Washington, Aug 6 — The US Department of the Treasury has removed Iraqi commercial airline Fly Baghdad and two of its aircraft from its sanctions list linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Fly Baghdad Airlines, also known as Iraq Express, and two of its Boeing 737 aircraft…
Tehran, Aug 6 — Iran and Oman have made progress in talks on establishing a safe commercial shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei has said. He also mentioned that Tehran has no plans for senior officials to visit Pakistan or Qatar this…
New Delhi/Dhaka, Aug 6 — A petrol bomb was hurled at the ancestral residence of former Bangladesh cricket skipper and former Awami League MP Shakib Al Hasan on Wednesday night, hours after appearing virtually at a press conference alongside the country's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in…
New York, Aug 6 — Iran and Oman have agreed on the navigation route for opening the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint statement is in the final stages, Tehran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Wednesday. Muscat and Tehran “have already agreed upon geographic coordinates for the…
New York, Aug 5 — Indian American member of the House of Representatives, Shri Thanedar, has lost the Democratic Party primary in an upsurge of support for progressive candidates in Michigan state where Israel was a factor in the background. Thanedar, who was first elected in 2022 and won again in…
New Delhi, Aug 5 — Bangladesh Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday praised India for always being "a good friend" and stressed her proposed return home was a personal decision and did not involve conferring with the Indian government. Meanwhile, Hasina's son and former Advisor, Sajeeb…
Islamabad, Aug 5 — Pakistan's response to a bread-and-butter protest movement in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with live fire, mass arrests, a communications blackout, and the blocking of an international media outlet reporting on the unrest was not merely an attempt to quell dissent. It was an…
Cape Town, Aug 5 — South Africa has emerged as one of the main targets of cybercriminals in Africa, accounting for a dominant share of ransomware, phishing and business email compromise detections across the continent, local media reported on Wednesday, citing the latest Interpol report on…
New York, Aug 5 — A leading international press freedom group on Wednesday called on Pakistani authorities to immediately release journalists Razi Tahir and Muhammad Saif, who were reportedly taken from their Islamabad office by men in police uniforms, following their reporting on the ongoing…
Dhaka, Aug 5 — A Bangladeshi court has sent a minor school boy to jail after he was produced before a judge in connection with a case filed by the police under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, local media reported. The 14-year-old boy, identified as Md. Rimon, is a 10th-grade student at Char…
Quetta, Aug 5 — As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations on Wednesday brought to light the extrajudicial killing of three civilians and the enforced disappearance of three others allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces. Several…
Colombo/New Delhi, Aug 5 — Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri reaffirmed India's unwavering commitment to Sri Lanka under India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy and 'Vision MAHASAGAR' during his official visit to the island nation on Wednesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated as he…
Kolkata, Aug 5 — The Sixth Joint Working Group meeting on defence cooperation between India and Uzbekistan was held in Tashkent on Wednesday, officials said. The meeting was co-chaired by Dinesh Kumar, Joint Secretary in India's Ministry of Defence and Lieutenant Colonel Sukhrobjon Sodikjonovich…
Washington, Aug 5 — The United States has deployed additional intelligence personnel to Cuba and intensified its intelligence activities in the Caribbean country in recent months, reported Politico. Citing sources, the report said the United States has recently sent intelligence personnel and…
Hyderabad, Aug 5 — The second meeting of the BRICS Anti-Corruption Working Group and the BRICS Expert Network on Asset Recovery, which concluded here on Wednesday, reached an in-principle agreement on the proposed BRICS Network of Law-Enforcement Practitioners for Enhancing International…
Dhaka, Aug 5 — As many as five more children have died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 854, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),…
Moscow, Aug 5 — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a series of senior military appointments and changes within the Defence Ministry, saying the reforms would improve the military's organisational structure. Speaking at a Kremlin meeting with Defence Minister Andrei Belousov,…
Moscow, Aug 5 — The CEO of a key Russian manufacturer of strike drones is in serious condition following a car explosion in the Sverdlovsk region late Tuesday night, TASS reported on Wednesday, citing emergency service representatives. CEO of UralDronZavod Vladimir Tkachuk remains in intensive…
New Delhi, Aug 5 — Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the South Asian country’s situation has worsened over the last two years with people continuing to live in an atmosphere of fear, insecurity and economic distress despite the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)…
Colombo, Aug 5 — Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya in Colombo on Wednesday and held discussions on deepening cooperation between the two nations in priority areas. India's High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, and other officials were also…
Islamabad, Aug 5 — The phased voting for the legislative assembly election, restrictions on communication services, continuous allegations of malpractice, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) boycott of the polls, ban on the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and clashes between protesters and law…