Kabul, Nov 18 (IANS) Taliban Foreign Minister Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi on Tuesday stopped short of calling out Pakistan as he slammed "some countries" for treating Afghan refugees "inhumanely" due to political considerations.
Moscow, Nov 18 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, while addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government meeting in Moscow on Tuesday, once again called for zero tolerance towards terrorism and stressed that there can be "no whitewashing, justification towards terrorism".
Quetta, Nov 18 (IANS) At least twelve Baloch civilians, including four women and an elderly man, were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in Balochistan, amid a growing wave of enforced disappearance, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.
Tehran, Nov 18 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with the people of India, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Tuesday offered condolences to the families of the victims of bus accident in Saudi Arabia.
Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Pakistan continues to witness protests against the 27th Constitutional Amendment with Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs) from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also holding a march against the ruling government in Lahore, the local media reported on Tuesday.
Quetta, Nov 18 (IANS) A police personnel was seriously injured after a grenade attack on a security post in Jaffarabad of Pakistan's Balochistan, according to police, local media reported on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Even as countries join in offering mediation between Afghanistan and Pakistan to find an amicable solution to their border conflict, mystery shrouds the visit of a high-profile delegation from Turkiye with more than a week passing since Ankara’s pledge.
New York, Nov 18 (IANS) Human Rights Watch (HRW), a US-based advocacy group, has raised serious human rights concerns over death sentences issued against former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, noting that both were prosecuted in absentia and denied representation by counsel of their choosing.
Dhaka, Nov 18 (IANS) Following the death sentencing of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the National Cyber Security Agency in the South Asian nation called on the media to refrain from disseminating statements made by the former leader, local media reported on Tuesday.
Tokyo, Nov 18 (IANS) Senior officials from Japan and China held talks in Beijing on Tuesday amid rising tensions triggered by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's recent comments on Taiwan, which have strained the bilateral relationship.
