Islamabad, Oct 2 (IANS) As violence against women continues unabated across Pakistan, the Punjab province alone recorded 195,787 cases involving women and girls between 2021 and 2025, local media reported citing a human rights organisation.
Dhaka, Oct 2 (IANS) At least four children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Friday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 1,114 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported.
Washington, Oct 2 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) held a protest in the United States’ Seattle, raising awareness among the people about grave human rights abuses in Balochistan by Pakistani forces, including military aggressions against Baloch civilians and bombardments across the province.
Dhaka, Oct 2 (IANS) The decision of National Citizen Party (NCP) in Bangladesh to join the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)-led coalition has come at a heavy political cost, given Jamaat’s history of opposing the country’s 1971 Liberation War and collaborating with Pakistani forces, a report has stated,
Jodhpur, Oct 2 (IANS) Professional interactions between aircrew and teams from various countries continue to further strengthen partnerships during the second edition of the ongoing major multinational air exercise 'Tarang Shakti 2026' in Jodhpur, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.
Jerusalem, Oct 2 (IANS) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that the attacker in the Flydubai incident underwent Islamist radicalisation and intended to crash the plane with all its passengers on board.
Jerusalem, Oct 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment has long sought to divide provinces in the name of restructuring, with critics alleging that the move is driven by a lust for centralised power to subjugate distinct nationalities and sub-nationalities inhabiting resource-rich lands, a report has detailed.
Abu Dhabi, Oct 2 (IANS) Anwar Gargash, an Advisor to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Mohammed bin Zayed, on Friday praised Indian Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar for his courage and professionalism during what he described as Wednesday's “dangerous terrorist act”.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) Al Qaeda and the Islamic State have launched an all-out war against each other, but this time it is not on Afghan soil, but in Pakistan, with the former's entry into the Pakistan theatre putting Islamabad on the back foot and adding to the already existing miseries in the form of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).
Nicosia, Oct 2 (IANS) India and Cyprus are advancing their strategic partnership through high-level diplomatic engagements, with India's High Commissioner to Cyprus, Manish, attending the country's Independence Day celebrations and meeting President Nikos Christodoulides, the High Commission of India in Nicosia said on Friday.
