Colombo, Dec 2 (IANS) A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team rescued a nine-month pregnant woman in Sri Lanka's Puttalam district and moved her to a safer location as rescue and relief operations intensify across the island nation following the havoc caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
Dhaka, Dec 2 (IANS) As political tension escalates in Bangladesh ahead of February 2026 elections, the National Citizen Party (NCP) warned that efforts are being made to create confusion before the polls and derail the reform process, local media reported.
Dhaka, Dec 2 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party accused the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government of showing “no sense of responsibility” towards the people of the country, saying it continues to stage “one farce after another” in the name of justice, wasting both public money and the court’s time.
Islamabad, Dec 2 (IANS) With Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan remaining unreachable to party leaders and even his family members, the party has announced protests outside the Islamabad High Court and Rawalpindi's Adiala jail on Tuesday.
New York, Dec 2 (IANS) The arms revenues of the three top Indian companies producing defence equipment rose by 8.2 per cent to $7.5 billion last year, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Kathmandu, Dec 1 (IANS) Heavy damage to several hotel properties during Gen-Z protests in early September does not appear to have dented foreign tourists’ enthusiasm for visiting Nepal, as the country welcomed over one million foreign visitors by November this year.
Nairobi, Dec 1 (IANS) Sexual abuse in Pakistan’s madrassas forms part of a wider pattern of exploitation, with some institutions implicated in child trafficking -- recruiting boys under the guise of religious education and pushing them into forced labour, militancy, or domestic servitude, a report said on Monday.
London, Dec 1 (IANS) The deteriorating condition of Sikhs in Pakistan reflects the steady erosion of religious freedom, with incidents of disappearance, forced conversion, or targetted killings eroding the fragile promise of equality enshrined in the country’s Constitution, a report cited on Monday.
Athens, Dec 1 (IANS) Under Pakistan’s Army chief Asim Munir, press freedom has shrunk dramatically in the country over the past three years, with women journalists bearing the brunt of a broader pattern of gender-based repression, a report highlighted on Monday.
New Delhi/Colombo, Dec 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a telephone conversation with the President of Sri Lanka Anura Kumara Dissanayake, expressing his condolences on the loss of lives and devastation caused in the island nation in the wake of Cyclone Ditwah while also assuring India's continued support under ongoing 'Operation Sagar Bandhu'.
