Quetta, Feb 27 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Friday drew attention to escalating abuses by Pakistani forces across Balochistan, documenting 107 enforced disappearances and 78 extrajudicial killings throughout January.
Tel Aviv, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Israel this week - marked by his historic address to the Knesset, the first ever by an Indian Prime Minister - was a watershed moment in Israeli-Indian relations, reflecting unprecedented public support in Israel for closer ties with India.
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday called India as "world's fastest-growing major economy" and expressed readiness to forge partnerships that will unlock new opportunities for Canadian workers and businesses.
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) Several allegations have surfaced from opposition activists, journalists, local businesspersons and ordinary citizens that the political changeover in Bangladesh in August 2024 was exploited to implicate innocent people in legal cases and settle old disputes and long-standing personal rivalries, local media reported on Friday.
Kabul, Feb 27 (IANS) Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid has claimed that a "special circle" in Pakistan has started a mission to destabilise the region after tensions escalated between Kabul and Islamabad, local media reported on Friday.
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, accompanied by his wife, Diana Fox Carney, arrived in Mumbai on Friday kicking off his first official visit to India. Maharashtra's Minister of Protocol and Marketing Jaykumar Rawal received them at the airport.
Rome, Feb 27 (IANS) India and Italy on Friday discussed key strategic defence priorities while agreeing to elevate industrial collaborations to deepen defence cooperation between the two nations.
Tel Aviv, Feb 27 (IANS) Pakistan is not targetting militants in Afghanistan but terrorising civilians and undermining Afghan sovereignty. This, a report mentioned, exposes the stark hypocrisy of Islamabad decrying its losses while bombing Afghan schools and homes at the same time.
Moscow, Feb 27 (IANS) Russia on Friday expressed concern over the escalation of clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan and urged both sides to resolve differences through political and diplomatic means.
Dhaka, Feb 27 (IANS) The conduct of Bangladesh Bank officials in forcibly removing a senior advisor from the Central Bank headquarters in Dhaka this week sends a troubling signal about the integrity and discipline of the very institution entrusted with safeguarding the country’s financial stability, a report said on Friday.
