New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) From Kathmandu to Karachi, South Asia is in turmoil. Nepal has seen "Gen Z" protests erupt over inequality and political elitism, while in Bangladesh, students led a revolution last year that ended former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.
Tokyo, Nov 9 (IANS) The Japanese weather agency on Sunday issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate Prefecture after an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck in the Pacific off northeastern Japan, causing a power outage and a temporary partial suspension of Shinkansen bullet train services, local media reported.
Kabul, Nov 9 (IANS) More than 12,000 Afghan refugees have been forcibly repatriated from Iran and Pakistan in a single day, according to a Taliban official, local media reported on Sunday.
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) The Russian Embassy in Pakistan has criticised Pakistani daily, The Frontier Post, for publishing a series of "anti-Russia" articles and repeating "worn-out Western propaganda narratives such as "weak economy," "vulnerability in the face of sanctions," and "military superiority of Western countries", while urging people of Pakistan to obtain information from credible sources and not depend on those "engaged in fulfilling the dubious aims of foreign patrons".
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s brief military confrontation with Afghanistan has exposed the country’s deep internal vulnerabilities and lack of international backing, forcing Islamabad to opt for a ceasefire instead of prolonging hostilities.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Mounting evidence of systematic human rights abuses in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan, has prompted renewed calls for the European Union to reassess Islamabad’s preferential trade status under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+).
Luanda, Nov 9 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday arrived in Luanda for a State-visit at the invitation of Angola President Joao Lourenco. Angola's Minister of External Relations Tete Antonio and Vice Governor of Luanda province Jorge Miguens received President Murmu at the airport.
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) A police personnel was injured after a checkpost was targeted by unidentified assailants in Tangi area of Khar tehsil of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, local media reported on Sunday.
Islamabad, Nov 9 (IANS) After Pakistan approved the 27th Constitutional Amendment Bill, Army Chief General Asim Munir is set to assume the powerful new position of Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), a post designed to ensure “greater coordination and unified command” among the three services, local media reported.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has in his second term made it clear that the US strategy of ‘regime change’ and ‘nation building’ for imposing the American system of governance on others, was being given up- his main reservation was that astronomical amounts were being spent when ‘one size fits all’ did not seem necessary.
