Afghan situation in focus as President Ghani, US Secretary of State Tillerson arrive
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The spurt in violence in Afghanistan, including an attack on an army base in Kandahar, and redevelopment efforts in the war-torn country will find focus as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani arrives here on a daylong visit, coinciding with the arrival of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who flies in […]
Pakistan Finance Minister appears before accountability court
Islamabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday appeared before an accountability court for the seventh time as his trial resumed in a case filed against him by the anti-graft National Accountability Bureau. The NAB prosecution has presented two new witnesses against the minister, Dawn news reported. Abdul Rehman Gondal, the branch […]
Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan elected to UN Human Rights Council
United Nations, Oct 17 (IANS) Three of India’s neighbours, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have been elected to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for a three year period from 2018. Nepal, which was elected for the first time since the UN’s policy-making body was formed in 2006, secured 166 votes, the highest in the Asia-Pacific […]
Nearly 300 Rohingya villages torched in Myanmar: HRW
Nay Pyi Taw, Oct 17 : The Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday said nearly 300 Rohingya villages have been torched in Myanmar since the current spate of violence began in late August. The rights group used satellite images to identify 288 partially or completely burned villages in Rakhine state, where tens of thousands of […]
Taliban attacks leave 50 dead, 200 injured in two Afghan provinces
Tue Oct 17, 2017 The Taliban militants have launched coordinated attacks on police forces in two neighboring provinces in southern Afghanistan, leaving at least 50 people dead and more than 200 others injured. The Interior Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the militants with explosives-laden vehicles had initially attacked a police training center […]
Somalia attack: Death toll rises in Mogadishu blast
16 October 2017 At least 276 people have died in a massive bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday. A Turkish military plane has arrived with medical aid. It will then evacuate about 40 of the injured to Turkey for medical treatment. It is the deadliest terror attack in Somalia since the […]
‘Isolated US backtracking on Iran nuclear deal compliance’
Mon Oct 16, 2017 The contradictory line adopted by the White House on the Iran nuclear deal continues to stir debate worldwide. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is one of the American officials somehow backtracking on Washington’s new position against the agreement. Press TV has discussed the issue with the Republican member of […]
Sharif summons PML-N leaders to discuss legal challenges
Lahore: Oct 16: Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif has summoned key aides to London for an important meeting of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) this week to devise strategies to deal with legal challenges. The PML-N president will consult senior party leaders to discuss his possible return to the country ahead of the […]
UNSC must press Myanmar on refugee return process: EX-UN chief
Sat Oct 14, 2017 The former UN chief, Kofi Annan, has called on the Security Council (UNSC) to press Myanmar to facilitate the return of over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims, who were forced out of their homeland into Bangladesh amid a government-backed military crackdown. Annan, who leads a fact-finding commission on Myanmar, told an informal UNSC […]
US drone attack leaves 14 Afghan civilians in Kunar Province: Lawmaker
Sat Oct 14, 2017 An Afghan lawmaker says more than a dozen civilians have been killed in a recent US drone strike, which was said to be aimed at a militant targets in the country’s eastern province of Kunar. On Friday, residents from the Chawki district of Kunar Province held a gathering to pay tribute to the […]
