New York, Sept 5 (IANS) While US President Donald Trump is seemingly on a warpath over a Nobel nomination and his commerce advisers over trade, Washington’s defence and diplomatic establishments… Continue reading Trump’s tariff war pits US geostrategic interests against Nobel pique, trade claims
Dhaka, Sep 5 (IANS) Bangladesh is experiencing its most severe crisis in over a decade, caused by Islamist militancy, extremism, economic collapse, unemployment, a breakdown of law and order, and… Continue reading Bangladesh in grip of Islamist militancy, extremism and widespread unrest: Report
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick escalated his rhetoric on the prevailing trade tensions with India, saying that New Delhi “does not yet want to open its… Continue reading US Commerce Secretary Lutnick escalates rhetoric on India
Quetta, Sep 5 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation alleged that the so-called “Islamic State Pakistan Province” operating under the name of terrorist organisation Daesh is carrying out its activities… Continue reading Rights group slams Pakistani forces for backing Daesh in Balochistan
Quetta, Sep 5 (IANS) At least 11 Baloch civilians were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces during separate raids in Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues amid an escalating… Continue reading Pakistani security forces mass abduct 11 Baloch civilians across Balochistan
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) Former top officials in the US’s previous Joe Biden administration have called for deepening ties with India, terming New Delhi as “one of the United States’… Continue reading Draw India closer, not push it away, ex-US top officials urge Trump administration
Washington, Sep 4 (IANS) Tara Chand, President of Baloch American Congress, has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on Balochistan National Party (BNP) chief Akhtar Mengal, calling it a conspiracy by… Continue reading Baloch leader condemns attack on BNP chief Mengal, slams Pakistani military intelligence
Dhaka, Sep 4 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Thursday condemned the acquittal of 49 accused by the country’s apex court in the brutal 2004 grenade attack, describing it as a… Continue reading Awami League slams Bangladesh court’s ruling acquitting 49 accused in 2004 grenade attack
Athens, Sep 4 (IANS) By overlooking the ongoing political repression in Pakistan, the United States is “disincentivising democratic reform” and signalling to those in Islamabad and farther afield that clamping… Continue reading US risks legitimising authoritarian consolidation in nuclear-armed Pakistan: Report
Dhaka, Sep 4 (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Thursday dismissed the bail petitions of former minister and freedom fighter Abdul Latif Siddique and journalist Monjurul Alam Panna in an alleged… Continue reading Bangladesh court rejects bail petition of freedom fighter Siddique, journalist Panna
Quetta, Sep 3 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch on Wednesday accused the Pakistani authorities of depriving the Baloch children of education by shutting down schools in… Continue reading Rights activist slams Pakistan for denying education to children in Balochistan
Dhaka, Sep 3 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Wednesday slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government over the killing of an unarmed factory worker by gunfire during protests at the… Continue reading Awami League slams Yunus govt over killing of unarmed worker in Bangladesh
