32 MORE DIE FROM COVID-19
August 16 ,2020
Bangladesh saw 32 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours ending at 8am Sunday.
With this, fatalities from the virus stood at 3...
KHALILZAD URGES GOVT, TALIBAN TO START INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS
August 16 ,2020
US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad in a tweet on Sunday morning condemned a recent attack that injured Fawzia Koofi, a member o...
FRANCE ASKS AFGHAN GOVT NOT TO FREE 'SEVERAL TALIBAN PRISO...
August 16 ,2020
France has asked the Afghan government not to include Taliban fighters convicted of killing French citizens in a prisoner release deal,...
AROUND 500 ANIMALS GO ‘MISSING’ FROM ISLAMABAD ZOO
August 16 ,2020
At least 513 animals have been reported as having gone ‘missing’ from Islamabad’s Marghazar Zoo, The Express Tribune...
US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S YOUNGER BROTHER ROBERT TRUMP P...
August 16 ,2020
US President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, a businessman known for an even keel that seemed almost incompatible w...
‘PRANAB MUKHERJEE IS MUCH BETTER, RESPONDING TO TREATMENT’...
August 16 ,2020
Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee is ‘much better and stable’ and he is also ‘responding to the treatment&rs...
US considers midrange missile deployment in Asia to counte...
August 16 ,2020
A conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile is launched in California by the U.S. Department of Defense during a test...
The UAE makes peace with Israel's war on the Palestinians
August 16 ,2020
Tel Aviv City Hall is lit up in the colours of the UAE flag following the Gulf country's decision to establish full diplomatic ties w...
UN Security Council rejects US bid to extend Iran arms emb...
August 16 ,2020
The 13-year embargo is due to expire on October 18, under a 2015 deal curbing Iran's nuclear programme [Atomic Energy Organization...
Kuwaiti dream of cutting foreign workers threatens Indians...
August 16 ,2020
Foreign workers on a construction site in Ahmadi, Kuwait, are threatened not only by COVID-19 but also potentially by unemployment in...
Indian state police kill 47 Muslims in 'encounters' in pas...
August 16 ,2020
Number of Brahmins killed in the past three years in police encounters did not exceed 13, despite being a Hindu majority state. PHOTO...
Bill Gates discusses Pakistan's anti-polio drive with Army...
August 16 ,2020
Bill Gates and Pakistan's Army chief Bajwa Photograph: (Agencies)
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates discussed the resumption o...
China-India spat shows no sign of slowing as Beijing exten...
August 16 ,2020
A low-level trade conflict between India and China shows no sign of slowing, with New Delhi stepping up action against Chinese imports...
Oli-Modi talk seen as a step towards a thaw in Nepal-India...
August 16 ,2020
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In what looks like a step towards seeking a thaw in relations between Nepal and India, prime ministers of both the coun...
Mahinda Rajapaksa brings family rule to Sri Lanka. All eye...
August 16 ,2020
Mahinda Rajapaksa | Pankaj Nangia/Bloomberg News
The results of Sri Lanka’s recently concluded parliamentary election we...
Thai king commutes Myanmar men's death sentence over Brito...
August 16 ,2020
Zaw Lin (centre) and Win Zaw Tun (right) had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty...
Modi sends strong message to China as tensions continue
August 16 ,2020
This image from Doordarshan National TV shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation during its 74th Ind...
Facebook turned blind eye to anti-Muslim posts in Modi’s I...
August 16 ,2020
T Raja Singh member of Modi's BJP threatened to raze mosques in Facebook posts. PHOTO: FILE
Indian politician T Raja Singh, wh...
India celebrates Independence Day-what independence?
August 16 ,2020
The picture of a little lad straddling the chest of his grandfather – who had just been shot dead by Indian security forces in Ka...
Kashmir’s pellet victims organize to look after themselves
August 16 ,2020
A view of the hospital ward in the year 2016 where pellet victims were being treated.
The year was 2017. In the middle...
Erdogan’s reclamation of Turkey’s Islamic past is legitima...
August 16 ,2020
Thousands flock to perform Eid prayers at Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey on July 31 2020
Situated on the shores of the Bosphorus...
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