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April 9 ,2021
Nine members of the Afghan Border Force were killed in two attacks by the Taliban on their outposts in Herat, sources from the province...
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April 9 ,2021
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change John Kerry has arrived in Dhaka at 11:30am on a daylong visit today.
He is sched...
The biggest impediment to a new nuclear deal with Iran? Do...
April 9 ,2021
The joint commission of the joint comprehensive plan of action in Vienna on Tuesday. Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
The Unite...
Indonesia and Thailand in slow race for digital nomad visa
April 9 ,2021
Digital nomads stay overseas for longer than periods regular leisure tourists, offering potentially lucrative rewards for countries t...
Malaysia envoy's meeting with Myanmar junta sparks uproar
April 9 ,2021
Zahairi Baharim, Malaysia's ambassador to Myanmar, presents his credentials in 2018. © AP
Malaysia's government i...
Pakistan says naval drill with Iran was ‘unplanned’
April 9 ,2021
A day-long sea exercise conducted by Pakistan and Iran’s navies in the Arabian Gulf on Tuesday was unplanned and part of a &ldquo...
Bhutan vaccinates 60% of population against COVID in recor...
April 9 ,2021
Bhutan on Wednesday said it had given about 60 percent of its entire population a first jab against COVID-19 since the Himalayan kingdo...
Chhattisgarh: Naxals free CRPF jawan abducted after encoun...
April 9 ,2021
Abducted Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commando Rakeshwar Singh Minhas has been released, Chhattisgarh police said on Thursday....
Myanmar celebrity model arrested as military targets publi...
April 9 ,2021
One of Myanmar’s most popular celebrities, the model and actor Paing Takhon, has been arrested by a military that is increasingly...
Amnesty International paints bleak picture of rights situa...
April 9 ,2021
Nepali authorities have failed to carry out independent and credible investigations into several in-custody deaths suspected to have re...
Army top brass reviews LoC situation post India-Pakistan c...
April 9 ,2021
The Pakistan Army top commanders reviewed the overall security situation and held detailed discussion on situation along the Line of Co...
Striking a balance between Russia and Quad difficult for I...
April 9 ,2021
On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. They discussed a...
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan to establish political consultat...
April 9 ,2021
Sri Lanka and Afghanistan sign MoU on Establishment of a Political Consultations Mechanism between Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka an...
US destroyer carries out FONOP in Indian EEZ
April 9 ,2021
The guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) transits the Arabian Gulf, October 27, 2020.
According to the United Sta...
Pakistan-India backchannel move inches forward
April 9 ,2021
There is cautious optimism in Islamabad that the thaw in relations with India is holding steady despite some wrinkles in the last few d...
Bastar tragedy reveals strategic failures in India’s inter...
April 9 ,2021
The Combing operation by local and central police forces in the Tekulguda region of Bastar, Chhattisgarh, over the Easter weekend that...
Taliban attack on covert US base in Afghanistan complicate...
April 9 ,2021
In one of the most significant attacks against US forces in Afghanistan recently, CNN has learned that the Taliban twice targeted one o...
How rigid provisions are hobbling Nepal’s political proces...
April 9 ,2021
Three major parties in Parliament control 142 seats, enough to unseat Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, if they so wish, and form a new gov...
D-8 lays out 10-year road map aiming to boost trade cooper...
April 9 ,2021
Developing-8 countries have agreed to enhance trade cooperation and bring their domestic trade volumes to at least 10 percent of the or...
Rohingya in India under threat of deportation to junta-rul...
April 9 ,2021
A Rohingya woman displays identity cards of family members issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at their...
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