Pakistan ‘rejects’ India’s protest against Gilgit-Baltistan order
Islamabad, Pakistan has “rejected” India’s protest against Islamabad’s move relating to administrative control over the Gilgit-Baltistan region, which is a part of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The “Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018” was approved by Pakistan’s Cabinet on May 21 and it was also endorsed by the Assembly for the region. Pakistan Prime Minister Khaqan Abbasi announced enforcement of […]
UN urges Saudi-led coalition to speed Yemen imports, avoid starvation
GENEVA: The United Nations aid chief has called on the Yemen government and Saudi-led coalition to loosen restrictions on imports of food and fuel through commercial ports into the war-wracked country, warning that millions more could face starvation. “I am particularly concerned about the recent decline of commercial food imports through the Red Sea ports. […]
Hasina calls for Rohingyas’ return to Myanmar from Bangladesh, seeks India’s help
Kolkata: In a significant move, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday pressed for the Rohingyas’ return to Myanmar while seeking India’s assistance to her government to repatriate them to their country. However, Sheikh Hasina openly defended her government’s shelter to Rohingyas in Bangladesh in presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi whose government ruled out […]
Israel to build 3,900 new West Bank settlement units
The Israeli government plans to build 3,900 new Jewish-only housing units in the occupied West Bank. Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman tweeted on Thursday that a plan to build 2,500 new West Bank settlement units would be proposed to Israel’s Higher Planning Council as construction begins on 1,400 units that have already been approved. Lieberman […]
China ‘disinvited’ from major US military exercise
The US has withdrawn an invitation to China to participate in what has been described as the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise, the Pentagon has announced. A Pentagon spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday that “China’s behaviour is inconsistent with the principles and purposes of the RIMPAC exercise”, and it has “disinvited the […]
At least 30 killed in Islamic State attack on Syrian army
At least 30 Syrian army troops and Iranian-backed militiamen were killed on Tuesday when Islamic State fighters attacked a military outpost near Palmyra in eastern Syria, a monitor and residents from the area said. They said the militants used suicide bombers and armoured vehicles in the dawn attack near a dam southeast of the ancient […]
‘Pakistan, World Bank begin talks on Kishanganga dam in Kashmir’
Pakistan and World Bank have started talks here over the recently-inaugurated Kishanganga hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir, with Islamabad accusing New Delhi of violating the Indus Waters Treaty by setting up the dam, reports claimed. According to a report published by newsgatherer IANS, a four-member Pakistan delegation, led by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf, arrived in Washington […]
Tanks, missiles alone can’t save Pak, if it’s not strong economically: Minister
Pakistan has squandered the economic growth opportunity in the past because of political instability, Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said, asserting that “tanks and missiles” alone cannot save a country. Iqbal, who is also the Minister for Planning and Development, claimed that during the 90s then Indian finance minister Manmohan Singh borrowed economic reforms strategies […]
Heatstroke kills 65 in Pakistan
At least 65 people have been killed due to heatstroke in the last three days in Pakistan’s Karachi, where the temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius, media reported on Tuesday. At least 114 bodies were brought to the social welfare group Edhi Foundation’s morgues out of which at least 65 had died from heatstroke, Xinhua news […]
China successfully launches satellite to explore dark side of Moon
Beijing: China successfully launched a relay satellite today to enable a rover to communicate with the Earth from the Moon’s mysterious far side, as part of the Communist giant’s ambitious goal of being the first country to send such a probe. Named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge), the 400-kg satellite has a designed life of three years. […]
