Uyghur activists demonstrate near Chinese Consulate in Istanbul

Dec 03, 2022, at 11:37 pm

Istanbul: Several Uyghur activists demonstrated  near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently.

China: Fire breaks out at factory, five die

Dec 03, 2022, at 09:50 pm

Nanjing: At least five people died and two others were hurt as a fire broke out at a construction site in Xuzhou city of China, media reports said on Saturday.

Dramatic increase in Andaman Sea crossings, warns UN refugee agency

Dec 03, 2022, at 06:52 pm

New York: UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, issued an alert over the dramatic increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Andaman Sea, from Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Yemen: One person killed in mosque attack

Dec 03, 2022, at 06:11 pm

Cairo/UNI: One person died and 20 others were injured in a grenade attack at a mosque in Hadhramaut Governorate in eastern Yemen, a local government source told Sputnik.

China: Air traffic shrinks amid COVID lockdown, restrictions in several regions

Dec 03, 2022, at 06:02 pm

Beijing: China's air traffic movement is shrinking once again as lockdowns and several other restrictions have been imposed by authorities in different corners of the country to limit the Covid-19 surge.

Sri Lanka: Jaffna University VC refuses to sign MoU with China

Dec 03, 2022, at 05:54 pm

Jaffna, Sri Lanka: Jaffna University Vice Chancellor Sivakolundu Srisatkunarajah has refused to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between China’s State Agricultural University and University of Jaffna by stating that it has the hidden agenda of China to grab fertile lands under the pretext of development projects in the North and East.

Pakistan: Dir resident gets death, prison terms over blasphemy, other religious offences

Dec 03, 2022, at 05:31 pm

Peshawar: A Pakistani court has convicted a Lower Dir resident on the charges of committing blasphemy and other religious offences on social media and awarded death sentence, media reports said on Friday.

Afghanistan: Key politician's office attacked in Kabul, 2 die 

Dec 03, 2022, at 03:10 pm

Kabul:  Afghanistan Islamic Political Party led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has confirmed  his headquarters in Kabul city was attacked during Friday's prayer which left at least two attackers dead, media reports said.

Pakistani embassy in Kabul attacked, 1 hurt

Dec 03, 2022, at 02:38 pm

Kabul: Pakistan’s Head of Mission to Kabul Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani has escaped an assassination bid after the foreign office was attacked on Friday, media reports said.

Taliban defends banning of VOA, RFE/RL, USAGM CEO slams

Dec 03, 2022, at 01:37 am

Kabul: The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has defended banning FM radio broadcasts from two U.S.-funded news media, including the Voice of America (VOA), in Afghanistan, by alleging that they were offending local laws.

Pakistan: Suicide attack on police truck leaves four people dead, TTP claims responsibility

Dec 03, 2022, at 12:03 am

Quetta: A suicide attack on a police truck in Baleli area of Pakistan on Wednesday left four people dead and 24 others injured, media reports said on Friday.

Sri Lanka: Mahinda, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overseas visits cost Rs 43 mn

Dec 02, 2022, at 03:30 pm

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government spent Rs 43 million on visits abroad by ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his disgraced brother and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in just one year.

Pakistan: Attack on girl's school in South Waziristan leaves one dead

Dec 02, 2022, at 02:35 pm

South Waziristan: An attack on a girl's school in South Waziristan area of Pakistan on Thursday left at least one man killed, media reports said on Friday.

Chinese govt humiliated Tibetan monks: Reports

Dec 01, 2022, at 05:57 pm

Lhasa: Voice Against Autocracy, a Vienna-based NGO, has said people of Tibet are facing brutality and witnessing the destruction of their culture and continuous atrocities on their people especially in recent times the conditions there have grown from bad to worse, media reports said on Wednesday.

Taliban govt of Afghanistan urges China to speed up efforts for opening of Silk Route: Reports

Dec 01, 2022, at 12:47 am

Industry and commerce minister of Afghanistan has asked China to speed up its efforts for reopening of the Silk Road trade route.

Afghanistan: Blast hits Samangan seminary, 10 students die

Dec 01, 2022, at 12:17 am

Kabul: At least 10 students died as a blast hit Al-Jihadi seminary in the provincial capital of Samangan in Afghanistan on Wednesday, media reports said.

TTP returns to warpath in Pakistan

Dec 01, 2022, at 12:12 am

Islamabad: The proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has asked its combatants to carry out attacks across the country in the wake of “unabated” operations by security forces against militants in the southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Wednesday, a move taken by the group when the South Asian nation is witnessing a change in Army's command.

China: Respect right to peaceful protest, says HRW

Nov 30, 2022, at 11:06 pm

Beijing: The Chinese government should respect the fundamental rights of people across China to peacefully protest the government’s draconian “zero Covid” restrictions and to call for freedom and human rights, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s debt to China close to 20 pct of public external debt, reveals study

Nov 30, 2022, at 08:35 pm

Colombo: A study has found Sri Lanka owed Chinese lenders $7.4 billion - nearly a fifth of its public external debt - by the end of last year, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Suicide attack in Quetta leaves three people, including cop, dead

Nov 30, 2022, at 07:57 pm

Quetta: A suicide attack in  Quetta’s Baleli area on Wednesday left at least three people, including a police officer and two civilians, dead, media reports said.

Pakistan: Man slaughters wife, three daughters in Karachi

Nov 30, 2022, at 02:28 pm

Karachi: A Pakistani man allegedly killed his wife and three daughters in Karachi city, media reports said on Wednesday.

Pakistan: 10 terrorists die in Balocistan 

Nov 30, 2022, at 02:18 pm

Islamabad: At least 10 terrorists died during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Pakistan's  Hoshab region, media reports said on Wednesday.

China sentences 28-year-old Tibetan to 2 years in prison for allegedly leaking information

Nov 29, 2022, at 12:50 am

Beijing: Chinese authorities have sentenced a young Tibetan man to two years in prison for allegedly sending information to Europe and India via the Chinese social media application (Wechat), media reports said on Monday.

Sri Lankan Airlines facing revival challenge as more pilots exit

Nov 28, 2022, at 11:55 pm

Colombo: Sri Lankan Airline's plan to revive is currently under pressure as more pilots have exited the national carrier of the Island Nation, media reports said.

Pakistan Govt to pay heavy price for borrowing after rate hike: Reports

Nov 28, 2022, at 11:43 pm

Karachi: The interest rate hike will cost heavily to the government as it will have to re-price the Rs 5 trillion maturity of treasury bills and Pakistan Investment Bonds (PIBs) in the upcoming three months, media reports said on Monday.

Protests held against Pakistan in Japan, US on 14th anniversary of Mumbai attacks

Nov 28, 2022, at 10:52 pm

Tokyo/Washington: Protests were held against Pakistan's suspected involvement in Mumbai attacks in Japan and the USA on the 14th anniversary of the incident, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan: Police constable kidnapped, tortured in Lahore

Nov 28, 2022, at 10:03 pm

Lahore: Five persons allegedly kidnapped a police constable and and tortured him in Paksitan's Lahore city, media reports said on Monday.

Two Pakistani soldiers die during clash with TTP terrorists in Lakki Marwat

Nov 28, 2022, at 03:36 am

Lakki Marwat: At least two Pakistani soldiers died and two others were hurt in a clash with outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists near Wanda Pashan area in Pakistan's Lakki Marwat district on Friday, media reports said.

China: Shanghai witnesses protests over COVID-19 restrictions

Nov 28, 2022, at 03:05 am

Beijing: Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest tough COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident told Sputnik.

Pakistan authorities arrest Imran Khan's party senator

Nov 28, 2022, at 02:43 am

Islamabad:  Pakistan's Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) on Sunday arrested Azam Khan Swati, a senator from ex-PM Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, for an offensive tweet about military officials.