Dhaka, Nov 27 (IANS) Teachers of Bangladesh's government primary schools resumed a full-day work stoppage on Thursday, holding a strike on school premises to press home their three-point demand, local media reported.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation on Thursday expressed grave concern over a newly released national factsheet documenting 5,097 cases of violence against children (VAC) across Pakistan in the first six months of 2025.
Colombo, Nov 27 (IANS) The re-emergence of terror group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) in Bangladesh’s public arena — marked by its gathering near Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Dhaka - has exposed how extremist ideologies do not vanish but adapt, recalibrate, and exploit the political landscape, a report said on Thursday.
Tel Aviv, Nov 27 (IANS) Although the terror group Sikhs for Justice attracted several thousand participants to its referendum on creating a sovereign Sikh homeland held in Ottawa, such numbers cannot shroud the stark reality that democracies must protect citizens not only from extremism, but also from the quieter, systemic exploitations that destroy lives more relentlessly, a report said on Thursday.
Sofia, Nov 27 (IANS) Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Zhelyazkov announced on Thursday that the Cabinet will withdraw the 2026 budget package after a protest was held against the plan outside Parliament on Wednesday, local media reported.
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) A gunman who critically wounded two US National Guard members near the White House had worked with the US military during the war in Afghanistan.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Australian High Commissioner to India, Philip Green, said on Thursday that the ties between India and Australia have "never been better" and lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership for taking the "dramatic steps forward."
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) Chief Minister of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Sohail Afridi said on Thursday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was considering its "last option" to secure a meeting with PTI founder Imran Khan after he was once again not allowed to meet him in prison. It was Afridi's eighth attempt to meet Imran Khan in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, the local media reported on Thursday.
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Field Marshal Asim Munir will cement his status as the most powerful person in Pakistan after becoming the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) under the 27th Constitutional Amendment with the country inching closer towards direct military rule, a report has stated.
Islamabad, Nov 27 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has stopped issuing visas to Pakistani citizens, an Interior Ministry official in Islamabad was quoted as saying by local media on Thursday.
