DHAKA — Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday evening vowed to hunt down those who vandalised some Hindu temples during Durga Puja celebrations. Three people were killed and several others injured during clashes between Muslim bigots and the police at Hajiganj sub-district in Chandpur, bordering Cumilla, on Wednesday, while a fourth person succumbed to […]
KABUL — A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a Taliban police chief in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing him and wounding 11 others, officials said. The blast happened in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, targeting the Taliban police chief for Shigal district, said an official from the group. “The police chief has died […]
BEIJING — China on Wednesday objected to the recent visit of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to Arunachal Pradesh, saying that it is firmly opposed to the Indian leader’s visit to the state as it has never recognised it. Naidu visited Arunachal Pradesh on October 9 and addressed a special session of the state assembly during […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday termed Kashmir as a nuclear flashpoint between the two nuclear powers. In an interview with Middle East Eye, Imran Khan admitting for the first time that India carried out airstrikes on his country. “The nuclear flashpoint in the world currently is India and Pakistan because nowhere […]
BEIJING — China on Monday accused India of “unreasonable and unrealistic demands” and urged the country not to misjudge the situation, as the two sides held the 13th round of the corps commander-level talks on Sunday. According to senior Colonel Long Shaohua, a spokesperson for the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command, the […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s renowned nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan passed away Sunday after his health deteriorated. Dr AQ Khan is considered the father of Pakistan’s nuclear programme and is revered at home as a hero for building the Muslim world’s first atomic bomb. Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan’s health started deteriorating Saturday night, after which […]
NEW DELHI — A batch of 106 Afghan nationals left Delhi for their country via Iran yesterday. Mahan Air recently resumed commercial flights to Kabul. Afghan nationals took the connecting flight of the Iran based airline to Kabul. This is the first set of Afghan nationals leaving for Afghanistan from Delhi since August 15, the […]
KABUL — United Nations Security General Antonio Guterres has condemned the horrific attack at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, saying that the attacks targeting civilians, who are exercising the right to freely practice their religion, are violations of fundamental human rights. Guterres, in a statement released by his spokesperson, said, “The […]
KARACHI — At least 20 people were killed and over 300 others injured after a powerful 5.9 earthquake struck Pakistan”s Balochistan province early on Thursday, according to media reports. Disaster management officials said the death toll may increase, Geo News reported. According to the seismological centre, the epicentre was located near Harnai at a depth […]
KABUL — Afghanistan and Iran have concluded “important” bilateral economic and trade agreements, a spokesman for the Taliban said. Zabihullah Mujahid, who is also acting deputy minister of information and culture in the interim Afghan government, said in a statement that a meeting was held between Afghan and Iranian officials “with the aim of strengthening […]