Tokyo, Dec 19 (IANS) India's Ambassador-designate to Japan Nagma M Mallick on Friday met Urakawa Mayor Hiraku Ikeda and appreciated his support for the Indian community in the town.
Kabul, Dec 19 (IANS) More than 5700 Afghan refugees were forcibly repatriated from Pakistan and Iran in a single day, a top Taliban official stated on Friday.
Dhaka, Dec 19 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday strongly condemned the attacks on media houses and journalists, including The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, New Age Editor Nurul Kabir and other media professionals, calling the perpetrators “enemies of Bangladesh”.
Canberra, Dec 19 (IANS) The Australian government on Friday declared December 21 as a "day of reflection" to honour the victims of the terrorist attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach and express solidarity with the Jewish community.
Dhaka, Dec 19 (IANS) In yet another disturbing act of violence against minorities in Bangladesh, a young Hindu man was killed in a mob lynching in Bhaluka Upazila of Mymensingh district over allegations of insulting Islam, with his body subsequently set ablaze, local media reported.
Moscow, Dec 19 (IANS) The Kremlin has warned that seizure of Russian assets will not be left unpunished for its masterminds and Russia will use all available legal means to punish them, local media reported on Friday.
Kabul, Dec 19 (IANS) As many as 2.17 million Afghans have been forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan, with children comprising more than 60 per cent of returnees, according to the United Nations.
Dhaka, Dec 19 (IANS) Violence erupted outside the Indian Assistant High Commission in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on Friday, leaving at least four people injured, including two police officers.
Quetta, Dec 19 (IANS) The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) has expressed grave concern over a disturbing escalation in the enforced disappearance of Baloch women at the hands of Pakistani forces across Balochistan.
New York, Dec 19 (IANS) The suspect who launched a reign of terror at two elite US institutions with a mass shooting at the Ivy League Brown University and the murder of a nuclear science professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has killed himself, officials said.
