German firms splash out billions on Taiwan supply chain
Dec 27, 2022, at 02:26 am
Taipei: German companies are expanding their supply-chain links with Taiwan over the past three years to meet the challenges set by the Covid-19 era, media reports said.
Women not wearing Hijab barred from services in east Iran: Authorities
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:38 am
Tehran: All facilities in Iran's eastern province of South Khorasan are no longer allowed to provide services to women not wearing hijab, provincial deputy governor Seyed Mohammad Reza Talebi said on Monday.
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:20 am
New York: Amid reports on Saturday that the Taliban had barred women from working for local and international NGOs, the United Nations said the decision would undermine the efforts of numerous organizations working throughout Afghanistan to help the most vulnerable, especially women and girls.
Japan lodges protest to China over Ship presence near Senkaku Islands : Cabinet
Dec 27, 2022, at 12:16 am
Tokyo: Japan has lodged a protest to China over the longest ever presence of its ships in the Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday.
Pakistan ‘ill-prepared’ to combat new Covid variants: Reports
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:44 pm
New Delhi: Health authorities in Pakistan are ill-prepared to stop the arrival of the new variant of the COVID-19, which is wreaking havoc in China, from entering the nation, media reports said.
Bangladesh: Rohingya leader shot dead in Ukhiya camp
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:39 pm
Dhaka: A Rohingya leader has been shot dead in a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya region, media reports said on Monday.
North Korean drone detected across border
Dec 26, 2022, at 11:11 pm
Seoul: South Korean military officials have detected five North Korean drones across their mutual border,media reports said on Monday.
Bangladesh: RAB officials arrest banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir member from Dhaka
Dec 26, 2022, at 10:52 pm
Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested a member of banned terrorist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir from Kamrangirchar area of Dhaka, media reports said on Monday.
Taiwan tracks 71 Chinese military aircraft, 7 naval ships
Dec 26, 2022, at 08:47 pm
Taipei: The Ministry of National Defense (MND) has tracked 71 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around Taiwan, media reports said on Monday.
Afghanistan: Explosion rocks Badakhshan province, casualties feared
Dec 26, 2022, at 08:30 pm
Faizabad, Afghanistan: An explosion rocked Faizabad, the capital of northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province on Monday, with casualties feared, an official said.
Dec 26, 2022, at 05:39 pm
Tehran/UNI: At least two people were killed and five others injured in a mine explosion in Iran's central Semnan Province, official news agency IRNA reported.
Benjamin Netanyahu vows not to allow anti-LGBT laws in Israel
Dec 26, 2022, at 03:11 pm
Jerusalem: Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that his coalition government will not pass bills allowing discrimination against LGBTs and denying them access to services.
Pakistan: Terror convict awarded bar council licence
Dec 26, 2022, at 03:30 am
Islamabad: A Pakistani advocate, who has been convicted in a terror case, was able to get his licence from Sindh Bar Council (SBC) to practice the law, media reports said on Sunday.
Pakistan: IED blast leaves four Army personnel dead
Dec 26, 2022, at 02:45 am
Kahan: Four Pakistani army personnel died due to an improvised explosive device (IED) blast during a clearance operation in Balochistan’s Kahan area on Sunday, officials said.
Pakistan: US govt prohibits staff from visiting Islamabad's Marriott Hotel citing 'possible attack'
Dec 26, 2022, at 01:44 am
Islamabad: The US government on Sunday prohibited its staff from visiting Marriott Hotel in Pakistan's Islamabad city due to possible attack.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal appointed as Nepal PM for third time
Dec 26, 2022, at 12:30 am
Kathmandu: Chairperson of CPN - Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal was appointed as the Prime Minister of the new post-election government on Sunday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Grenade blast leaves four people hurt in Quetta
Dec 25, 2022, at 11:35 pm
Quetta: At least four people were injured as a grenade blast rocked Pakistan's Quetta city on Sunday, media reports said.
Canada: Bus crash in British Columbia leaves 50 people injured
Dec 25, 2022, at 09:25 pm
British Columbia: At least 53 people were injured as an intercity coach crashed in the British Columbia province of Canada, media reports said on Sunday.
England: Woman dies, several injured in Wallasey pub shooting
Dec 25, 2022, at 09:15 pm
London: A woman died and several others were injured in a shooting incident in Wallasey near Liverpool city of England on Sunday.
Afghanistan: After restriction on education, Taliban now bans women from working for NGOs
Dec 25, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Amid massive Covid surge, China to stop reporting daily infection figures
Dec 25, 2022, at 07:23 pm
China's National Health Commission will stop releasing daily COVID-19 case figures for the country from Sunday, Reuters reported.
US blizzard kills 18, leaves over a million people without electricity
Dec 25, 2022, at 06:54 pm
At least 250 million people in the United States and Canada have been affected by a fierce winter storm, killing 18 people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses, media reports said.
Suspect behind Paris shooting says was driven by 'racism': Reports
Dec 25, 2022, at 12:18 am
Paris: The man, who opened fire in the center of Paris and killed three Kurds, said that his actions were driven by "racism", Le Journal du Dimanche reported on Friday.
8 die as fuel tanker explodes in South Africa
Dec 24, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Boksburg/South Africa: At least eight people died as a fuel tanker exploded in Boksburg city in South Africa on Saturday, media reports said.
Death toll from fire in Russian nursing home rises to 22
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:42 pm
Moscow/UNI: The death toll from a fire in a private retirement home in the Russian city of Kemerovo has risen to 22, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Saturday.
Pakistan: Bodies of three kidnapped members of a family recovered
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:40 pm
Karachi: Bodies of three people, who were kidnapped a day earlier, have been recovered from Pakistan's South Waziristan on Saturday, media reports said.
Pakistan: Flour price hits record high of Rs 2500 per 20kg in Karachi
Dec 24, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Karachi: Flour prices in Pakistan's Karachi city have spiked to Rs 2500 per 20-kilogramme bag against last week’s Rs2,400, media reports said on Saturday.
Pakistan: CTD arrests seven suspected terrorists
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:35 pm
Islamabad: The Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested seven suspected terrorists during an intelligence-based operation, media reports said on Saturday.
Suspension of women’s education in Afghanistan is against Islamic values: Prominent Islamic Scholar
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:31 pm
Kabul: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, has described the recent decision taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ban women from studying in universities as against Islamic principles.
UN refugee agency urges rescue of 190 desperate people adrift in Andaman Sea
Dec 24, 2022, at 09:21 pm
New York: Some 190 desperate people are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday, urging countries in southern Asia to rescue them.