Blast kills 3 children in Afghanistan
Sep 04, 2022, at 04:28 pm
Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan/UNI: Three children lost their lives and three others sustained injuries as an explosive device went off in the Nad Ali district of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jan said.
Taiwan shoots down Chinese drone near Kinmen Island
Sep 04, 2022, at 01:56 am
Taipei: Taiwan downed a civilian drone after weeks of complaints about incursions by unmanned aerial vehicles from China, heightening tension between the two nations.
US okays $1.1bn arms sale to Taiwan, vexes China
Sep 04, 2022, at 12:19 am
Washington: The US has agreed to sell $1.1 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, provoking China.
Pakistan floods: Death toll touches 1,265
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:21 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan's death toll due to ongoing flooding has now touched 1,265 as 57 more people died in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Pakistan: Ex-FC official held in Battagram over ‘blasphemy’
Sep 03, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Battagram: A local court in Pakistan has sent a former Frontier Constabulary official to the Central Prison, Haripur, on judicial remand in a blasphemy case, media reports said on Saturday.
Bangladesh BRT project mishap: Chinese contractor found responsible for deaths
Sep 03, 2022, at 10:16 pm
Dhaka: An investigation committee has found that the Chinese contractor was responsible for the crash of girders of the Bud Rapid Transit (BRT) project here which killed five people.
Pakistan: More than 6.4 million in ‘dire need’ after unprecedented floods
Sep 03, 2022, at 05:52 pm
New York: The scale of the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented, with a third of the country under water, UN humanitarians warned on Friday.
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka
Sep 03, 2022, at 02:30 pm
Colombo: Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had fled the nation in July amid protest, returned to Sri Lanka on Friday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Explosion rocks Kalat region of flood-ravaged Balochistan
Sep 03, 2022, at 04:27 am
Quetta, Pakistan: Unidentified terrorists detonated an improvised explosive device at the working site of Pakistan Petroleum Limited on the outskirts of Kalat region of Balochistan on Wednesday which left one local employee dead, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: SHO, three constables suspended for ‘torturing’ citizen
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:35 am
Rawalpindi, Pakistan: A station house officer (SHO) and his three subordinates in Pakistan have been suspended for allegedly torturing a citizen, media reports said on Friday.
Pakistan: 32 Balochistan districts declared ‘calamity-hit’
Sep 03, 2022, at 03:30 am
Quetta, Pakistan: The Balochistan government has declared 32 out of the total 34 provincial districts “calamity-hit”.
Confidence in the China market falters amid COVID-19 restrictions, geopolitical tensions: Survey
Sep 03, 2022, at 02:31 am
Washington/Beijing: Optimism about the future business outlook in China has dropped to a record low according to an annual membership survey from the US-China Business Council, an organization representing more than 270 US companies that do business in China.
Xi Jinping wishes to defeat 'Colour Revolutions' by beating Western ideas
Sep 03, 2022, at 01:48 am
Beijing: Chinese president Xi Jinping is trying to beat “Colour Revolutions” by defeating the Western constitutional democracy promoted by the US, media reports said.
Surge in electricity consumption: Manufacturing activity falls in China
Sep 03, 2022, at 12:41 am
Shanghai: China's electric consumption has increased amid record heat waves, forcing manufacturing activity to come to a halt.
Japanese companies slowly moving out of China amid growing crisis
Sep 03, 2022, at 12:34 am
Beijing: Several Japanese production facilities have started moving out of China as Beijing continues to follow its Zero COVID-19 policy and even the friction on the Taiwan straits heightening tension in the region.
Afghanistan: Suicide blast inside mosque leaves pro-Taliban cleric dead
Sep 02, 2022, at 10:46 pm
Herat: A suicide blast inside a mosque in Afghanistan's Herat province on Friday left a high-profile pro-Taliban cleric as well as civilians dead, media reports said.
Myanmar: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi given three more years in prison on election fraud charges
Sep 02, 2022, at 08:18 pm
Yangon: A Myanmar court has sentenced ousted leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges, media reports said on Friday.
China responsible for ‘serious human rights violations’ in Xinjiang province: UN human rights report
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:23 pm
New York: A long-awaited report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) into what China refers to as the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has concluded that “serious human rights violations” against the Uyghur and “other predominantly Muslim communities” have been committed.
Sri Lanka: WFP helps alleviate stress of pregnancy amidst skyrocketing food prices
Sep 02, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New York: The queue of women grows steadily outside a government clinic in Kuppiyawatta, in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. In just over half an hour the number swells to around 200. Pregnant women, some with children in hand, are waiting their turn to receive food vouchers from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) – part of its emergency food assistance response.
Pakistan: WHO warns of significant health risks as floods continue
Sep 02, 2022, at 05:54 pm
New York: Major health risks are unfolding in Pakistan as unprecedented flooding continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday, warning of the threat of further spread of malaria, dengue fever and other water and vector-borne diseases.
Afghanistan: Explosion in Helmand leaves two children dead
Sep 02, 2022, at 03:10 pm
Helmand: An explosion rocked the Helmand province of Afghanistan which left at least two children,who are brothers, dead on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan's August inflation spikes to 27.26pc, highest in 49 years
Sep 02, 2022, at 02:56 pm
Data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Thursday showed the country's inflation measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shot up to 27.26 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in August.
China's Zero Covid policy: Authorities enforce lockdown in Chengdu as cases spike
Sep 02, 2022, at 02:41 pm
China's "zero-Covid" policy has forced authorities to impose a lockdown in Chengdu, a city where a spike in infection has been noticed in recent times.
China faces UN heat over Uyghur torture
Sep 01, 2022, at 05:03 pm
The UN has accused China of "serious human rights violations" in a long-awaited report into allegations of abuse in Xinjiang province.
Pakistan fears major disease outbreaks after severe floods
Sep 01, 2022, at 04:46 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan health officials have warned of large-scale outbreaks of disease in the aftermath of biblical flooding that displaced millions of people.
Afghanistan: Kabul witnessing rise in women street vendors
Aug 31, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Kabul: Kabul city is witnessing a rise in women vendors amid rising poverty in Afghanistan following the takeover of the country by Taliban forces.
Pakistan: Death due to flood touches 1,162
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:46 pm
Islamabad: The death toll due to the ravaging flood in Pakistan has touched 1,162 on Wednesday, media reports said on Wednesday.
Afghanistan: Taliban directs shops not to sell things to women not wearing Hijab
Aug 31, 2022, at 08:37 pm
In yet another bizarre diktat, the Taliban Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice officials have allegedly warned shopkeepers in Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan, not to sell anything to women who are not wearing hijab.
China’s zero-Covid policy leaves Nepali traders in trouble
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:45 am
Kathmandu: Nepalese exports to China have nearly dried up due to the closure of the border following Beijing's zero-Covid policy.
China slowly undercutting US influence in Latin America: Reports
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:10 am
Beijing: Analysts believe China stands to secure prized natural resources while vying with the United States for allies through five potential new trade deals with countries in Latin America, media reports said.