SRI LANKA EASES CURFEW AS NEW PM SEEKS TO FORM CABINET
May 14 ,2022
Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe so...
UKRAINE THWARTS RUSSIAN FORCES AT RIVER
May 14 ,2022
Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the Donbas region, video...
INDIA, PAK ABSTAIN FROM UNHRC UKRAINE VOTE
May 14 ,2022
India and Pakistan were among the 12 other nations that have abstained from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution wh...
INDIA BANS WHEAT EXPORT WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT
May 14 ,2022
India has banned wheat exports with immediate effect as part of measures to cool rising domestic prices, according to an official notif...
UK ISSUES TRAVEL ADVISORY ON SRI LANKA
May 14 ,2022
The United Kingdom has issued a travel advisory on Sri Lanka warning against all but essential travel to Sri Lanka.
The UK Foreign, Co...
MYANMAR JUNTA SLAMS US SUMMIT SNUB, LAUDS TIES WITH CHINA
May 14 ,2022
Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the IX Moscow conference on international securi...
BANGLADESH ANNOUNCES ONE-DAY STATE MOURNING ON UAE PRESIDE...
May 14 ,2022
Bangladesh has announced one-day state mourning on Saturday following the demise of UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
27 DEAD IN DELHI OFFICE FIRE, TOLL LIKELY TO GO UP
May 14 ,2022
A massive fire broke out in a four-storey commercial building near West Delhi’s Mundka metro station on Friday evening, leaving 2...
EU stumbles over Russian oil slick
May 14 ,2022
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (R) with President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Budapest, May 10, 2022...
Power behind the throne: Sara Duterte to hold sway as Marc...
May 14 ,2022
Sara Duterte, daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, speaks during a rally in Davao on May 6. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)&nbs...
Will Japan’s dim view of US Indo-Pacific strategy overshad...
May 14 ,2022
U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual Covid-19 Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly at the White House in Septemb...
Nepal’s Lhaka Sherpa breaks her own female record by scali...
May 14 ,2022
Nepalese female climber Lhakpa Sherpa broke her own record for the most climbs of the world’s highest peak by a female climber....
Pakistan to attend anti-terror meeting in India
May 14 ,2022
Pakistan will participate in the upcoming meeting of the Council of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure of the Shanghai Cooperation O...
Can US & its Allies block China’s strong influence in Asia...
May 14 ,2022
John F Kennedy is reported to have said, “Geography has made us neighbours, History has made us friends, Economy has made us part...
Noor Wali Mehsud and the resurgence of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pa...
May 14 ,2022
A new wave of terrorism is gripping Pakistan after the successful operation Zarb-e-Azab in 2014. This renewed terrorism is sp...
New Lankan PM Wickremesinghe gets international backing
May 14 ,2022
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has secured the support of key countries in the world such as Indi...
The Taliban crave recognition but refuse to do anything to...
May 14 ,2022
Before their rout by American-led forces in 2001, the Taliban and their rule in Afghanistan were bywords for medieval violence, bi...
Rohingya refugee crisis holds lessons for Ukraine
May 14 ,2022
Rohingya refugees shout slogans at a protest against a disputed repatriation program at the Unchiprang refugee camp near Teknaf in Ba...
Embattled Sri Lanka president replaces prime minister in c...
May 14 ,2022
Ranil Wickremesinghe, newly appointed prime minister, arrives at a Buddhist temple after his swearing-in ceremony in Colombo on...
India’s retail inflation hits an 8-year high
May 14 ,2022
Vendors wait for customers at a wholesale vegetable market in Chennai. Photo: AFP / Arun Sankar
India’s retail inflation in...
Pakistan braces for 50-degree weather amid worsening heatw...
May 14 ,2022
A man bathes on a hot summer day in Jaffarabad district of Balochistan on Monday. Photo: AFP
Pakistan’s southern Sindh provi...
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Takeaways from the Indian elections: an overview
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...
Ikram Sehgal
Karachi Canvas
Pandemic has sharpened geo-political conflicts
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...
