Kathmandu, Oct 13 (IANS) Nepal faces a growing risk of confrontation following the Gen-Z leaders' campaign demanding the arrest of former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak for their alleged roles in the killing of 19 protesters during the violent protests that rocked the country early September.
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s urban flood crisis is not merely an environmental or infrastructural challenge but a governance failure, a report said on Monday.
Washington, Oct 13 (IANS) The East Turkistan Government in Exile held coordinated protests in Washington, Oslo, and Edmonton on the 76th anniversary of the "Chinese invasion of East Turkistan", demanding an end to China's occupation and genocide while calling on the international community to recognise East Turkistan as an occupied country and support the restoration of its independence and sovereignty.
Islamabad, Oct 13 (IANS) At least four people, including police and civilians, were killed and 56 others injured in Pakistan’s Muridke on Monday during violent clashes linked to the radical Islamist group Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) long march, the local media reported.
London, Oct 13 (IANS) Large scale protests that erupted recently across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir have now been suspended after violent clashes and an agreement with the authorities. While Pakistani authorities have portrayed the deal as a "restoration of peace", the local residents have termed it as a temporary truce born out of exhaustion and repression instead of resolution, a report has detailed.
Jerusalem, Oct 13 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Monday expressed Washington's willingness to strike a nuclear deal with Iran when Tehran is ready for it. He added that it will be the "best decision" that Iran has "ever made" and that it is going to happen.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) In the quiet, half-empty chamber of the British House of Commons in July 1806, a series of debates unfolded concerning the "India Budget". To the handful of parliamentarians present, it was a matter of accounts, of deficits and debts, of a colossal commercial enterprise teetering on the edge of financial distress.
Tel Aviv, Oct 13 (IANS) Calling Donald Trump the "greatest friend" Israel has ever had in the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday lauded the US President, saying he has "never seen anyone move the world so quickly, so decisively, so resolutely".
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy stands as a textbook example of what happens when a country’s most powerful institution serves itself instead of its citizens. The World Bank’s recent findings — showing that one in four Pakistanis now lives below the poverty line — merely confirm what has long been obvious: the country’s poverty is not accidental.
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday welcomed the release of Israeli hostages while hailing the "unwavering peace efforts" of US President Donald Trump and the "strong resolve" Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
