Bhutan ends lockdown, to reopen education institutions nex...
September 12 ,2020
The government of Bhutan announced that the schooling for students of classes X and XII will resume from Monday.
For students in IX an...
AFGHANISTAN PEACE TALKS OPEN IN QATAR, SEEKING END TO DECA...
September 12 ,2020
The Taliban and the Afghan government began historic peace talks in Qatar on Saturday, aimed at shaping a power-sharing governmen...
INDIA TO ATTEND INTRA-AFGHAN TALKS IN DOHA TODAY, JAISHANK...
September 12 ,2020
India will attend the start of the intra-Afghan talks in Doha on Saturday, where a senior official will participate in-person and Exter...
US, SRI LANKA HOLD TALKS ON DEFENCE RELATED ISSUES
September 12 ,2020
The United States and Sri Lanka had talks today on defence related issues, including preventing transnational crime.
The United States...
DELHI RIOTS | ASSEMBLY PANEL SUMMONS FACEBOOK INDIA CHIEF...
September 12 ,2020
Committee is looking into alleged “deliberate and intentional” inaction by Facebook to contain “hateful content
The...
FIVE VILLAGERS WHO WENT MISSING IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH HANDE...
September 12 ,2020
Five men, who went missing from villages in Arunachal Pradesh border, have been returned to India by China’s People’s Liber...
RUSSIA, CHINA HACKERS TARGETING US VOTE
September 12 ,2020
Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidenti...
COAS, US COMMANDER DISCUSS AFGHAN PEACE AHEAD OF TALIBAN T...
September 12 ,2020
US Centcom Commander General Kenneth F McKenzie Jr called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa, a statement issued b...
MALAYSIA EASES ENTRY BAN FOR BANGLADESHIS
September 12 ,2020
Malaysia's decision to lift the travel ban on Bangladesh and 22 other countries will reduce the hurdles for many Bangladeshis returning...
PM URGES AFGHANS TO ‘SEIZE HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY’
September 12 ,2020
Pakistan on Friday welcomed the commencement of the much-awaited intra-Afghan dialogue as Prime Minister Imran Khan urged all sides to...
CHINA AND PAKISTAN ARE ‘NOT ENEMIES OF US’
September 12 ,2020
Beijing said on Friday that China and Pakistan were not the enemies of the US and stressed that terrorism as well as the coronavirus pa...
'SYSTEMATIC ERASURE OF MUSLIM IDENTITY UNDERWAY IN IIOJK A...
September 12 ,2020
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said that there is colonialism in the territories of Indian Illegally Occ...
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September 12 ,2020
How a Pak-China front is adding to India’s Kashmir woes
While the Modi sarkar may have found a ‘final solution’ fo...
WITH KABUL TEAM IN DOHA, ABDULLAH 'OPTIMISTIC'
September 12 ,2020
As the countdown begins for intra-Afghan negotiations, Abdullah Abdullah, the head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, who...
Bahrain to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel...
September 12 ,2020
Photo collage: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) at a press conference about the Israeli-UAE peace accords, in Jerusalem on Aug...
Philippine and Chinese defense chiefs try to ease South Ch...
September 12 ,2020
A Filipino-Chinese resident waves miniature Philippines and Chinese flags upon the arrival of a Chinese naval ship in Davao city, sou...
Israel razing more Palestinian homes despite virus: UN
September 12 ,2020
Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes built without planning permits that are almost impossible to obtain have risen sharply during...
Twitter and Google join Facebook in tightening rules on US...
September 12 ,2020
Premature claims of victory will be blocked from Twitter and Google in the run-up to November’s US presidential election, as both...
Let Afghanistan be a lesson to US, NATO
September 12 ,2020
Over the years, President Donald Trump has promised to end the US's "endless wars." The longest and most expensive of these, in Afghani...
India hails Rafale jets but defense experts wonder if ‘han...
September 12 ,2020
India’s defence minister hailed the formal commissioning Thursday of the country’s first new French Rafale jets as a &ldquo...
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