Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, Justin Trudeau urge global community to unite and fight terrorism
Mar 18, 2019, at 04:58 pm
Dhaka, Mar 18 (IBNS): Days after New Zealand witnessed a terror attack incident, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and her Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Monday spoke and urged the global community to unite and fight against terrorism.
NATO drone crashes near base in Afghanistan
Mar 18, 2019, at 03:45 pm
Charikar, Afghanistan, Mar 18 (Xinhua) A pilotless plane of the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) coalition forces crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Parwan overnight, leaving no casualties, local police said on Monday.
Nepal: Tremors felt in Kathmandu
Mar 18, 2019, at 09:38 am
Kathmandu, Mar 18 (IBNS): Tremors were felt in Nepal capital Kathmandu on Monday, media reports said.
Balochistan: Blast targeting passenger train kills 4
Mar 17, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS): At least four people were killed as a blast targeted a passenger train in Balochistan's Dera Murad Jamali area on Sunday, media reports said.
Nine Pakistanis killed in New Zealand mosques attacks
Mar 17, 2019, at 03:22 pm
Islamabad, Mar 17 (IBNS): Names of three more Pakistanis have emerged who died in the Christchurch mosques attacks incident of Friday, officials said on Sunday.
Over 50 killed as clash continues in Afghanistan's western province
Mar 16, 2019, at 07:58 pm
Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) More than 50 militants have been killed and scores of others injured in Bala Murghab district of Afghanistan's western Badghis province over the past 24 hours, said a statement released by the army on Saturday.
Six Pakistanis killed in New Zealand attacks
Mar 16, 2019, at 07:47 pm
Islamabad, Mar 16 (IBNS): The Pakistan government on Saturday said six Pakistanis have been killed in the attacks carried out by a gunman in two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.
Nepal: Khukri attack leaves one injured
Mar 16, 2019, at 07:28 pm
Kathmandu, Mar 16 (IBNS): A khukri (traditional Nepali knife) attack in Nepal's Seratar area in Myagde Rural Municipality-6, Tanahun on Saturday left a person seriously injured, media reports said.
Pakistan condemns New Zealand mosques attacks
Mar 16, 2019, at 04:36 pm
Islamabad, Mar 16 (IBNS): Pakistan on Saturday condemned the terror attack in New Zealand where two mosques were attacked on Friday and said the nation viewed this incident as an assault on the values of freedom of conscience and association common to all mankind.
Nepal: Rescued Bangladeshi national reunites with family
Mar 15, 2019, at 06:51 pm
Kathmandu, Mar 15 (IBNS): Bilakish Begam, a Bangladeshi national, who was rescued by Manav Sewa Ashram from the streets in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, has reunited with her family, media reports said.
Three Bangladeshis killed in Christchurch mosques attacks
Mar 15, 2019, at 05:35 pm
Dhaka, Mar 15 (IBNS): At least three Bangladeshi people lost their lives in the Christchurch mosques attacks incident on Friday.
Pakistan will not arrest or detain Masood Azhar
Mar 15, 2019, at 12:46 pm
Islamabad, Mar 15 (UNI): The Pakistani government has decided not to arrest or detain Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar "without any valid evidence" for his alleged involvement in the Pulwama attack, highly placed sources directly linked with the issue revealed to The News.
Senior Afghan security official criticizes US talks with Taliban
Mar 15, 2019, at 10:15 am
Washington, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) A senior Afghan security official on Thursday blasted the US talks with the Taliban in Washington, claiming that it will not lead to peace in the war-torn country.
Afghanistan: 2-year-old rescued in Herat, 2 kidnappers detained
Mar 15, 2019, at 09:26 am
Kabul, Mar 15 (IBNS): Police have rescued a minor who was abducted in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Thursday, media reports said.
Pakistan's support to terror creates worrying situation in South Asia, feel experts
Mar 14, 2019, at 02:14 pm
Geneva, Mar 14: At a time when relationship between two nuclear armed nations- India and Pakistan- have deteriorated over the Pulwama attack and the subsequent incidents, experts assembled on the sidelines of the 40th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva said the support given by PM Imran Khan's nation to terror is creating a worrying situation in South Asia.
At least 31 Al-Qaeda members killed in airstrike in Southeastern Afghanistan
Mar 13, 2019, at 07:27 pm
Moscow, Mar 13 (Sputnik) At least 31 militants from the al-Qaeda terrorist group (banned in Russia) have been killed during an airstrike carried out by Afghan security forces in the county's southeastern Ghazni province, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
Gas cylinder blast in Kabul leaves to traffic policemen hurt
Mar 13, 2019, at 03:57 pm
Kabul, Mar 13 (IBNS): A gas cylinder blast in Afghanistan capital Kabul city on Wednesday left at least two traffic policemen hurt, media reports said on Wednesday.
India is the big brother in the eastern region: Thai minister
Mar 12, 2019, at 11:21 pm
Kolkata, Mar 12 (UNI): Thailand looks up to India as the big brother in the eastern region owing to India's size of economy and future market potential, commercial minister of Thailand Tharadol Thongruang said here today.
Pakistan: Quetta explosion leaves four policemen hurt
Mar 12, 2019, at 09:22 am
Quetta, Mar 12 (IBNS): An explosion near a police van in Pakistan's Quetta left at least four policemen injured, media reports said on Tuesday.
Mar 12, 2019, at 09:10 am
New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): A humanitarian crisis fuelled by the suppression of basic human rights is continuing across Myanmar’s Rakhine state, a UN Human Rights Council-appointed expert said on Monday, in an appeal for alleged atrocities there to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mar 12, 2019, at 08:51 am
New York, Mar 12 (IBNS): The UN Special Representative in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, hailed on-going efforts made towards peace and the engagement of women and youth across the country, but warned the Security Council on Monday that “daunting challenges” remain.
Roof of a house collapses in Afghanistan, 2 die
Mar 11, 2019, at 06:03 pm
Kabul, Mar 11 (IBNS): A roof of a house collapsed in Afghanistan's , Jalalabad area which left a mother and her eight months old daughter killed, media reports said.
4 security personnel, 10 Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan clash
Mar 11, 2019, at 01:40 pm
Kabul, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI): At least 14 people - 10 Taliban militants and four security personnel - have been killed in a fierce clash in Afghanistan's western Badghis province, an official said Monday.
Afghanistan: Mastermind of attack on private firm killed
Mar 10, 2019, at 04:15 pm
Kabul, Mar 10 (IBNS): Intelligence force personnel have killed the mastermind of an attack on a private construction company’s office in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, media reports said.
Pakistan airspace to remain close for three more days
Mar 10, 2019, at 01:09 pm
Islamabad, Mar 10 (UNI) Pakistan’s airspace will remain closed for three more days till March 11, for all transit flights, the Civil Aviation Authority said.
Afghan forces kill over 60 Taliban militants over past 24 Hours - Reports
Mar 10, 2019, at 08:54 am
Moscow (Sputnik/UNI): Over 60 militants of Taliban radical movement were killed as a result of special operations and airstrikes performed by Afghan forces across the country over past 24 hours, local media reported, citing military sources.
Pak Finance Minister asks FATF to remove India as co-chair of Asia-Pacific Joint Group
Mar 09, 2019, at 09:59 pm
Islamabad, Mar 9 (IBNS): Pakistan Finance Minister Asad Umar has asked the president of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to appoint any country other than India as the co-chair of the Asia-Pacific Joint Group, Dawn News reported.
Bangladesh: Fire breaks out at Anarkali Market, no casualty
Mar 09, 2019, at 05:50 pm
Dhaka, Mar 9 (IBNS): A fire broke out at Anarkali Market in Dhaka’s Mouchak area in Bangladesh on Saturday, media reports said.
Eight militants killed in military operations in Afghanistan
Mar 09, 2019, at 05:26 pm
KABUL, Mar 9 (Xinhua/UNI) At least eight militants were killed and five others wounded in two military operations in Afghan provinces, authorities said Saturday.
Pakistan: Lift mishap kills six in Karachi
Mar 09, 2019, at 03:54 pm
Karachi, Mar 9 (IBNS): A trolley lift dropped in an under-construction building in Pakistan's Karachi city and left at last six people killed, media reports said.