Quetta, Feb 25 (IANS) As violence against civilians intensifies across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation on Wednesday brought to light the extrajudicial killings of two civilians and the enforced disappearance of five others across the province, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.
Paris, Feb 25 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation strongly condemned the recent "misconduct" by lawyers at the Court of the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Bangladesh's Barishal district over the granting of bail to several leaders of the Awami League.
Geneva, Feb 25 (IANS) India has emphasised the urgent necessity of safeguarding strategic stability and averting a fresh global arms race, cautioning that growing geopolitical uncertainties are coinciding with the erosion of key arms control mechanisms.
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A little known group called the Tehreek-e-Taliban Hindustan (TTH) has claimed responsibility for the recent killing of police personnel at a border outpost in Punjab. This has led Intelligence agencies to believe that there are renewed efforts to destabilise Punjab through tactical escalation.
Dhaka, Feb 25 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League on Wednesday paid homage to those who lost their lives in the 2009 Pilkhana massacre and called for an end to "political exploitation" of the incident.
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump strode into the House chamber to chants of “USA, USA, USA”, and delivered a State of the Union address built as much for the room as for the cameras -- a rolling blend of victory lap, grievance and theatre that cast his second-term as a national rescue mission and his opponents as the one remaining obstacle to a promised “golden age of America”.
New York, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has called for a federal law against giving commercial driver’s licences to those living illegally in the US, citing an accident involving an illegal migrant from India in which a child was injured.
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass a series of major legislations ranging from border enforcement and voter identification to healthcare reform and insider trading restrictions, using his State of the Union address to lay out an aggressive domestic agenda.
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) President Donald Trump declared that the United States had “obliterated Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” pushed NATO allies to sharply raise defence spending, and “ENDED 8 wars” in a sweeping projection of American military and geopolitical strength.
Tel Aviv, Feb 25 (IANS) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on his two-day Israel visit, a leading Israeli daily on Wednesday rolled out a warm and symbolic welcome on its front page, headlined: "Namaste, Two Ancient Nations Open a New Chapter."
