Rohingya genocide case: Hearings to start from Feb 21 at World Court

Representatives of Myanmar’s junta are expected to challenge the jurisdiction of the World Court to hear allegations the country committed genocide against its Rohingya minority in a fresh round of hearings from Feb 21, the attorney general of Gambia, which brought the case, told Reuters on Friday.
15 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Don’t respond to ICC warrants

Myanmar junta has ordered all military personnel not to answer letters related to arrest warrants or summons from the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the Argentinian judiciary on the human rights violations of the Rohingya and other communities.
14 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Brothers separated during Indo-Pak Partition meet after 74 years

Two brothers, who were separated during the India-Pakistan Partition in 1947 were reunited after 74 years in Kartarpur Corridor in Pakistan, NDTV reported citing local media on Wednesday.
12 January 2022, 19:21 PM

Will have to go to IMF again if Pakistan's exports don't increase: Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed fears on Tuesday that the government would have to go to the Interna­tional Monetary Fund (IMF) again if the country’s exports did not increase sharply.
12 January 2022, 10:55 AM

Hindutva summit: Pak PM blasts Modi for ‘silence’

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday said the Narendra Modi-led government was “a real and present threat to peace” in the region, adding that all minorities in India were at the target of extremist groups operating under the patronage of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Afghan airlift: Lost baby lost found

An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday. 
9 January 2022, 18:00 PM

21 dead after being stuck in vehicles amid Pakistan snowstorm

At least 21 people died in an enormous traffic jam caused by tens of thousands of visitors thronging a Pakistani hill town to see unusually heavy snowfall, authorities said Saturday.
8 January 2022, 10:58 AM

Taliban deputy PM calls for aid without ‘political bias’

The Taliban yesterday appealed for emergency humanitarian aid without “political bias”, saying recent snow and flooding had worsened the plight of the Afghan people. 
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Anger as Cambodia PM visits Myanmar

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday met Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing amid criticism of the first visit by a head of government since the army seized power from an elected government last year. 
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM

India rules out SAARC Summit over ‘no consensus’

India today ruled out the possibility of holding the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit, saying “there is still no consensus that would permit holding of the summit”.
6 January 2022, 12:50 PM

Ex-wife taunts Pak PM Imran

Attacked by goons, as she claims, Reham Khan, activist and former wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, has slammed him over the country’s law and order situation.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM

2021 saw 244 incidents of firing by BSF along Bangladesh border: Indian media

Firing of lethal and non-lethal weapons by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the Bangladesh border has remained consistent during the period from 2015 to 2021, The Indian Express reported today quoting latest Indian Home Ministry data.
3 January 2022, 11:48 AM

Afghan intelligence agents pour 3,000 liters of alcohol in Kabul canal

A team of Afghan intelligence agents poured around 3,000 liters of liquor into a canal in Kabul, the country’s spy agency said on Sunday, as the new Taliban authorities crack down on the sale of alcohol.
3 January 2022, 09:53 AM

Pakistan seeing sharp rise in sex crimes, says Imran Khan

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that sexual offences have risen sharply in the country.
3 January 2022, 09:50 AM

Sri Lanka in dire straits

Sri Lanka’s food prices rose by a record 22.1 percent in December, official figures showed yesterday, as the country struggles to finance urgent imports to tackle an acute shortage of essentials.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh, India resume Padma water level measurement

Bangladesh and India have resumed monitoring the water level of the Ganges and Padma rivers at different points under the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty 1996.
1 January 2022, 07:28 AM

Parents selling children shows desperation of destitute Afghans

In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter.
31 December 2021, 08:33 AM

EU for arms embargo on Myanmar

The European Union yesterday called for an international arms embargo on Myanmar’s junta and for toughening its own sanctions following last week’s massacre of more than 30 people.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Myanmar court jails Suu  Kyi aides for sedition

A Myanmar junta court yesterday sentenced two close aides of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to two years in jail for sedition, a legal
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Don’t ‘punish’ ex-employees

The Taliban’s supreme leader has ordered fighters not to punish members of Afghanistan’s former regime for past “crimes”, days after a video of an army commander being beaten went viral on social media.
30 December 2021, 18:00 PM