Islamabad, Aug 12 — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) staged a protest outside the Supreme Court over concerns about former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s health and delays in his pending court cases, local media reported on Wednesday. Later, the PTI called off the protest after the court registrar…
Bangkok, Aug 12 — Thailand's cabinet on Tuesday approved an Education Ministry proposal to elevate school safety to a national agenda, following a mass shooting at a secondary school outside Bangkok last week that killed nine people. The move aims to strengthen prevention and response at…
Kabul, Aug 12 — Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been unable to access secondary education since 2021, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said adding that the continued exclusion of girls and women from education constitutes a grave violation…
Manila, Aug 12 — Philippine health authorities have issued an alert on water-borne diseases after floods hit the northern Philippines, local media reported on Wednesday. The local health centre in the Ilocos region, northwest Philippines, has warned residents of rising health risks as enhanced…
Canberra, Aug 12 — The Indian and Australian navies held discussions on strengthening operational interoperability and expanding bilateral cooperation in capability building and training, with a focus on further deepening maritime collaboration between the two countries. The discussions were held…
New Delhi, Aug 12 — Indian intelligence agencies have warned of a possible major provocation by Pakistan aimed at diverting attention from the mounting internal challenges confronting Islamabad.With protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) continuing and unrest in Balochistan intensifying,…
Washington, Aug 12 — A veteran White House reporter has broken a 26-year silence to reveal that the Clinton administration briefed journalists before using a decoy aircraft during the US president’s high-risk visit to Pakistan in 2000.Susan Page, then president of the White House Correspondents’…
Dhaka, Aug 12 — Bangladesh’s youth are facing a growing employment crisis, with many struggling to turn their education and skills into jobs and opportunities, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a nationwide survey. The findings highlight unemployment as one of the biggest challenges…
Dhaka, Aug 12 — Several experts and activists in Bangladesh have called for greater recognition and protection of indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge, land rights and cultural heritage, while raising concerns over increasing violence and repression against indigenous communities, particularly…
Seoul, Aug 12 — South Korea's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Seoul city government to pay usage fees to the national railway authority for a public park built over a railroad. The top court made the ruling in a lawsuit filed by the Seoul city government…
Wellington, Aug 12 — New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a caucus confidence vote on Wednesday and will remain leader of the governing National Party, after an hours-long caucus meeting in the capital Wellington. Luxon said that he had survived the confidence vote with the…
Seoul, Aug 12 — The South Korean government held a second meeting on Wednesday of the 2045 Strategy Committee charged with drawing up a blueprint and strategies for what South Korea should look like in 2045 and identified 17 core tasks with the goal of announcing the final strategies by the end of…
Madrid, Aug 12 — Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has said that the undocumented migrants who entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta in late July will all return to Morocco. Albares made the remarks during a visit to Ceuta on Tuesday (local time). More than 70,000 people…
Seoul, Aug 12 — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, marking the second such launch in less than a week in an apparent protest against an upcoming combined military exercise between the South and the United States. The Joint Chiefs of…
Sanaa, Aug 12 — Yemen's Houthi group has confirmed that it had targeted what it described as a Saudi military equipment transport ship in the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait, as well as Saudi-backed forces in the government-held areas of Mocha and Marib. In a statement posted on social media…
Seoul, Aug 12 — South Korea's Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back is set to hold a meeting on Wednesday with the leaders of the alumni groups of the Army, Navy and Air Force military academies and seek their support for the government's ongoing push to integrate the three academies into a single…
Washington, Aug 12 — A Texas court has ordered that life-saving medical care be provided to a baby diagnosed before birth with a serious heart condition, after the state intervened in a dispute involving a surrogate mother and the child’s intended parents.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced…
Jaipur, Aug 12 — Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is in Jaipur to attend the two-day meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors, being held under India’s BRICS presidency. The two-day meeting will begin at 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday at Hotel Rambagh in the state capital…
Washington, Aug 12 — A New York woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping smuggle migrants into the United States across the Canadian border, the Justice Department said.Stacey Taylor, 43, admitted to her role in an international smuggling conspiracy after US authorities intercepted her vehicle near…
Washington, Aug 12 — A group of 30 US senators on Tuesdat urged the State Department to address delays in student and exchange visitor visas, warning that applicants may be unable to enter the country before the new academic year begins.Sen. Alex Padilla of California, the ranking Democrat on the…
Washington, August 12 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said he is confident Cuba will be placed on an “irreversible path” towards a different future before the Trump administration leaves office, describing change on the communist-ruled island as a US national interest.“I am confident that…