Afghan nationals behind Quetta’s Serena Hotel bombing in Pakistan
Apr 26, 2021, at 11:58 pm
Pakistan officials claimed that the suicide attacker who blew up an explosive-laden vehicle inside Quetta’s Serena Hotel was an Afghan citizen, media reported. The Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for last week’s attack.
Amid surging Covid cases, Nepal to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders
Apr 26, 2021, at 11:02 pm
Authorities in Nepal are planning to procure 20,000 oxygen cylinders amid the prospect of worsening the Covid-19 situation in the country, The Himalayan Times said. The move came a day after the government held a meeting with the country’s oxygen suppliers association.
Post on leaked info on Xi Jinping's daughter: China prosecutes people
Apr 26, 2021, at 07:08 am
Beijing: China has prosecuted dozens of people, including an operator of a website, that posted leaked personal information of President Xi Jinping's daughter. They were slapped charges of illegally collecting such information, media reports said on Sunday.
Former Sri Lankan Minister arrested over April 2019 bombing attacks - Police
Apr 26, 2021, at 06:21 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Former Sri Lankan Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen and brother Riyadh have been arrested by the country's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly assisting the terrorists responsible for the deadly April 2019 bombing attacks, police spokesman Ajith Rohana said on Saturday.
Pakistan records 118 COVID-19 deaths
Apr 26, 2021, at 06:09 am
Islamabad: Pakistan recorded 118 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
China’s soft power has ‘collapsed globally’ due to ‘anger and hysteria’: Expert
Apr 26, 2021, at 12:47 am
Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s Michael Shoebridge has said he feels China’s reaction to the cancelling of the dangerous Belt and Road agreement in a “wolf warrior fashion” will end up being a large “own goal” for Beijing.
China: Scholar who worked for university in Hokkaido prosecuted
Apr 26, 2021, at 12:30 am
Beijing: China's Foreign Ministry has said a Chinese former professor who taught at the Hokkaido University of Education in Japan is currently on a trial in China.
UK lawmakers declare Uyghur treatment by China a genocide
Apr 25, 2021, at 11:38 pm
London: British lawmakers recently unanimously declared China's ongoing crackdown in Xinjiang a genocide, adding more pressure on Beijing.
Apr 25, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Washignton: A federal jury in Greeneville, Tennessee, convicted a U.S. citizen today of conspiracy to steal trade secrets, economic espionage and wire fraud.
Saudi Arabia ships 80 metric tons of liquid oxygen to Covid-battered India
Apr 25, 2021, at 11:03 pm
Saudi Arabia, a strategic partner of India, has shipped 80 metric tons of liquid oxygen to India, which is facing a massive crisis in oxygen supplies following an exponential rise in Covid 19 cases.
Chinese mainland reports 13 new Covid-19 cases
Apr 25, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 13 new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.
21 people killed in fire at hospital for Covid-19 patients in Baghdad: Reports
Apr 25, 2021, at 02:42 pm
Cairo/Sputnik: A fire broke out at a hospital for treating coronavirus patients in Baghdad, leaving 21 people dead and 40 more injured, news portal Baghdad Al Youm reported citing sources.
US deploying B-52 bombers to protect withdrawing troops in Afghanistan
Apr 25, 2021, at 07:31 am
The United States has approved the deployment of at least six B-52 bombers and permitted a temporary increase in the number of US troops in Afghanistan to protect withdrawing US and NATO troops from the war-torn country, reported TOLOnews.
Doc who unearthed HIV outbreak in Pakistan says he is not on govt good books
Apr 25, 2021, at 07:25 am
A doctor in Pakistan’s Sindh province, who unearthed the sensational HIV outbreak among children in a sleepy, remote town in 2019, says he is not on the good books of the authorities for reporting the epidemic and exposing the malpractices of some medicos.
ECOSOC chief calls for financial support for small island developing states
Apr 25, 2021, at 06:42 am
New York: Small island developing states (SIDS) must receive financial and international support if they are to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters, the President of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Munir Akram, said on Friday.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey ask Taliban to find negotiated settlement
Apr 25, 2021, at 06:03 am
The Afghan insurgent group, the Taliban, was asked to commit themselves to a “negotiated settlement” in Afghanistan during a meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Turkey in Istanbul on Friday.
Libya shipwreck claims 130 lives despite SOS calls, as UN agencies call for urgent action
Apr 25, 2021, at 05:47 am
New York: A shipwreck off the Libyan coast has reportedly claimed the lives of 130 people, despite SOS calls for help, the UN migration agency IOM said on Friday.
May face situation like India: Pakistan PM Imran Khan warns
Apr 25, 2021, at 05:43 am
Asking people to follow the Covid-19 appropriate behavior, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday warned his country they may face a situation like India. India, currently, has been reporting over 325,000 cases daily.
UN-led aid convoy brings 23 tonnes of humanitarian goods across contact line in east Ukraine
Apr 25, 2021, at 05:26 am
New York: Twenty-three tonnes of urgently needed aid items have reached the eastern Ukrainian province around Donetsk, after a humanitarian convoy crossed the contact line into non-Government-controlled territory, the UN said on Friday.
US 'in touch' with India over Covid-19 crisis
Apr 24, 2021, at 11:36 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Joe Biden administration is working with the Indian officials and experts on ways to address the health crisis the country is battling due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.
Pakistan PM Imran Khan expresses solidarity with India over current Covid-19 situation
Apr 24, 2021, at 08:18 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed solidarity with the people of India over the current deteriorating situation of Covid-19 in the country.
Despite Covid-19, countries like China ruthlessly pursued death sentences and executions: Report
Apr 24, 2021, at 01:09 am
Beijing: The unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic were not enough to deter 18 countries, including China, from carrying out executions in 2020, Amnesty International said today in its annual global review of the death penalty.
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe to visit Sri Lanka
Apr 24, 2021, at 01:03 am
Beijing: Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe will visit Sri Lanka on Apr 27.
Afghan military may collapse after foreign troop withdrawal, warns US general
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:58 am
A high-ranking general of US forces warned that the Afghan forces may not be able to hold on once all foreign troops depart from Afghanistan. The warning came during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Drivers working along Pakistan-Iran border are starving
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:53 am
Islamabad: Drivers, who are working along the Pakistan-Iran border, are likely to suffer from starvation.
China conflict: Australia tearing up formal Belt and Road deal
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:48 am
Queensland: Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne on Wednesday said the federal government would override the Victorian state government's decision to sign up to the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), media reports said.
Pakistan Leader of Opposition Shehbaz Sharif released after seven months
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:42 am
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly and PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif was on Friday released from jail after seven months in captivity.
Indians use Nepal to escape travel ban
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:39 am
Indians with jobs or families abroad are using Kathmandu as a transit to fly off to countries like Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Hong Kong that have banned direct flights from Covid-battered India, Nepal Times reported.
Despite pandemic, Bangladesh will be major apparel supplier: Study
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:25 am
Notwithstanding the uncertainty triggered by the Covid 19 pandemic, Bangladesh will remain a principal source of apparels in the coming months, The Daily Star reported quoting a new study.
Chemical fertilizers to become history in Sri Lanka
Apr 24, 2021, at 12:15 am
If everything moves as planned, chemical fertilizers would soon become history in Sri Lanka. President Gotabaya Rajapksa has on Thursday announced that the government is working on banning the import of chemical fertilizers in the country, citing long-term consequences on the environment.