Asia

Dhaka: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that the country had procured three crore Covid-19 vaccine doses already, while other nations have also expressed interest to provide them ...
14 Feb 2021 9:35 PM GMT

Karachi: Iran-backed militant group Zainabiyoun Brigade, which has been making inroads into Pakistan through the Pakistan-Iran border, has started to show its footprints in the country. In a recent ...
29 Jan 2021 10:18 PM GMT

United Nations: The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that it was supporting governments in southern Africa to prepare for and respond to tropical cyclone Eloise, which...
23 Jan 2021 6:33 AM GMT

Islamabad: Four Pakistani soldiers were killed and five others injured in an IED blast in Balochistan province, intelligence sources said on Thursday. The incident took place in Sibi district on Wed...
21 Jan 2021 9:50 PM GMT

New Delhi: In a visible sign of turbulence in their relationship, the visiting Chinese delegation led by Guo Yezhou, a vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC...
28 Dec 2020 6:43 PM GMT

Kabul: Gunmen stormed Kabul University on Monday as it hosted a book fair attended by the Iranian ambassador to Afghanistan, sparking an hours-long gun battle and leaving 25 dead and several wound...
2 Nov 2020 7:02 PM GMT

Kathmandu: The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) seems to be heading towards a split after 'serious differences' emerged between Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and party chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, ...
1 Nov 2020 10:16 PM GMT

Islamabad: Pakistan claimed on Thursday that there was 'no pressure' on it to release Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, a day after a top Opposition leader said that Foreign Ministe...
29 Oct 2020 7:26 PM GMT