Category: International

Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants is “unacceptable”, says the Taliban, denying Islamabad’s allegations that Afghanistan’s citizens were responsible for Pakistan’s security problems. “The behaviour of Pakistan towards Afghan refugees is unacceptable,” Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban administration in Kabul, said in a post on the social media […]

NEW DELHI: India’s external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence. Now, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation last month that Indian government agents were involved in the June killing […]

Activists have accused Iran’s morality police of beating a girl for not wearing a hijab and posted a photo purportedly showing her in a coma. Armita Geravand, 16, collapsed after boarding a Tehran metro train at Shohada station on Sunday. Officials said she fainted and released CCTV footage in which she is seen being pulled […]

RAWALPINDI: The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said Tuesday that security forces gunned down 10 terrorists in the Pezu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Tank district. The military’s media wing, in a statement, mentioned that the terrorists were killed when the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on the “reported presence of terrorists”. Whilst the operation was […]

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after two people were killed in a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the centre of Bangkok, police say. The shooting happened at the Siam Paragon mall, the city’s most famous mall and one of the most-visited places in Asia. The victims were from China and Myanmar, Thailand’s […]

In a recent discourse, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, pointedly criticized Canada for harboring individuals who advocate violence and terrorism due to its political leniency. This assertive statement sheds light on an issue that can no longer be swept under the rug. While Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aims to fortify the ties between […]

Indian police have raided the office of a news portal and the homes of journalists and writers linked to it as part of an investigation into suspected illegal foreign funding of the media company, according to two government officials. Laptops and mobile phones were taken away as part of the investigation into the media company, […]

Inflation rose to 31.4% year-on-year in September from 27.4% in August, data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed Monday, as the nation faces high fuel and power rates. The South Asian nation faces an uphill task when it comes to economic recovery under a caretaker government following the approval of a $3 billion […]

Ukraine is fighting Russia on many fronts. And just as progress on the battlefield is hard won, so too these days are its diplomatic gains. Since Russia’s invasion last year, Western support for Kyiv has remained largely strong. But cracks are beginning to form in the pro-Ukraine alliance. The United States is Ukraine’s greatest supporter […]

The caretaker federal government on Monday approved the appointment of Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir Afsar as National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Chairman, Express News reported. A meeting of the caretaker federal cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar approved the appointment. A notification in this regard has also been issued. Lieutenant General Afsar […]