Pakistan: Chitral residents claim PTI leader is grabbing govt land
Jul 23, 2021, at 04:50 pm
Chitral: The residents of Yurjogh village in Lot Koh valley of Pakistan have alleged that the government is supporting a local leader of ruling PTI in a land grabbing incident.
Bangladesh starts strict lockdown to tackle COVID-19 surge
Jul 23, 2021, at 03:53 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh government imposed strict 'lockdown' in the country from Friday after ending their nine-day break for Eid-ul-Azha celebration.
Pakistan is witnessing surge in support for Taliban: Report
Jul 23, 2021, at 03:22 pm
Islamabad/Quetta: Videos are now emerging from cities like Quetta where Pakistani citizens could be seen holding Taliban flags and chanting Islamist slogans at rallies to show support for the Afghan insurgents.
Ashraf Ghani slams Taliban, says the group has no will for 'peace'
Jul 23, 2021, at 03:15 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani has slammed the Taliban group and said their deeds showed that it has "no will" for peace.
Taliban controls 80 pc of Afghan-Tajik border : Tajik security source
Jul 22, 2021, at 10:34 pm
Dushanbe/Sputnik: The Taliban controls 80 pc of the Afghan-Tajik border, a source in Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security told Sputnik on Thursday.
Floods expose the crumbling infrastructure in China
Jul 22, 2021, at 06:28 pm
Beijing: The bubble seems to be bursting for China which has always boasted about its state of art infrastructure and more recently took unkind jibes at the USA over the Miami condo collapse. The ongoing floods in China actually exposed the crumbling assets as dams collapsed and citizens suffered or died amid rising waters.
Nations pillory China for unleashing seamless cyber attacks
Jul 22, 2021, at 01:13 am
Despised for its continued policy of aggrandizement and its role over the spread of coronavirus worldwide, China is now facing the wrath of several nations for hacking activities and cyberattacks by its nationals.
Sri Lankan Cabinet clears proposal to bring Muslims under common laws for marriage and divorce
Jul 22, 2021, at 12:30 am
The Sri Lankan Cabinet this week approved an amendment to the Civil Procedure Code, allowing Muslim marriages and divorces under the common law governing marriage and divorce of citizens of Sri Lanka.
China: 12 die as heavy rains lash Henan province
Jul 22, 2021, at 12:07 am
Beijing: As many as 12 people died as record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China's Henan province, media reports said.
Pakistani terrorist arrested in Afghanistan, says official
Jul 21, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Kabul/UNI: A Pakistani terrorist, who slipped into Afghanistan with fake immigration papers, was detained by Afghan security forces, an official at the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday.
Pakistan: Ex-diplomat's daughter killed in Islamabad
Jul 21, 2021, at 11:41 pm
Islamabad: Daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat was killed in Islamabad city on Tuesday, media reports said.
Hong Kong: Police arrest ex-Apple Daily senior editor
Jul 21, 2021, at 11:19 pm
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Police arrested a former editor of now-defunct pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper on Wednesday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Telecom regulatory authority blocks TikTok
Jul 21, 2021, at 09:36 pm
Islamabad/UNI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday blocked access to popular video-sharing app TikTok, for its failure to remove "inappropriate content".
CCP video: China threatens to nuke Japan over Taiwan
Jul 21, 2021, at 05:29 pm
Beijing: The Chinese Communist Party recently aired a video which warned Japan of a nuclear response and "full-scale war" if the island nation interferes in its handling of Taiwan.
China: Two dams collapse as heavy rains lash Hulun Buir City, no casualty
Jul 21, 2021, at 05:17 pm
Beijing: Heavy rains led to the collapse of two dams in Hulun Buir City in North China's Inner Mongolia on Saturday, media reports said.
Bangladesh: 10 shanties in Rohingya camp gutted, no casualty
Jul 21, 2021, at 03:21 pm
Dhaka: At least 10 shanties were gutted as fire broke out at Balukhali Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar city on Tuesday, media reports said.
China: Dam near Zhengzhou city destroyed by flood, says Reports
Jul 21, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Beijing/UNI/Sputnik: A dam near the city of Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province has been destroyed as a result of massive flooding, the state-run CGTN broadcaster reported.
China: Two trapped workers found dead in flooded tunnel
Jul 21, 2021, at 06:29 am
Guangzhou: Two workers of a construction site, who were trapped in a flooded tunnel, were found dead on Monday in China's Zhuhai City.
Pakistan govt slams Afghanistan's decision to call back ambassador, diplomats
Jul 21, 2021, at 12:22 am
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has criticised Afghanistan's decision to call back its ambassador and diplomats.
Pakistan: Passenger bus-truck collide in Dera Ghazi Khan, 33 die
Jul 21, 2021, at 12:09 am
Dera Ghazi Khan: At least 33 people died and 40 others were hurt when a passenger bus collided with a truck on the Indus Highway in Pakistan's Dera Ghazi Khan region on Monday, media reports said.
Afghan girls bag award at international astronomy competition
Jul 20, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Even as the future of their conflict-ridden country hangs in the balance, a group of Afghan girls from the western city of Herat gave their war-weary people something to cheer about when they won an award at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition hosted by Poland which was held online early in July.
Pakistan: Rain-induced flooding leaves 21 people dead in Balochistan
Jul 20, 2021, at 11:17 pm
Quetta: The Balochistan government recently said the spell of monsoon rains and floods which wreaked havoc in the province left 21 people dead, media reports said on Tuesday.
Pakistan: Balochistan govt expresses concern over rise of COVID-19 cases
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Quetta: The sharp rise in COVID-19 case in Balochistan has triggered criticisms from the region's government as the province is currently witnessing the fourth wave of the deadly pandemic.
Afghanistan: Rockets land close to Presidential palace in Kabul, no casualty
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:38 pm
Kabul: Afghanistan capital Kabul city was rocked by three rockets as they landed in PD one and PD two when country's president Ashraf Ghani was busy performing Eid-l-Adha prayer along with officials and politicians in the Presidential palace on Tuesday, media reports said.
Chinese govt denies carrying out cyber-attack against Microsoft
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Wellington/UNI: China on Tuesday denied that it carried out a major cyber-attack against tech giant Microsoft.
Pakistan reports 37 fresh COVID-19 deaths
Jul 20, 2021, at 10:18 pm
Islamabad: Pakistan reported 37 fresh COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total death toll due to the highly infectious disease to 22848, media reports said on Tuesday.
Myanmar: ‘Brute force terror campaign’ targeting rights defenders, UN experts say
Jul 20, 2021, at 06:45 pm
New York: Human rights defenders in Myanmar are being targeted under a “brute force terror campaign” by the military junta, United Nations independent experts said on Monday, calling again for a stronger international response to the coup.
Three million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Dhaka
Jul 20, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Monday received three million doses of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the US under the Covax facility.
Pakistan and Afghanistan in tit-for-tat envoy recall as diplomatic tensions rise
Jul 20, 2021, at 04:04 am
In an escalation of their diplomatic standoff, Pakistan called back its ambassador to Afghanistan for "consultations” hours after Kabul recalled its ambassador and senior diplomats from Islamabad over the alleged abduction and release of the Afghan envoy’s daughter in the Pakistani capital.
Fifteen foreign missions call Taliban to lay down arms and to agree on ceasefire
Jul 20, 2021, at 03:57 am
Fifteen diplomatic missions along with the NATO representative in Afghanistan asked the Taliban on Monday to halt its military offensive and lay down arms to end the conflict in Afghanistan.