UN warns of humanitarian ‘nightmare’ in camps hosting Rohingya refugees
Sat Sep 30, 2017(Agencies) The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian “nightmare” in the refugee camps on the Bangladeshi border, which are sheltering over half-a-million Rohingya Muslims fleeing horrifying state-backed violence at home in Myanmar. With more refugee arrivals in the already overcrowded camps that lack clean water and toilets, aid workers insist that […]
Iraq ‘to take control of Kurdistan borders’
Sat Sep 30, 2017(Agencies) Iraq says it will be taking control of the borders of its northern Kurdistan region — which has voted controversially to break away from the country — in coordination with Iran and Turkey. The Iraqi Defense Ministry said on Friday that the implementation of the central government’s decisions to take over […]
Bomb kills six near Shia mosque in Afghan capital
Fri Sep 29, 2017 An assailant has detonated an explosive device outside a Shia mosque in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least six people. General Salim Almas, the criminal investigative director of Kabul city, said on Friday that the assailant, who was posing as a shepherd, detonated the explosives some 140 meters from the mosque while worshipers […]
60 Rohingya presumed dead as boat capsizes off Bangladesh
Fri Sep 29, 2017(Agencies) At least 60 people, among them women and children, are likely to have lost their lives following an incident in which a boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized in rough waters off Bangladesh. Witnesses and survivors said the incident took place on Thursday, when the vessel […]
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 […]
