Pakistan condemns ‘harassment of relatives’ of Kashmiri leader
Indo Asian News Service Islamabad, July 6: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the National Investigation Agency (NIA) notice served to two uncles of Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq asking them to report to the NIA headquarters in New Delhi for questioning. The Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson, responding to a question on the NIA serving […]
China rules out Xi-Modi meeting at G20
July 06, 2017 China on Thursday said the “atmosphere” is “not right” for a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, amidst a standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies near Sikkim. The “atmosphere is not right” for a meeting between President […]
Pakistan welcomes Ayotallah Khamenei’s statement on Kashmir
Pakistan on Thursday welcomed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s statement on Kashmir wherein he asked his country’s judiciary to pursue the Kashmir cause. Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria, in a statement on Thursday, said the “Muslim Ummah is worried about the human rights violations in Kashmir by Indian forces.” “The secretary general […]
I accept, Netanyahu says after PM invites him to India
July 05, 2017 Seven agreements between India and Israel, in Jerusalem, including three on space cooperation and water conservation. Joint statement by PM Modi and his Israeli counterpart Netanyahu. Highlights. PM Netanyahu: This is a marriage made in heaven, but we are implementing it here on earth. We are being challenged by the forces […]
China says India is ‘misleading the public’ on Sikkim standoff
July 05, 2017 Upping the ante on the Sikkim standoff, China on Wednesday accused India of “trampling” on the Panchsheel principles and asked New Delhi to “correct its mistakes” as soon as possible by pulling back troops. China also claimed that India was “misleading the public” by saying that Chinese troops are building a road […]
10 killed in Bangladesh garment factory blast
Dhaka, July 4 : At least 10 people were killed and 50 others injured in a boiler room explosion at a garment factory in central Bangladesh. The search for more bodies in the debris continues, officials said on Tuesday. The accident took place around 7 p.m. on Monday at the export-oriented textile factory Multifabs Limited, […]
China Will Have To Take ‘Military Way’ If India Doesn’t Listen: Chinese Media
Press Trust of India July 04, 2017 BEIJING: China would be forced to use a “military way” to end the standoff in the Sikkim sector if India “refuses to listen” to it, a Chinese expert has warned. As the standoff at the Doklam area continued for the third week, the longest between the two countries, the […]
Pak will not accept any talks with India that exclude Kashmir: Sartaj Aziz
Press Trust of India | Islamabad July 4, 2017 Pakistan will not enter into any dialogue with India that excludes Kashmir, Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said on Tuesday, asserting that Islamabad wants to settle all contentious issues through “result-oriented” talks. “Indian belligerent posturing and their desire to conduct dialogue on their own terms ie without Kashmir, will never be acceptable,” […]
N Korea tests ICBM, Trump urges China to ‘end this nonsense’
July 04, 2017 United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for testing the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missile and pressed Pyongyang’s closest ally China to make a ‘heavy move’ to ‘end this nonsense once and for all’. The missile test, which was conducted on the orders of the country’s […]
18 missing in German bus crash ‘probably dead’: police
At least 18 people who are unaccounted for after a bus crash in southern Germany are believed to have died as a fire engulfed the vehicle, police said. The bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck near the Bavarian town of Stammbach on Monday. “Thirty passengers were taken to hospitals, some with serious […]
