New Delhi, Sep 22 — More than seven months since Bangladesh -- then under Muhammad Yunus-led interim government -- signed an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) with the United States, questions continue to be raised on the deal over both its terms and timing, and urging current Prime Minister…
New Delhi, Sep 22 — India-China trade via the Shipki Pass in Himachal Pradesh resumed on August 1 after a six‑year suspension, a move that carries limited economic impact but it "rejuvenated interest in the competing legitimacy narratives over the Tibet question," a report has said.The report from…
Islamabad, Sep 22 — Residents in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been facing an internet shutdown for more than 100 days with the disruption impacting banking, business, education and access to information, a report has detailed. Mobile data and broadband services have remained suspended or…
New Delhi, Sep 22 — Pakistani jets have reportedly been repeatedly pounding its own territories, targeting people it calls its own to quell a movement for separate Balochistan, while sneaking in a few raids across the Durand Line to bomb neighbouring Afghanistan.While the aerial bombardment of…
London, Sep 22 — Pakistan is not a functioning democracy, and the proposal to create new provinces has emerged not from a national debate, a parliamentary commission or a movement towards greater devolution. Instead, it has come from Asim Munir in his latest role — Chief of Defence Forces, army…
Seoul, Sep 22 — South Korea’s new Defence Minister Kang Shin-chul urged North Korea on Tuesday to cease its border-hardening measures along the inter-Korean border, vowing that South Korea will not tip-toe around Pyongyang's actions.Kang made the remarks during a press availability following his…
New Delhi, Sep 22 — India and Japan on Tuesday held discussions on strengthening bilateral defence technology collaboration, joint exercises and regional security cooperation for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific. The discussion took place during a meeting between Defence Secretary Rajesh…
Karachi, Sep 22 — A leading Pakistani women's rights movement, 'Aurat March', on Tuesday strongly condemned the arrest of family members of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, including his sisters, nieces, nephews and minors, describing the crackdown as a "horrific" attempt by the state to silence…
Lhasa, Sep 22 — China's invasion of Tibet in 1950 has not been able to win the hearts of the Tibetans as for them, it has resulted in the loss of sovereignty, suppression of culture and the erosion of basic freedoms. If China thinks to prove otherwise, it must hold a referendum in Tibet in which…
New Delhi, Sep 22 — The arrest and subsequent extradition of Salim Dola is among the biggest blows dealt by Indian agencies to the Dawood Ibrahim-Haji Salim narcotics cartel.The Narendra Modi government at the Centre has embarked on a mission to make India drug-free, and even as new challenges crop…
Oslo, Sep 22 — India and Norway held the 12th Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Environment in Oslo and reviewed ongoing cooperation in marine pollution, environmental research, plastic and chemical pollution, waste recycling, and ocean management. The discussions between India and Norway…
London, Sep 22 — A leading international human rights organisation on Tuesday expressed serious concern over a recent judgment by Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court upholding restrictions on Ahmadi religious literature, including the continued ban and forfeiture of all 23 volumes of "Rohani…
Seoul, Sep 22 — An appellate court on Tuesday reduced South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee's sentence to five years in prison during her bribery trial on charges of taking expensive gifts in return for job appointments. The Seoul High Court partially overturned a lower court's seven-year…
Los Angeles, Sep 22 — The US state of California has proclaimed a state of emergency to prepare for what is shaping up to be a potentially historic El Nino season. The proclamation will mobilise state resources and accelerate preparations ahead of potential winter storms, coastal flooding and…
Tokyo, Sep 22 — Two people died, and four others remain missing in landslides that hit Japan's Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures, near Tokyo, on Monday, following heavy rain brought by a large typhoon, local media reported on Tuesday. In Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, a woman in her 60s died after…
New York, Sep 22 — Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, attended an event on Franco-Mexican Initiative in New York and underscored the need to achieve comprehensive reforms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The event was organised by the Foreign Ministers…
Seoul, Sep 22 — South Korea's Supreme Court Chief Justice Cho Hee-dae said on Tuesday he cannot comply with the presidential office's request to re-recommend a candidate for a top court justice post, saying he could find no constitutional grounds for doing so. Last month, the presidential office…
Seoul, Sep 22 — A suspected land mine exploded at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) earlier this week during a route clearance operation over a potential North Korea-created minefield south of the inter-Korean border, South Korea's military said on Tuesday. The explosion occurred south of the Military…
Santiago, Sep 22 — An extreme El Nino event could cause losses equivalent to at least 2 per cent of Latin America and the Caribbean's GDP and plunge an additional 4.8 million people into poverty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned. In a report titled…
Islamabad, Sep 22 — In yet another case of honour killing, an 18-year-old woman who recently got married was allegedly killed by her brother in Orangi town in Pakistan's Karachi, local media reported on Tuesday. According to Mominabad SHO Shahbaz Yusuf, the deceased, identified as Zarqa Bibi, got…
United Nations, Sep 22 — Families displaced by hostilities in Yemen urgently need food and shelter support, while supplies are running thin as the violence and needs increase, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday (local time) said that,…