Seoul, Jan 17 (IANS) South Korea on Saturday confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in about two months, prompting authorities to cull thousands of pigs and issue a standstill order to prevent the virus from spreading.
Dhaka, Jan 17 (IANS) A Hindu man was killed after being intentionally run over by a vehicle in Sadar Upazila of Bangladesh's Rajbari district, local media reported on Saturday.
Quetta, Jan 17 (IANS) As violence targeting civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation raised alarm over the enforced disappearance of another Baloch youth, allegedly at the hands of Pakistani forces.
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) An immersive art exhibition and documentary screening on Capitol Hill has brought into sharp focus the plight of Hindu and other minority communities from Pakistan, highlighting forced conversions, abductions, and a refugee crisis that organisers say has remained largely invisible in global discourse.
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) President Donald Trump said that his administration had reshaped global dynamics through assertive diplomacy and military action, laying out an expansive account of US foreign policy and economic gains during remarks at a Florida event.
Dhaka, Jan 17 (IANS) Just days ahead of the Bangladesh general elections, fissures have emerged within the radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami-led alliance, after coalition partner Islami Andolon Bangladesh (IAB) announced its decision to part ways with the bloc, local media reported.
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Indian Army has successfully constructed a third Bailey bridge on Sri Lanka’s B-492 Highway, linking Kandy and Nuwara Eliya in the Central Province, restoring a critical lifeline that was severed for over a month following Cyclone Ditwah.
New York, Jan 17 (IANS) The protests in Iran, which started in December last year, are continuing to escalate despite the large-scale mass killings of the demonstrators across the nation.
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) US federal judges in California have ordered immigration authorities to release three Indian citizens, saying they were detained without hearings or proper notice after earlier being allowed to live in the United States.
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) A Hindu advocacy group has warned that the condition of religious minorities, particularly Hindus, in Bangladesh has sharply deteriorated in recent months, urging the US Congress and administration to respond more forcefully to what it described as escalating violence and persecution.
