MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 28 APRIL
April 28 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYNEW DELHI, INDIA
A family member gathers wood for a funeral pyre for a relative at Ghazipur cremation ground...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 28 APRIL
April 28 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYNEW DELHI, INDIA
A family member gathers wood for a funeral pyre for a relative at Ghazipur cremation ground...
Saudi Arabia says it destroyed boat with bombs in port nea...
April 28 ,2021
A lighthouse at the port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. A series of attacks on shipping have hit the wider Middle East region. Photo: Shutt...
Israel uses ‘apartheid’ to subjugate Palestinians: HRW
April 28 ,2021
Israel is committing “crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution” against Palestinians and the international comm...
Joe Biden’s first speech to Congress will be unlike any ot...
April 28 ,2021
US President Joe Biden will deliver a prime time address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday – the eve of his first 100 d...
Roshan the camel brings books to Pakistan’s homeschooled c...
April 28 ,2021
Plodding through the desert in remote southwest Pakistan, Roshan the camel carries priceless cargo: books for children who can no longe...
Indian state ‘cracks down’ on hospitals flagging oxygen sh...
April 28 ,2021
The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in India’s most populous Uttar Pradesh state has ordered a crackdown on in...
Bangladesh seeks Chinese Covid-19 vaccine 'as soon as poss...
April 28 ,2021
Bangladesh has sought Covid-19 vaccine from China as soon as possible, as India halted exports of Oxford-AstraZaneca vaccine amid a hug...
Fighting resumes in Chin state after talks with Myanmar mi...
April 28 ,2021
Fighting resumed in Mindat in Chin State at 6 pm on Tuesday, after a few hours’ peace following moves by junta forces to hold neg...
World Bank pledges assistance in rebuilding Maldivian econ...
April 28 ,2021
The World Bank has stated that it will assist the Maldives in rebuilding its COVID-19 hit economy.
Faris H. Hadad-Zervos the Country D...
Bhutan prepares to supply oxygen to India
April 28 ,2021
Efforts are underway to help India as the country suffers critical oxygen shortages amid a devastating surge in Covid-19 cases, ac...
Pentagon: US will not provide air support after withdrawal
April 28 ,2021
John Kirby, US Pentagon spokesman, said that the US will not provide air support to the Afghan security forces after the American force...
Nepal COVID infections surge, fuelled by India’s mutant st...
April 28 ,2021
Authorities in Nepal are grappling to contain the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases with experts fearing that thousands of people in the Him...
What is behind Pakistan-UAE detente?
April 28 ,2021
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (L) greets Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (R) upon his arrival at...
The EU efforts to repatriate Afghan asylum seekers are dan...
April 28 ,2021
Currently, there are around 2.6 million registered Afghan refugees across the globe. In 2020, Afghan refugees were the second largest g...
Was India’s pull-out from lake on disputed China border a...
April 28 ,2021
Indian and Chinese troops and tanks disengaging from the banks of Pangong lake area in Eastern Ladakh. Photo: Handout
Two months a...
Why some people keep rubbing salt in China-Pakistan ties
April 28 ,2021
May 21 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan. Islamabad is Beijing's all-w...
China to help set up South Asia Covid-19 emergency supplie...
April 28 ,2021
Funeral pyres are lit for Covid-19 victims at a temporary crematorium in New Delhi. Photo: AP
China pledged to set up a reserve of...
Bangladesh, China agree to increase military cooperation
April 28 ,2021
Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister Wei Fenghe (middle) arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday, April 27, 2021
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More US firepower ready as Afghanistan withdrawal gets und...
April 28 ,2021
US military planners have a growing number of options should the Taliban, or any other group, decide to target American and NATO troops...
Truce holds in Kashmir, giving shell-shocked residents une...
April 28 ,2021
The guns have gone silent, schools have reopened and the bunkers are empty along Pakistan’s restive ceasefire line with India, bu...
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