China beefs up security on border with India
Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) China has stepped up security on its border with India, North Korea and Myanmar ahead of the key Communist Party Congress next month. The once-in-a-five-year meet is China’s most important political event. The authorities would not like to risk any event which disrupts the meeting where Chinese President Xi Jinping will […]
12 Afghan security forces killed in Kandahar
27 September 2017(Agencies) At least a dozen Afghan security forces were killed when a suicide attacker driving an explosives-packed Humvee blew himself up in the southern province of Kandahar. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly assault on the government and police headquarters in Maroof district that also wounded several others. “Twelve security forces were […]
Don’t blame us for Hafiz Saeed, Pakistan tells US
September 27, 2017 New York, Sep 27 (IANS) Pakistan has told the US that it can’t be blamed for terrorists like Hafiz Saeed, who masterminded the Mumbai terror attack, saying Washington considered such men as “darlings” until a few years ago. Mincing no words at the Asia Society forum here on Tuesday evening, Pakistan Foreign […]
Rockets attack near Kabul airport were meant to target US Defence Secretary James Mattis: Taliban
At least one civilian was killed and four were injured after multiple rockets attacked the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Wednesday, News reported. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and said that its target was United States Defence Secretary James Mattis. The rockets landed shortly after Mattis and the chief of North […]
UN plans food aid for up to 700,000 Rohingya
(Bangladesh), Sep 27 (AFP) The UN has drawn up a contingency plan to feed up to 700,000 Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar after some 480,000 fled to Bangladesh over the past month and arrivals continue. A senior official from the UN’s World Food Program (WFP) told AFP they were now prepared to provide massive food and […]
Pak FM indicted in corruption case by NAB court
27 September 2017 Islamabad Sept 27 (ANI): An anti-corruption court on Wednesday indicted Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The reference was filed against Dar for possessing assets beyond his known sources of income, the Dawn reported. However, Dar denied all charges and […]
Chinese daily chides Sushma Swaraj over UN speech against Pakistan
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 (PTI) A Chinese daily has slammed India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj for her strong criticism of Pakistan for harbouring terrorists, saying it is “politically imbecilic and unsophisticated” to think that Islamabad exports terrorism. The editorial in state-run Global Times defending Pakistan against its failure to flush out terrorists is not surprising […]
Nawaz Sharif appears before accountability court
Islamabad, Sep 26 (PTI) Pakistan’s ousted premier Nawaz Sharif today for the first time appeared before an accountability court here to face the corruption charges filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau in the Panama Papers scandal. Sharif, who returned to Pakistan yesterday, reached the court located in the judicial complex this morning. During the […]
China urges North Korea, US to stop escalating war of words
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign ministry has urged North Korea and the United States to stop their escalating war of words, warning that there will be “no winner” in the event of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula. Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters at a regular briefing Tuesday that Beijing “consistently opposes war and […]
German election: AfD vows to fight ‘invasion of foreigners’
25 September 2017 Germany’s right-wing, nationalist AfD party has vowed to fight “an invasion of foreigners” into the country, after winning its first parliamentary seats. “We want a different policy,” co-leader Alexander Gauland said following the historic surge. But splits have already emerged between AfD leaders on the party’s direction. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been […]
