Seoul, Oct 12 (IANS) More than 36 per cent of the South Korean government’s online administrative services affected by a fire at a state data centre last month have been… Continue reading South Korea: 36.7 per cent of online govt services restored after data centre fire
Kathmandu, Oct 12 (IANS) Nepal Police have arrested former speaker of the House of Representatives, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, in connection with the smuggling of 730 pieces of gold concealed inside… Continue reading Nepal’s former speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara arrested on gold smuggling charge
Zagreb, Oct 12 (IANS) Croatia on Sunday began implementing the European Union’s (EU) new Entry/Exit System (EES), a digital border management system for non-EU travellers entering or leaving the Schengen… Continue reading Croatia begins implementing new border system for non-EU travellers
Colombo, Oct 12 (IANS) Pakistan judiciary’s independence under siege from campaign of constitutional engineering, political interference, and institutional retaliation. The question arises whether Pakistan’s courts will be able to function… Continue reading Pak judiciary’s independence under siege from constitutional engineering, political interference: Report
Dhaka, Oct 12 (IANS) The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh, recently, issued arrest warrants against 30 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 24 military officers, 14 of whom… Continue reading By undermining military’s morale, Yunus seeks to complete conquest of state through terror masked as law: Report
Bonn, Oct 10 (IANS) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Friday declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly… Continue reading Migratory bird slender-billed curlew extinct now
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hours after the Nobel Committee ignored US President Donald Trump’s candidature for the peace prize and awarded it to Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, Steven… Continue reading White House hits out at Nobel Committee for overlooking Trump for peace prize
Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Sergio Gor, the new US ambassador to India, is on a 4-day visit to the country from October 9-14. The US State Department has issued a… Continue reading New US Ambassador Sergio Gor begins four-day visit to India
Dhaka, Oct 10 (IANS) The recent meeting between the Ambassadors of Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands with Awami League leader Saber Hossain Chowdhury, a former Minister in the Sheikh Hasina… Continue reading Bangladesh: Yunus govt facing international pressure to restore rule of law
Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan, under its Army Chief Asim Munir, has institutionalised a policy of exporting fear through which journalists are killed or silenced, party workers harassed abroad, families… Continue reading Pakistani military accused of exporting fear to silence dissent: Report
Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, congratulating him on the success of the “historic” Gaza peace plan.… Continue reading PM Modi congratulates Trump on Gaza peace deal, reviews India-US trade talks
Islamabad, Oct 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has long been involved in cultivating insurgency in the Kashmir region of India by providing support and training to Islamist jihadist groups,… Continue reading Pakistan’s ISI continues to back jihadist groups in Kashmir: Report
