Bangladesh: Cyclone Sitrang likely to make landfall tomorrow

Oct 24, 2022, at 08:12 pm

Dhaka: With Cyclone Sitrang moving closer, Bangladesh authorities have suspended river transports from Sadarghat to the southern districts, media reports said.

Kenya: Senior Pakistani journalist shot dead in Nairobi

Oct 24, 2022, at 03:30 pm

Nairobi: Senior Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif has been shot dead in Kenya's Nairobi city, his wife said on Monday.

Pakistan: Roadside explosion leaves two security officials dead in Kalat

Oct 24, 2022, at 04:57 am

Kalat: At least two security officials were killed and three others hurt  in a roadside explosion in the Johan area of Pakistan's Kalat district on Friday.

US voices concern over rise in TTP attacks in Pakistan

Oct 24, 2022, at 04:14 am

Islamabad:  US State Department's Special Representative and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Afghanistan Thomas West has expressed concern that Pakistan is witnessing a rise in attacks led by banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Pakistan: 600 teachers in Muzaffargarh not getting salaries for two years

Oct 24, 2022, at 03:46 am

Muzaffargarh: More than 600 women teachers of the Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) and the National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) schools in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district have been denied their salaries for the past two years, media reports said.

United Kashmir People’s National Party demonstrates across different cities on 'Black Day'

Oct 24, 2022, at 02:41 am

London: United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP) on Saturday demonstrated in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir and different parts of the world on what is observed as a 'Black Day’ to remember the Pakistani invasion of the region in 1947.

Pakistan needs to take internal steps for economic recovery: Martin Raiser

Oct 23, 2022, at 10:38 pm

Islamabad: Pakistan will have to take internal measures along with help from the international community by implementing economic reforms to recover from the cataclysmic floods, World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser said.

China using influencers to whitewash human rights abuses, claims report

Oct 23, 2022, at 07:21 pm

Beijing: The Chinese government is attempting to use social media influencers from the Xinjiang region, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia to whitewash human rights abuses through an increasingly sophisticated propaganda campaign, claims a report.

COVID-19 concern: Chinese stocks tumble to multi-year lows in New York and Hong Kong

Oct 23, 2022, at 07:01 pm

Hong Kong: China's growing struggle with COVID-19 is evident in the market as the country's stocks have hit multi-year lows in New York and Hong Kong, media reports said on Saturday.

China Communist Party Congress: Xi Jinping secures third term in power in closed-door voting

Oct 23, 2022, at 04:47 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping secured a third term in a closed-door vote on Sunday after a week-long gathering in Beijing of the selected members of the Communist Party of China or CPC, media reports said.

Eleven women enter China's newly formed central committee

Oct 23, 2022, at 06:28 am

Beijing: Only 11 women have secured seats in the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), according to the official list of newly-appointed members.

China: Ex-leader Hu Jintao left out of Congress ceremony

Oct 23, 2022, at 01:39 am

Beijing: Chinese former leader Hu Jintao has been left out of the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Mortar shell explosion leaves two children dead

Oct 23, 2022, at 01:32 am

Kabul: An unexploded mortar shell exploded in Paktika region of Afghanistan which left at least two children dead, media reports said.

Pakistan: Policeman killed in Dera attack

Oct 23, 2022, at 12:24 am

Dera Ismail Khan: Unidentified assailants have opened fire and killed a police constable in Prova police station limits in Dera Ismail Khan region of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: Mob attacks Orangi Town police station, SSP's office

Oct 23, 2022, at 12:21 am

A mob of around 200 people attacked the Orangi Town police station and nearby West SSP’s office in Pakistan on Thursday which left one policeman injured, media reports said.

Pakistan: Army bans Pashto language in Army Public Schools

Oct 23, 2022, at 12:15 am

Islamabad: A recent crackdown on Pakistan's largest ethnic minorities became evident when the Pakistan Army banned Pashto in its Army Public Schools, media reports said on Saturday.

Afghanistan: Body of young girl with bullet wound recovered

Oct 23, 2022, at 12:06 am

Kabul: The lifeless body of a young girl was recovered from Pol-e-Khomri city in Afghanistan with a gunshot wound, media reports said on Saturday.

Singing sensation Yohani joins Sri Lanka tourism to woo Indian filmmakers

Oct 22, 2022, at 08:51 pm

Mumbai/Colombo/Bangalore: Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau (SLTPB), together with Sri Lankan Airlines and the International Film Producers’ Association of Sri Lanka (IFPA), recently organized a Film Tourism Promotional campaign in Bangalore and Mumbai to target major Indian movie industries by promoting Sri Lanka as "the ideal film location destination in South Asia".

Pakistan security forces, Taliban armed forces clash along Spin Boldak, woman dies

Oct 22, 2022, at 07:15 pm

Kandahar, Afghanistan: Pakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan when an Afghan woman died during the skirmish, media reports said.

Afghanistan: Large number of farmers now depend on opium cultivation for survival, says SIGAR

Oct 22, 2022, at 07:11 pm

Kabul: The struggle of people in Afghanistan is becoming more intense and even forcing farmers in the country to depend on opium poppies cultivation for their livelihood.

Tension with US over oil: Pakistan decides to side Saudi Arabia

Oct 22, 2022, at 05:47 am

Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to take the side of Saudi Arabia at a time when the Middle East nation has locked horns with the United States over the cut in oil supply in the international market.

Pakistan: Imran Khan says female journalist bound to be harassed if she invades male space

Oct 22, 2022, at 05:40 am

Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently landed himself in a controversy when he issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, media reports said.

China continues to tighten grip over Tibet

Oct 22, 2022, at 05:31 am

Lhasa: China has started reinforcing tight control over the highly surveilled Tibet autonomous region and the authorities continue to increase its repression in the name of the Zero-Covid policy, media reports said.

China’s economy badly hit by Covid lockdowns: Reports

Oct 22, 2022, at 05:24 am

Beijing: China's economic indicators are not looking very positive as the country is badly hit by COVID-19 imposed lockdowns which is affecting both businesses and consumers.

Pakistan removed from anti-terror watchdog FATF's grey list after 4 yrs

Oct 22, 2022, at 03:40 am

Pakistan has made its way out of the FATF grey list, four years after the global watchdog on terror financing and money laundering put the country under the organisation's close scrutiny for involvement in terror funding.

The politics driving China's hellish lockdowns

Oct 22, 2022, at 12:05 am

Beijing: The world has largely moved on from Covid -- except for China, where towns and cities are still shut down overnight.

Pakistan EC disqualifies former PM Imran Khan in Toshakhana case

Oct 21, 2022, at 10:48 pm

Islamabad: In a major legal victory for the ruling coalition on Friday, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in a consensus verdict in Toshakana reference, disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan and ruled that the PTI chairman is no longer a member of the National Assembly.

Chinese envoy Li calls on Bangladesh Foreign Minister

Oct 21, 2022, at 10:09 pm

Dhaka/UNI: Chinese Ambassador Li Jiming called on AKA Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, on Friday and discussed repatriation of displaced people from Myanmar among other issues.

Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest seven terror group members

Oct 21, 2022, at 02:43 pm

Rapid Action Battalion officials of Bangladesh have arrested seven suspects members of a terrorist group and three separatists while conducting an operation in Chattogram Hill Tracts.

Chinese diplomat involved in attack: British MP

Oct 20, 2022, at 02:03 am

London, Oct 19 (UNI) One of China's most senior UK diplomats was involved in violence against protesters at the Manchester consulate on Sunday, a British MP says.