‘Immensely bleak’ future for Afghanistan unless massive human rights reversal, experts warn
Aug 13, 2022, at 06:06 pm
New York: The international community must dramatically increase efforts to urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group of UN independent rights experts said on Friday.
Ahmadiyya community man stabbed to death in Pakistan
Aug 13, 2022, at 03:01 pm
Islamabad: An unidentified man stabbed to death a man belonging to the Ahmadiyya community in Chenab Nagar area of Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Unknown gunmen kill three teen friends in Swabi
Aug 13, 2022, at 05:03 am
Swabi, Pakistan: Unknown gunmen were suspected to have killed three teen friends and their bodies were recovered from a graveyard in Swabi region of Pakistan on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Powerloom workers’ protest continues in Faisalabad
Aug 13, 2022, at 05:01 am
Toba Tek Singh, Pakistan: The sit-in of powerloom workers of the Sadhar industrial sector took place for the ninth straight day on Wednesday at Faisalabad’s Airport Chowk in Pakistan after the deadlock continued between powerloom workers and owners over increasing wages of workers as per the notification of the government.
Pakistan: Bomb, grenade attacks in Khuzdar and Noshki leaves one killed
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:58 am
Khuzdar, Pakistan: In grenade and bomb attacks in Pakistan's Khuzdar and Noshki areas have left one person dead and 10 others, including a woman, hurt, media reports said on Friday.
Analysts believe Taiwan Strait drills shed light on some of China’s tactics for seizing island
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:50 am
Beijing: Military analysts believe that the recent drills which mainland China conducted against Taiwan exposed part of Beijing’s strategy for seizing control of the island.
China's Me Too: Screenwriter Zhou Xiaoxuan vows not to give up after court rejects appeal
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:45 am
Beijing: Zhou Xiaoxuan, who was the first Chinese woman to be at the centre of the landmark China’s #MeToo movement case, has decided not to give up after a court rejected her appeal for an apology and damages, media reports said on Saturday.
Nepal Airlines starts facing loss as imported Chinese planes begin to rust
Aug 13, 2022, at 04:40 am
Kathmandu: A batch of Chinese aircrafts, which Nepal had imported from Beijing, have been sitting on the ground for more than two years and gathering rust, media reports said on Friday.
Blast kills 2, injures 3 in Afghan capital Kabul
Aug 13, 2022, at 01:21 am
Kabul/UNI: A renowned religious scholar and his brother were killed, and three others wounded in a blast at a seminary in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, police said Friday.
Afghanistan: Humanitarian assistance has saved lives, but immense needs remain
Aug 12, 2022, at 11:02 pm
New York: Despite an unprecedented scale-up in assistance in Afghanistan over the past year, immense needs still exist and the future looks bleak, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Thailand
Aug 12, 2022, at 08:29 pm
Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his nation last month amid protests, arrived in Thailand on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Militancy returns to Swat Valley
Aug 12, 2022, at 07:38 pm
Islamabad: Militancy appears to be returning to the Swat Valley in Pakistan, the media reported on Friday.
Aug 12, 2022, at 02:47 pm
Kabul: A prominent Afghanistan cleric, who supported Taliban and favoured girl education, died in a suicide blast at his madressah in Kabul city on Thursday.
China's threat to Taiwan is more serious than ever: Taiwanese Foreign Minister
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:19 am
Taipei: Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has said China's threat to Taiwan is more serious than ever but his nation is prepared to protect freedom and democracy.
Chinese authorities close Potala Palace amid COVID-19 outbreak in Tibet
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:11 am
Lhasa: Chinese authorities have shut down the iconic Potala Palace in Tibet after a minor outbreak of COVID-19 was reported in the Himalayan region, media reports said on Wednesday.
Pakistan Railways official-employees set to visit China to buy train bogies
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:09 am
Lahore, Pakistan: At a time when Pakistan Railways (PR) continues to face a deficit of more than Rs 45 billion, 93 officers and employees of the department are expected to visit China in different groups from Tuesday to inspect 230 bogies worth $149 million which are being imported from the neighbouring country.
Afghanistan: Number of beggars gone up in Kabul amid spike in poverty
Aug 11, 2022, at 03:54 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's capital is witnessing a rise in the number of beggars with the country fighting hard to tackle a spike in poverty and unemployment.
Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expect to fly to Thailand soon: Reports
Aug 10, 2022, at 11:54 pm
Colombo: Thailand has received a request from former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to visit the country, media reports said.
Pakistan: Two killed, four hurt in Quetta firing
Aug 10, 2022, at 11:21 pm
Quetta: Unknown gunmen shot dead two people and injured four others in Pakistan's Pashtunabad area on Monday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Grenade blast in Balochistan leaves one person dead
Aug 10, 2022, at 10:28 pm
Khuzdar: One person was killed and five others were hurt as a grenade blast hit Balochistan's Khuzdar area on Wednesday, media reports said.
Da’esh, affiliates remain ‘global and evolving’ threat, Security Council hears
Aug 10, 2022, at 06:07 pm
New York: In a joint briefing to the Security Council on Tuesday, UN counterterrorism officials confirmed that the threat posed by Da’esh terrorist fighters and their affiliates remains “global and evolving”.
Pakistan: 4 soldiers die as suicide attack hits North Waziristan
Aug 10, 2022, at 03:16 pm
Islamabad: A suicide blast, which took place on a military convoy, in Mir Ali area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's North Waziristan district of Pakistan left at least four soldiers dead, media reports said on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka decides to hike electricity price by 75 pct
Aug 09, 2022, at 11:08 pm
Colombo: The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) on Tuesday granted permission to hike electricity tariff by 75 percent, media reports said.
Pakistan: Relatives of politician attack Hindu family over car overtaking issue
Aug 09, 2022, at 11:02 pm
Sukkur: The relatives of a politician attacked a Hindu family in Pakistan's Ghotki region when they tried to overtake his car.
Sri Lanka: UNFPA appeals for $10.7 million for ‘critical’ women’s healthcare
Aug 09, 2022, at 08:09 pm
New York: The UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is leading efforts to protect women and girls’ rights to give birth safely and live without gender-based violence, according to a statement issued on Monday.
Nancy Pelosi visit: Hackers plant Chinese flag on several Taiwan websites
Aug 09, 2022, at 06:37 pm
Taipei: Chinese hackers are suspected to have planted the flag of the country on the websites of several local government agencies across Taiwan, just days after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the region.
Sri Lanka's top monk condemns possible arrival of Chinese ship at Hambantota port
Aug 09, 2022, at 06:24 pm
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s top monk, the General Secretary of Amarapura Maha Sangha Sabha, Pallekande Rathanasara Thero has condemned the possible arrival of a Chinese ship at Hambantota port on Aug 10.
Xinjiang officials use China’s anti-crime campaign to target those Uyghurs who are 'disloyal'
Aug 09, 2022, at 06:18 pm
Xinjiang: A police officer has said authorities in the Chinese city of Xinjiang are using the government’s 100-day crackdown on criminals and fugitives to target Uyghurs deemed “religious extremists” and “two-faced".
China to allow Turkish delegation to visit Xinjiang
Aug 09, 2022, at 06:08 pm
Beijing: China has decided to allow a Turkish delegation to Xinjiang, two months after the United Nations human rights chief visited the region to investigate allegations of widespread abuses.
Aug 09, 2022, at 05:15 pm
Kabul: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has claimed that the Taliban’s policy to bar Afghan girls from attending school was made on Pakistan’s orders rather than in accordance with Islamic law.