Paris, Jan 8 (IANS) Farmers in France on Thursday stormed into central Paris with around 100 tractors to protest the European Union's intention to sign the Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South American nations. The protesters bypassed police blockades to reach prominent sites like the Eiffel Tower.
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) Pakistan’s Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES 2024-25), released on January 2 this year, indicates a significant increase in household food insecurity, with roughly one in four persons experiencing moderate-to-severe food insecurity in 2024-25, compared to about one in six in 2018-19, according to an article in the Pakistani media.
Beijing, Jan 8 (IANS) Human rights magazine Bitter Winter has highlighted that by demolishing reconstructed Longfu Temple in Guangxi, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has once again showcased its unique interpretation of "religious management".
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) India will continue to work with member countries of the International Solar Alliance, one of the 66 international organisations from which the US announced its withdrawal on Thursday.
Kathmandu, Jan 8 (IANS) As most political parties move ahead to consolidate cadre for the March 5 parliamentary elections, the Nepali Congress (NC) appears to be a divided house.
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) Human rights group Amnesty International's call for a review of the 27th amendment is a reminder that constitutional legitimacy flows from restraint and not concentration of power, an editorial in Pakistan's leading daily The Express Tribune has mentioned. The rule of law, it states, becomes conditional if judicial freedom is reduced and a conditional rule of law is no rule at all.
Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan's Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a statement. This is the latest in a series of arrests of members of prominent unofficial "house churches" in China in the past year, it stated.
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) A church in Raiwind area of Pakistan's Punjab province came under attack recently as a person forcibly entered the Christian place of worship and carried out an act of destruction that has sparked fear among Christian community in the country. Religious leaders and community representatives have demanded stronger protection for places of worship and accountability for those who carry out these hate-driven acts, a report has stated.
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) Odommo Jobian Oikko, a panel backed by radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami's student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, has registered a landslide victory, securing 16 of the 21 posts - including those of Vice-President (VP), General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary (AGS) - in the just-concluded Bangladesh's Jagannath University Central Students Union (JnUCSU) elections, the local media reported on Thursday.
Islamabad, Jan 8 (IANS) A Pakistani magistrate has sent journalist Muhammad Aslam Shah to prison on judicial remand a day after he was arrested by National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in a case lodged under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2025, local media reported on Thursday.
