50 die in Indonesia from bootleg liquor
Jakarta—More than 50 people have died in little more than a week after drinking bootleg liquor in western Indonesia, including in Jakarta, officials said Monday. In the latest incident, 20 people died between Thursday and Monday in Cicalengka subdistrict near the West Java capital of Bandung. Head of the state-run hospital in Cicalengka, Yani Sumpena, […]
Hong Kong can take decision on Nirav Modi’s arrest: China
China today said that Hong Kong can accede to India’s request to arrest fugitive Indian diamond merchant Nirav Modi based on local laws and mutual judicial assistance agreements. India’s Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh told parliament last week that “the ministry has sought the provisional arrest of Nirav Deepak Modi by the […]
Syria aid group says at least 60 people killed after Douma chemical attack
PARIS – Suspected chemical attacks over the weekend killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 1,000 in Syria’s rebel-held eastern Ghouta, a Syria medical relief group said on Monday. The death toll is likely to rise, according to the Union of Medical Care Organizations, a coalition of international aid agencies that funds hospitals […]
Gaza buries journalist killed after covering mass protests
GAZA CITY,: — Hundreds, including Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, attended the funeral of a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Saturday who was killed while covering mass protests along the Israeli border the previous day. Yasser Murtaja died from a gunshot wound he sustained while filming Friday in an area engulfed in thick black smoke […]
Pakistan PM: Kabul accepts offer to renew talks with Taliban
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister says Afghanistan has accepted his offer to revive stalled peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said war is not the solution to the decades-long conflict in Afghanistan. His remarks Saturday came a day after he visited Kabul and met with the Afghan leadership. Pakistan […]
Pakistan is the voice of Kashmiris at the UN, says Maleeha Lodhi
New York—Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi on Saturday said that Pakistan’s mission is to be the voice of Kashmiri people at the United Nations, said a media report. “We are the voice of the Kashmiri people in UN and are fighting their case [at an international level],” she told Geo News. […]
Fourteen dead after junior hockey team bus crash in Canada
Ottawa: A bus carrying a group of Canadian junior hockey players has collided with a semi-trailer on a rural highway in Saskatchewan, killing 14 people, Canadian media reported citing police. Fourteen more were injured — including three critically — in the accident involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus, which was heading north for a Saskatchewan […]
Palestinian journalist dies after being shot by Israeli forces
A Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces allegedly along the Gaza border has succumbed to his injuries, reports said. Yaser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media agency, was shot in the stomach in Khuza’a in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Murtaja, 30, was hit […]
Pakistan stands with Kashmiri brethren, affirms pak President
ISLAMABAD – President Mamnoon Hussain strongly condemned the ongoing violence against innocent Kashmiris by the Indian occupation forces on Friday and asserted that the Pakistani nation stood with their Kashmiri brothers in their just struggle. Addressing the inauguration of the annual National Book Festival here at the Pakistan-China Centre, the President appealed to the international […]
China warns of countering US tariffs
Beijing, April 6 : China warned on Friday it will counter tariff measures by the US even though it might lead to a trade war between the two countries. If the US continued its protectionism despite opposition from China and the international community, China would fight to the end to “protect the interests of the […]
