US-led airstrikes kill 25 civilians in Syria
Damascus, Feb 26 : Airstrikes by the US-led anti-terror coalition on an area in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour have killed 25 civilians, a monitor group reported on Monday. The airstrikes targeted the last Islamic State (IS) pocket on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River on Sunday, said the Syrian Observatory for Human […]
4 killed as blast destroys building in UK; Police rules out terror angle
Police declared a “major incident” after the explosion occurred on Sunday evening on a stretch of road containing commercial and residential properties close to Leicester’s city centre. Four people died after the explosion and subsequent fire destroyed a shop and the flat above it. A fire and rescue service spokeswoman said the emergency services were […]
Pakistan to attend WTO talks in New Delhi upon Indian invitation: report
February 26, 2018 Pakistan’s Minister of Commerce Pervaiz Malik will attend an informal WTO ministerial meeting taking place in New Delhi on March 19-20, The Indian Express reportedMonday. Quoting unnamed diplomatic sources, the newspaper said the Pakistani side has confirmed the participation of the minister. The invitation comes in the wake of the late-December secret back-channel […]
Myanmar bulldozes what was left of Rohingya Muslim villages
Bangkok: First, their villages were burned to the ground. Now, Myanmar’s government is using bulldozers to literally erase them from the earth – in a vast operation rights groups say is destroying crucial evidence of mass atrocities against the nation’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority. Satellite images of Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state, released by Colorado-based DigitalGlobe […]
Twin car bombings kill nearly 30 in Somalia’s Mogadishu
Twin car bombings and subsequent gunfire has left at least 27 people dead and 20 others wounded in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, medical workers said. A loud explosion reportedly took place on Friday, followed by a second blast and sustained gunfire which broke out near the president’s residence. The second blast took place beside a popular […]
China has no intention to make Pakistan economically dependent
BEIJING : China wishes to be a strong partner of Pakistan for its socio-economic development but has no intention of making it economically dependent, in any manner whatsoever, reports a Chinese leading media House the Global Times, quoting official sources. The government of China encourages Pakistan to attract foreign investment from multiple sources to alleviate […]
At least 23 killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 23 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults in the war-torn country. In the biggest attack, Taliban fighters stormed an army base in the western province of Farah overnight, […]
Maldives warns India against interfering in its internal affairs
February 23, 2018 The Maldives has warned India against taking “any actions” that could hinder resolving the political crisis in the country, as New Delhi expressed its deep dismay over the extension of emergency in the island nation.The Maldivis’ Foreign Ministry in a statement late last night said President Abdulla Yameen’s government takes note of the public statements issued by the Indian Government that “ignore the facts and […]
Trump not satisfied with Pakistan’s anti-terror actions: White House
February 23, 2018 US President Donald Trump is “not satisfied” with the efforts so far made by Pakistan in its crackdown on terrorism, White House Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah has said. “For the first time, we’re holding Pakistan accountable for its actions. We’ve seen modest progress in terms of Pakistan’s actual acknowledgement of these […]
Syrian government bombardment kills 250, including 50 children
More than 250 people have reportedly died after two days of intense bombardment by the Syrian government on the rebel enclave of eastern Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus. At least 50 children are believed to be among those killed in the shelling by forces loyal to president Bashar al-Assad, which left as many as a […]
