scuffle hit the first phase of local body elections in Sindh region of Pakistan on Sunday.
Pakistan may witness another COVID-19 wave, experts warn
Jun 26, 2022, at 11:19 pm
Islamabad: Experts believe Pakistan may witness yet another COVID-19 wave as daily cases continue to witness a surge for the past couple of days, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan finds 43pc foreign-funded projects to be ‘problematic’
Jun 26, 2022, at 03:18 am
Islamabad: Pakistan's Ministry of Economic Affairs has said 43 percent of about $35 billion worth of foreign-funded projects were problematic.
Jun 26, 2022, at 03:12 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has sentenced top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Majeed Mir, who was the main handler in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, to 15 years in prison in a terror financing case, media reports said on Saturday.
Sri Lanka's experience questions China's 'all-weather friend' tag
Jun 26, 2022, at 03:07 am
Beijing: A senior journalist has said despite its best efforts it is hard for China to become an “all-weather friend” and this is evident from the recent developments in Sri Lanka, a financially troubled nation.