MYANMAR ARMY PROBES 'WIDER PATTERNS' OF ABUSE AGAINST ROHI...
September 16 ,2020
The Myanmar military has said it is investigating "possible wider patterns of violations" before and during a 2017 crackdown in Rakhine...
MAJOR, 2 SOLDIERS INJURED IN PAKISTANI SHELLING
September 16 ,2020
A Major and two soldiers were injured on Tuesday night when Pakistani troops indulged in unprovoked shelling at Indian positions in the...
CHINA DENIES REPORTS OF TROOPS LAYING CABLES AT INDIA BORD...
September 16 ,2020
China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday denied reports that Chinese troops are laying fibre optic cables at a flashpoint at the borde...
2 KILLED, 12 WOUNDED IN TAKHAR BLAST
September 16 ,2020
At least two civilians were killed and 12 were wounded on Tuesday evening in a blast from an IED in Kalafgan district of Takhar provinc...
JAPAN'S SUGA FORMALLY VOTED IN AS PM, READIES 'CONTINUITY...
September 16 ,2020
Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s firs...
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September 16 ,2020
Turmoil in Tagore’s ‘abode of peace’The Bengali Bard’s Legacy And Vision Under Threat From Hindutva
A 20-yea...
INDIA PUSHES TONNES OF SUPPLIES TO DISPUTED CHINA BORDER A...
September 16 ,2020
From deploying mules to large transport aircraft, India's military has activated its entire logistics network to transport supplies to...
IRAN, US TRADE WAR OF WORDS
September 16 ,2020
Iran yesterday warned the US against making a "strategic mistake" after President Donald Trump threatened Tehran over reports it planne...
PAKISTAN 'STRONGLY' CONDEMNS HOUTHI DRONE STRIKES ON SAUDI...
September 16 ,2020
Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned fresh missile and drone strikes by Yemen’s Houthis on Saudi Arabia, terming it “a vi...
INDIA FAILED TO TAKE KASHMIR OFF UN AGENDA
September 16 ,2020
India one again suffers a humiliating failure at the United nations as despite its best efforts, Kashmir has been included in the agend...
BRITISH AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES ‘FIRST-EVER’ DIRECT FLIGHTS TO L...
September 16 ,2020
British Airways on Tuesday announced that it will begin flying direct from Lahore to London four days a week, starting from October 14....
What decoupling? US tech executives line up to speak at Ch...
September 16 ,2020
China continues to woo American tech companies despite the growing rivalry between the two countries. (Photo courtesy of Chongqi...
PLA got ready to fight after gunfire exchange with Indian...
September 16 ,2020
Chinese troops on the country’s disputed border with India raised their combat readiness to the second-highest possible last week...
Germany’s Angela Merkel says ‘political will’ exists to wr...
September 16 ,2020
EU leaders expressed cautious optimism about concluding protracted talks on easing European investors’ access to Chinese markets...
Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign US-brokered normalisation dea...
September 16 ,2020
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain have signed agreements to normalise relations with Israel in a strategic realignment of Midd...
Pakistan's role in intra-Afghan talks 'crucial': Experts
September 16 ,2020
Pakistan has played a behind-the-scenes but crucial role in courting the Afghan Taliban for long-awaited intra-Afghan peace talks, aimi...
Pakistan got hold of Russia’s most advanced battle-tank th...
September 16 ,2020
While Pakistan may have had no active role in the ongoing border row between India and China, all the three nuclear-powered nations hav...
Line of death: China places H-6 bombers near India border
September 16 ,2020
China appears to be sticking with its “Wolf Warrior” tactics of intimidation amid simmering tensions with India on its Hima...
Islamophobia in the US presidential election
September 16 ,2020
President Barack Obama speaks as he hosts an Iftar dinner during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the State Dining Room at the Whi...
India’s Ladakh nightmare is far from over
September 16 ,2020
India appears to be stuck in the proverbial rock and a hard place. The country is struggling with the worst economic downturn, an inter...
India hurts itself with border belligerence
September 16 ,2020
The Pakistani army said on Sunday that one civilian was killed and four others were injured when Indian forces indiscriminately fired a...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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The Corona pandemic that the world is struggling with for the second year now has brought home to us some truths about ourselves. The first thing is that...
