Quetta, Jan 16 (IANS) A policeman was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Dera Murad Jamali area of Pakistan's Balochistan, local media reported on Friday.
Dhaka, Jan 16 (IANS) As a disturbing pattern of violence against minorities continues to escalate in Bangladesh, a Hindu home was set ablaze in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet district.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Germany’s Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann, on Friday welcomed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s first official visit to India, highlighting the breadth of discussions held during the trip, including key areas such as defence cooperation, trade, investment and migration.
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) China, which banned the burning of coal for residential heating around Beijing to tackle the problem of air pollution in winter has left many villagers “vulnerable in dangerously cold weather,” a new report has revealed.
London, Jan 16 (IANS) The United Kingdom Conservative Party leader and MP Bob Blackman raised grave concerns over what he described as a disastrous situation in Bangladesh, citing escalating violence against minorities, where Hindus are being murdered on the streets, their houses and temples set ablaze, and other religious minorities are being subjected to similar violence.
United Nations, Jan 16 (IANS) India has slammed Pakistan for misusing the concept of self-determination to attack democratic and pluralistic nations by harping on Kashmir with falsehoods.
Quetta, Jan 16 (IANS) Violence against civilians in Pakistan’s Balochistan province continues to escalate, with a leading human rights organisation reporting the alleged extrajudicial killing of three more Baloch civilians by a Pakistan-backed death squad.
United Nations, Jan 16 (IANS) During their faceoff at the Security Council, the United States warned Iran that “all options are on the table” to stop the attacks on protesters, while Tehran said that it was seeking “neither escalation nor confrontation”.
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund said it would assess Japan’s external sector, including exchange rate issues, during its upcoming Article IV consultation mission, while declining to comment on “day-to-day market movements” in the yen.
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States has officially entered the next phase of its Gaza peace plan, backing a newly appointed Palestinian technocratic administration and calling for full demilitarisation of Hamas, including the surrender of all weapons and the dismantling of tunnel networks.
