Bangladeshi woman professor says harassed by ‘police officer’ for wearing bindi
Dhaka, Apr 3 (PTI) A woman professor of a private college in Bangladesh has alleged that she was harassed and threatened to kill by...
Egypt’s president gives highest honor to visiting Indian prime minister amid improving ties
CAIRO, 25 Jun: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Sunday bestowed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Egypt’s highest honor as the two countries...
Pakistan police register a case against a mob that killed a man suspected of...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Jun: Police in northwestern Pakistan on Friday registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed...
Pakistan: Toll raises to 10 in clashes between Islamists and police over Saad Rizvi’s...
Lahore, Oct 23 (PTI) Six people died on Saturday raising the death toll to 10 in ongoing fierce clashes between the police and radical...
Taiwan says China seeking to degrade its military and morale
Taipei, Nov 9 (AP) Taiwan on Tuesday said China is seeking to take control of the island by wearing down its military capabilities and...
WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere
Geneva, Aug 24 (AP) The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%,...
NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of their...
PRAGUE, 31 May (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the...
Countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel
BUDAPEST, Hungary, 7 Oct (AP) — Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since...
Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan’s northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 25 Jun: Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of...
Iran supreme leader says he’d ‘welcome’ full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 29 May: Iran’s supreme leader said Monday he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic...
India’s economic package has given Sri Lanka breathing space, need to seek bailout from...
Colombo, Jan 15 (PTI) India's financial package has prevented Sri Lanka from spiralling into a major economic tailspin for the time being, top economist...
Pak blames India for hampering SAARC process
Islamabad, Jan 7 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday blamed India for obstructing the SAARC process and alleged that New Delhi's myopic attitude was rendering a...
Australian police investigate extremist views of cop killers
BRISBANE, Australia , Dec 14 (AP) — Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and...
Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over deaths of protesters
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 17 Oct (AP) — A special court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants on Thursday for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45...
Indonesia navy ship tows boat with Rohingya refugees to port
Jakarta, Dec 30 (PTI): An Indonesian navy ship on Thursday was towing a boat carrying 120 Rohingya Muslims into port after it had drifted...
US military leaders favoured keeping troops in Afghanistan
Washington, Sep 28 (AP) In their first congressional testimony on the tumultuous final months of America's longest war, top US military officers on Tuesday...
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant amid safety fears
KYIV (AP) — A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday started its journey to the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart...
Clean up your mess, youth tell climate talks inside and out
Glasgow, Nov 5 (AP) The generation of young people who will inherit a warmer future is telling the generation that caused carbon pollution to...
A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its...
KYIV, Ukraine, 4 Apr: Russian forces fired drones at two apartment buildings and a power plant in Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing four people, local...
Greek PM seeks forgiveness from victims’ families after train collision kills 57
Athens, 5 Feb: The Greek prime minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation's worst rail...