Tel Aviv, March 17 (IANS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Tuesday termed the Joint Statement issued by the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom on the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, as "a distorted view of reality".
Kabul, March 17 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Tuesday condemned Pakistan's bombardment of a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, which claimed lives of more than 400 people, seeking medical care and recovery.
March 17 (IANS) The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, on Tuesday expressed his distress over reports of Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan and resulting civilian casualties. He urged Afghanistan and Pakistan to de-escalate, exercise maximum restraint and respect international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian objects like hospitals.
Quetta, March 17 (IANS) As violence against civilians intensifies across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of two civilians, the enforced disappearance of two others and the release of another following weeks of torture in detention.
Kabul, March 17 (IANS) Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior spokesperson Abdul Matin Qane on Tuesday warned that the country will give a 'teeth-breaking response' to the airstrikes carried out by Pakistan in Kabul, local media reported.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) India on Tuesday condemned the Pakistani airstrikes on a hospital and rehab centre in Kabul, where over 400 civilians were killed and at least 250 were injured and said that Islamabad is "now trying to dress up a massacre as a military operation".
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar concluded a productive visit to Brussels, where he held talks with leaders and foreign ministers from the European Union (EU) and discussed "enormous economic potential" under the recently signed India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to advance cooperation across trade, technology, security, and connectivity.
New Delhi/Helsinki, March 17 (IANS) Finnish President Alexander Stubb has suggested that India could play an important diplomatic role in easing tensions between the United States and Iran, urging an immediate ceasefire as the conflict in West Asia continues to intensify.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The situation in Afghanistan is going from bad to worse and in the latest attack by Pakistan, 400 people were killed in an airstrike. Officials said this escalation is a dramatic one and signals that Pakistan has no plans of stopping the war that it got into with Afghanistan.
Washington, March 17 (IANS) Air travel across the United States is in disarray due to a prolonged government shutdown, disrupting airport security operations and causing long queues, widespread delays, and stranded passengers.
