Tokyo, Oct 6 (IANS) Japan's former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, who was elected leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a vote on Saturday and is now set to become the first female Prime Minister of the country on October 15, is likely to appoint former LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi as the next foreign minister.
Quetta, Oct 6 (IANS) A man was forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces from his home in Balochistan's Khuzdar district amid an escalating wave of enforced disappearances across the province, a leading human rights organisation stated on Monday. Paank, the Baloch National Movement's Human Rights Department, has identified the victim as Asad Ullah.
Dhaka, Oct 6 (IANS) Dipu Moni, the former Foreign Affairs, Education and Social Welfare Minister of Bangladesh and Joint Secretary of the Awami League party, lashed out at the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus on Monday, accusing authorities of depriving detained opposition leaders of medical treatment.
New Delhi/Stockholm, Oct 6 (IANS) A report by the Stockholm Centre for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA‑IPA) at the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), has urged governments, research institutions, and civil society to place the Tibetan Plateau at the core of international climate policy and has come down heavily on China’s state‑centric model of infrastructure expansion, militarisation, and resource extraction, which it states has transformed one of the world’s most fragile environments into a zone of extreme ecological stress.
Islamabad, Oct 6 (IANS) As heavy rains and strong winds wreaked havoc across several districts of Pakistan's Punjab province over the past 24 hours, four people were killed and 28 others injured due to roof and wall collapses, according to the Rescue 1122 spokesperson, local media reported on Monday.
Kabul, Oct 6 (IANS) The United Nations has called for urgent humanitarian aid for thousands of earthquake-impacted families in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province as the winter season approaches, local media reported on Monday.
Brussels, Oct 6 (IANS) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces two votes of no confidence this week, three months after surviving her first-ever motion of censure. The Patriots for Europe (PfE) and The Left have tabled no-confidence votes against Leyen.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) With India and Canada resetting ties, the Khalistan elements have much to worry about. Canada has been acting on the Intelligence that India has been providing, and more importantly, the country is acknowledging that the problem posed by these elements is real.
Kathmandu, Oct 6 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) decision to allow certain Indian banks to lend to residents of Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka in Indian rupees could offer new financing alternatives for Nepali businesses, some of the country's leading experts believe.
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IANS) A trio of US and Japanese scientists have on Monday been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery on how the immune system is kept in check.
