Egypt: Train-bus collision leaves 2 dead, 6 injured
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:56 pm
Cairo/Xinhua: Two people were killed and six others injured on Monday in a train-bus collision in Helwan City near the capital Cairo, Egyptian Health Ministry said in a statement.
Rwanda bars movements to capital city amid spike in COVID-19 infections
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:37 pm
Kigali/Xinhua: The Rwandan government announced that movements between the capital city Kigali and the rest of the country will be prohibited from Wednesday except for essential services and goods transportation, as a response to the recent rise of COVID-19 infections.
US: Shooting in Colorado leaves 3 dead
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:28 pm
Washington/Xinhua: Three people were killed Monday in a shooting in the City of Arvada, U.S. state of Colorado, authorities said.
Two Chinese coast guard ships enter Japanese waters
Jun 22, 2021, at 05:03 am
Beijing: Two China Coast Guard ships entered Japanese waters around the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, an episode which may trigger tension between the two nations.
Countering China: US planning to build combat-ready standing force on Australia's doorstep
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:54 am
Beijing: The US is looking to set up a combat-ready standing force on Australia's doorstep, an effort seen as a move to counter China's increasing presence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Popular newspaper editorial slams China over treatment towards Hong Kong
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:46 am
China’s assumption of direct control over Hong Kong affairs, contravening binding undertakings made at the 1997 handover, is increasingly blatant, a major international newspaper slammed Beijing in its editorial on Monday.
Tik Tok changes privacy policy, to soon start collecting American’s faces and voices
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:25 am
Beijing: Tik Tok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has recently changed its privacy policy for American users last week.
Pakistan-China border closed over 20 months: Traders demonstrate in Islamabad
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:14 am
Islamabad: Traders recently demonstrated against the decision taken by the administration to keep the Pakistan-China border closed for the past 20 months.
Scantily clad women would have an impact on men: Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:31 am
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has courted controversy over his comments on rape during a television interview, where he said a scantily clad woman would have an impact on men “unless they’re robots”.
Pakistan foreign minister refuses to call bin Laden a terrorist
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:28 am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has refused to call slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden a terrorist.
Afghan President Ghani, peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah to meet US President Biden
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:22 am
Amidst the intensified fighting in Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani and chief peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah will visit the United States this week and meet US President Joe Biden, the White House said in a statement.
Nepal government pushes for shift to electric vehicles
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:20 am
Nepal plans to shift from light vehicles, running on petroleum products, to electric ones by 2031 as part of its strategic plan to lower fuel imports and reduce pollution,
Foreign forces leaving us in total ‘disgrace’ and ‘disaster’: Former Afghan president Karzai
Jun 22, 2021, at 02:08 am
US and NATO forces came to Afghanistan to fight extremism and bring stability and they are leaving almost two decades after having failed at both, said former Afghan president Hamid Karzai, calling the legacy of foreign forces a "total disgrace and disaster" for the war-ravaged country.
Maldives struggles to bring back children of Maldivian ISIS terrorist stuck in Afghanistan
Jun 22, 2021, at 01:40 am
Saifiu and his wife, both Maldivian nationals, were arrested by Afghan authorities in 2018 from eastern Nangarhar province, where they had joined ISIS. Since then, they, along with their children, are in an Afghan prison. The Maldivian government despite making several efforts have failed to repatriate their children.
Moscow, Ankara will soon discuss Turkish-Ukrainian Navy cooperation Plans: Lavrov
Jun 22, 2021, at 01:15 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Russia and Turkey will soon hold negotiations, and plans regarding the cooperation between Turkish and Ukrainian naval forces will be on the agenda, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
Swedish Parliament votes to dismiss Prime Minister over rental reforms
Jun 22, 2021, at 12:47 am
Moscow/Sputnik: The Swedish parliament has voted no confidence in Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, the national media reported on Monday.
Pakistan: Gunmen open fire on school van, 4 teachers injured
Jun 21, 2021, at 11:42 pm
Islamabad: At least four teachers were hurt as unknown gunmen opened fire on a school van in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Saturday, media reports said.
No need for nuclear deterrent once Kashmir issue is resolved: Pakistan PM Imran Khan
Jun 21, 2021, at 10:14 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has stated that there will be no need for nuclear deterrents once the Kashmir issue is resolved.
Israel: 8 Arab suspects arrested for allegedly murdering Jewish man
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:02 pm
Tel Aviv/Xinhua: Israeli security forces said on Sunday that eight Arab suspects have been arrested for the killing of a Jewish man in central Israel in May amid a wave of ethnic violence.
Pakistan: Police arrest Mufti Aziz ur Rehman, sons for involvement in sexual abuse case
Jun 21, 2021, at 03:27 pm
Islamabad: Police have arrested former JUI leader Mufti Aziz ur Rehman and his sons from Mianwali for their alleged involvement in sexual abuse case, media reports said.
Tibetan scholar arrested in China for his writings languishing without trial for two years
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:55 am
Lhasa: A Tibetan writer arrested on unspecified charges two years ago has still not been brought to trial, and family members are being kept in the dark about his fate, Tibetan sources told Radio Free Asia, citing yet another instance of Chinese atrocities in the region.
Pakistan-Iran goods train service suspended after freight train derails in Balochistan
Jun 21, 2021, at 05:20 am
Islamabad: Following the derailment of a freight train, goods train service between Pakistan and Iran was suspended on Saturday, media reports said.
Vietnamese people allegedly trafficked by Chinese nationals to Cambodia to work in casinos
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:48 am
Beijing: Some Chinese nationals are allegedly trafficking Viatnamese people to work in casinos and online gaming establishments in Cambodia, media reports said.
China: Top nuclear scientist dies under mysterious circumstances
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:37 am
Beijing: A top Chinese nuclear scientist, Zhang Zhijiang, has died under mysterious circumstances on Thursday, media reports said.
COVID-19: Pakistan is facing acute shortage of vaccines, centres closed in Sindh
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:24 am
Islamabad: Pakistan is facing acute vaccine shortage and several cities across the country have either suspended vaccination or slowed down the process, media report said.
Jun 21, 2021, at 04:16 am
Clerics involved in hate speeches and provocative religious debates in the mosques and seminaries have been banned from entering the tribal-dominated Khyber district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the country’s border with Afghanistan.
Jun 21, 2021, at 03:12 am
Lauding the efforts of Pakistani and Chinese engineers and workers for the construction of the World Bank aided 4,320-megawatt Dasu hydropower project, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the dam is vital for the development of Pakistan, as it will meet the country’s electricity need at a very reasonable tariff. Chinese engineering firms are playing key roles in the construction of the project.
Two TTP insurgents, Pakistan army soldier killed in encounter in Waziristan
Jun 21, 2021, at 03:09 am
Islamabad: A Pakistan Army soldier and two militants belonging to the Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in an army operation in its tribal North Waziristan area, the ISPR, the media wing of the Pakistan Army, confirmed on Sunday.
Pakistan to complete fencing along Afghan border this month
Jun 21, 2021, at 02:39 am
Islamabad: Pakistan will complete all the fencing works along its border with Afghanistan by the month-end, announced Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid in parliament. The two countries share 2760 kilometers of the long border.
Exiled dissidents demonstrate outside FATF HQ, demand moving Pakistan from grey to 'blacklist'
Jun 21, 2021, at 01:51 am
Paris: Exiled dissidents belonging to Baloch, Pashtun, Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Konger Communities demonstrated close to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) headquarter in Paris as they demanded the body to move Pakistan from the grey list to the blacklist.