POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS ON STUDENTS PROTESTING IN FORT
May 21 ,2022
The Police fired tear gas on Higher National Diploma (HND) students protesting in Fort.
The students had attempted to remove Police ba...
BIDEN, YOON SIGNAL EXPANDED MILITARY DRILLS DUE TO NORTH K...
May 21 ,2022
US president Joe Biden and South Korea's new president Yoon Suk-yeol signalled Saturday an expanded military presence i...
9 BANGLADESHIS CONVICTED OF GANG RAPE IN INDIA’S BENGALURU
May 21 ,2022
A special court in India's Bengaluru city has convicted nine Bangladeshis and punished them with sentences ranging from five years to l...
US, OTHERS WALK OUT OF APEC TALKS OVER RUSSIA'S UKRAINE IN...
May 21 ,2022
Representatives of the United States and several other nations walked out of an Asia-Pacific trade ministers meeting in Bangkok on Satu...
NAVJOT SINGH SIDHU MAY SPEND LESS THAN 8 MONTHS IN JAIL
May 21 ,2022
Convicted Congress leader and former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu may have to spend less than eight months in jail if he displays goo...
DELHI COLLEGE PROFESSOR RATAN LAL ARRESTED FOR POST ON 'SH...
May 21 ,2022
Photo from FB page of Ratan Lal.
Associate professor of Delhi University's Hindu College Ratan Lal was arrested on Friday night fo...
MONKEYPOX CASES TOP 100 IN EUROPE, WHO HOLDS EMERGENCY MEE...
May 21 ,2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) held an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the recent outbreak of monkeypox, a...
PAKISTAN BANS IMPORTS OF ALL NON-ESSENTIAL LUXURY GOODS -...
May 21 ,2022
Pakistan has banned the import of all non-essential luxury goods in a bid to stabilize the economy, the information minister said on Th...
RANIL TO HOLD PEACE TALKS WITH GGG
May 21 ,2022
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has sought a truce with the demonstrators at Gota Go Gama (GGG).
Tourism Minister Harin Fernando s...
HINDU WOMEN PRESS FOR ACCESS TO INDIAN MOSQUE, IN LATEST D...
May 21 ,2022
A court case started by five Hindu women in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political constituency has become the latest battleground in...
SHOOT-ON-SIGHT ORDERS IN SRI LANKA AFTER UNREST
May 21 ,2022
Sri Lankan authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders on Tuesday to quell unrest that has seen buildings and vehicles set...
Myanmar’s resistance is at risk of believing its own propa...
May 21 ,2022
To spend time on Burmese social media or online news sites is to think the end is near for Myanmar’s military junta, which s...
Biden shifts focus back to Indo-Pacific with first trip to...
May 21 ,2022
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures as he boards Air Force One for a trip to South Korea and Japan on May 19 at Andrews Air Force Bas...
“Economy in trouble but no need to panic yet”
May 21 ,2022
All photos: AMIT MACHAMASI
Nepal’s media has been rife with comparisons between Sri Lanka and Nepal.
M...
Why India Just Limited Wheat Exports
May 21 ,2022
Workers load sacks of wheat on a freight train at Chawa Pail railway station in Khanna, India, on May 19. SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP V...
Turkey delivers third MILGEM-class corvette to Pakistan
May 21 ,2022
Turkiye will provide all support needed to strengthen Pakistan’s military infrastructure, the nation’s president said on Fr...
Myanmar Junta Threatens to Downgrade Australia Ties Over S...
May 21 ,2022
Myanmar regime leader Min Aung Hlaing
YANGON—Myanmar’s junta on Thursday threatened to downgrade diplomatic ties w...
Sri Lanka fills out cabinet as PM warns of food shortages
May 21 ,2022
Laborers in Colombo wait after unloading sacks of rice at a wholesale market amid the country's economic crisis. ©...
India’s politicians have figured out how to turn welfare i...
May 21 ,2022
It is the middle of 2021. An Indian woman on her way to London approaches the customer-service desk at Frankfurt airport and prese...
Insurgents step up attacks on Chinese in Pakistan
May 21 ,2022
Balochistan Liberation Army fighters at an undisclosed location in a file photo. Photo: Facebook
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A history of civil-military interventions in Pakistan
May 21 ,2022
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