Tehran, Aug 22 (IANS) Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi will hold telephonic conversation with counterparts from the UK, France and Germany on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said.
Colombo, Aug 22 (IANS) In a major development in the island nation, Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was taken into custody on Friday by the country’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the first such arrest of a former President in the nation’s history, local media reported.
Dhaka, Aug 22 (IANS) Lynching has supplanted trial and vengeance masquerades as justice in Bangladesh which has been gripped with violence since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, a report cited on Thursday.
Karachi, Aug 22 (IANS) Protests were held in various neighbourhoods of Pakistan's Karachi after several areas faced power outage for over 50 hours after heavy rains recently, local media reported on Friday.
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s intelligence and security apparatus plans to push certain strategic anti-India narratives during the upcoming visit of Indian Sikh pilgrims, or “jathas,” to the country, a report has cited.
Islamabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Pakistan's global rhetoric on free speech appears empty as its hypocrisy is exposed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), where the word “free” is nothing more than a cruel irony, a report has cited.
Luanda, Aug 22 (IANS) Angola has been gripped by widespread unrest, after local taxi drivers' protests over soaring fuel prices spiraled into a violent anti-China demonstration shaking the nation’s political and economic foundations, a report has cited. It stated that the turmoil was marked by looting, destruction, and a mass exodus of Chinese nationals.
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi is scheduled to undertake an official visit to Algeria in the coming week.
Sao Paulo, Aug 22 (IANS) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva rebuked US President Donald Trump, saying he "should not meddle" in Brazil's internal affairs.
Dhaka, Aug 22 (IANS) Bangladesh is facing an alarming wave of sexual violence, particularly targeting women and children from minority communities like Hindus, Christians, Buddhists and others, which has reached pandemic proportions under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, said the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) on Friday.
