Russian security official warns illegal arms trade may skyrocket due to Afghan quandary
Oct 13, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Moscow: Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Alexander Venediktov on Tuesday warned illegal arms trade may spike amid conflict in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop, warns UNHCR
Oct 13, 2021, at 04:46 pm
New York: The humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma resurfaces in Hong Kong: Reports
Oct 13, 2021, at 02:53 pm
Hong Kong: Alibaba founder billionaire Jack Ma, who remained mostly out of public view ever since a regulatory clampdown started on his business empire late last year, is currently present in Hong Kong, media reports said.
China carries out beach landing, assault drills in province opposite Taiwan
Oct 13, 2021, at 07:51 am
China’s military said on Monday it had carried out beach landing and assault drills in the province directly across the sea from Taiwan, an incident which occurred amid growing conflicts between the two regions.
Largest external debt stocks: Pakistan stands among top 10 nations
Oct 13, 2021, at 07:46 am
Islamabad: Pakistan has found its place among top ten nations that possess the largest external debt stocks and became eligible for the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Pakistan’s partisan role during US polls annoyed Joe Biden, claims former minister
Oct 13, 2021, at 07:41 am
Islamabad: Pakistan’s partisan role in favour of former US President Donald Trump during the last US election campaign annoyed incumbent president John Biden, said former Pakistan Interior Minister Abdul Rehman Malik.
Media Authority Bill: Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists warns of long march
Oct 13, 2021, at 07:33 am
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) President Shehzada Zulfiqar has warned that a long march will be held if the PM Imran Khan-led government fails to accept their charter of demands.
Oct 13, 2021, at 04:33 am
Beijing: The 42-year-old billionaire founder and chief executive of Meituan has locked nearly 18,000 of his social media posts from public view just weeks before the Chinese government slapped a US$533 million fine on it to end the firm’s antitrust investigation, media reports said.
Nepal: Bus mishap leaves 20 dead
Oct 13, 2021, at 03:51 am
Kathmandu: At least 20 people died as a passenger bus met with an accident in Nepal's Mugu district on Tuesday.
China: Continuous rainstorms leave 15 dead in Shanxi
Oct 13, 2021, at 02:30 am
Taiyuan/UNI/Xinhua: Continuous rain storms have left 15 people dead and three others missing in north China's Shanxi Province, according to a press conference held on Tuesday by the provincial government.
Oct 11, 2021, at 11:57 pm
Kabul: At the end of a four-day visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi stressed the need for greater action to meet the increasing needs of children in both countries.
Kunduz blast: Iran to provide humanitarian aid to victims
Oct 11, 2021, at 10:48 pm
Tehran: The Iran Embassy in Kabul on Monday said the country is willing to send humanitarian aid to the victims of the blast that targeted a mosque in Khan Abad port of Kunduz province.
Pakistan: TV reporter killed in bomb attack in Balochistan, BLA claims responsibility
Oct 11, 2021, at 03:57 pm
Hub: An explosion rocked Balochistab's Hub area in Pakistan and left a TV reporter dead on Sunday, media reports said.
Former Taliban commander charged with killing American troops in 2008: US Secretary of State
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:25 am
A federal grand jury in New York unsealed a superseding indictment today charging an Afghanistan national with federal terrorism-related offenses spanning approximately 2007 to 2009 and stemming from his role as a Taliban commander in Afghanistan, US State Department has said.
China directs coal miners to increase output amid energy shortage
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:22 am
The Chinese administration has asked the country's coal mines to boost output as an energy shortage across the country has seen millions of homes and businesses hit by power cuts in recent weeks.
Afghanistan: Only sports channel stops operation
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:19 am
Kabul: Afghanistan's only sports channel 3Sport has stopped operating due to the economic crisis and imposition of restrictions, media reports said on Sunday.
Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal says women are facing uncertain future under Taliban rule
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:17 am
Kabul: Former Afghan Minister Masouda Jalal has voiced concern that the women of the country under Taliban rule are facing an uncertain future.
Hong Kong University orders to remove Tiananmen memorial statue
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:11 am
The University of Hong Kong has directed to remove a statute which commemorates the Tiananmen Square massacre, an episode which can be seen as yet another stance taken by China to dominate over the region.
We will not bow to Beijing pressure: Taiwan president gives strong reply to Xi Jinping
Oct 11, 2021, at 05:03 am
Taipei: President Tsai Ing-wen has targeted China in her defiant speech and said will not bow to pressure from Beijing and will defend its democratic way of life.
Ex-journalist detained over comment on Chinese soldiers in war movie
Oct 11, 2021, at 04:33 am
Beijing: A former journalist has been detained in the Chinese city of Hainan for making “insulting comments” about Chinese soldiers portrayed in a blockbuster movie about the Korean war, media reports said.
Afghanistan: Beheaded body of elderly man found in Jalalabad
Oct 11, 2021, at 03:51 am
Jalalabad: An elderly man was found beheaded in Afghanistan's Jalalabad city on Friday, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
'Father of Pakistan's atomic weapons programme' Abdul Qadeer Khan dies at 85
Oct 11, 2021, at 03:29 am
Islamabad: Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer Abdul Qadeer Khan, who was regarded as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died on Sunday in Pakistani capital Islamabad after being hospitalized with Covid-19. He was 85.
PDM demands early polls in Pakistan
Oct 11, 2021, at 01:15 am
Lahore: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday called for early elections in the country as a measure needed to combat rising inflation and the economic crisis of Pakistan.
Pakistan: Four terrorists killed in Balochistan
Oct 10, 2021, at 11:54 pm
Rawalpindi: Pakistan's Frontier Corps (FC) troops spotted and killed four terrorists in Balochistan's Awaran area on Saturday, media reports said on Sunday.
Afghanistan: Doctors protest in Kabul over nonpayment of salaries for past 14 months
Oct 10, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Kabul: Hundreds of male and female doctors from Samangan and Nuristan provinces gathered at the gate of UNAMA in Kabul and demanded their salaries for the past 14 months to be paid.
At least five killed after boat capsizes in Bangladesh
Oct 10, 2021, at 03:37 pm
Dhaka/UNI/Xinhua: At least five bodies were recovered after a boat capsized in the Turag river in Savar, on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Saturday.
UNSC calls for justice after terrorists attack mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz
Oct 10, 2021, at 02:58 pm
New York/UNI/Sputnik: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has condemned this week’s deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province that took the lives of dozens of people.
Afghanistan: US, Taliban representatives hold first talks since withdrawal
Oct 10, 2021, at 04:13 am
Doha: US officials on Saturday met members of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban government in Qatar for the first time ever since the foreign forces left the nation in August.
Hundred Afghans stranded in India leave for Kabul
Oct 10, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/UNI: Over 100 Afghan nationals stranded in India left for Kabul on Iran's Mahan Airlines flight, Puneet Singh Chandhok, President Indian World Forum, said on Saturday.
Pakistan: ISIS-K claims responsibility for killing Sikh Unani medicine practitioner in Peshawar
Oct 09, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Peshawar: Terror group Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the killing of Sikh hakim or Unani medicine practitioner in the north-western Pakistan's Peshawar city, media reports said on Saturday.