Kathmandu, Sep 13 (IANS) Nepal's President Ram Chandra Paudel on Saturday appealed to all sides to cooperate in successfully holding the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5 next year, following criticism from the country’s major political parties over...
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) A naturalised United States citizen from Pakistan residing in Wayne County, Michigan, has been charged with attempted kidnapping of a minor child, according to the federal authorities.The US Attorney Jerome F Gorgon Jr., accompanied by Acting...
Dhaka, Sep 13 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Saturday once again slammed the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, accusing it of using arbitrary arrests as a weapon to suppress dissent and neutralise political opposition in the country.The party alleged that...
Geneva, Sep 12 (IANS) A powerful exhibition organised by Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) at the iconic Place des Nations, beside the Broken Chair monument in Geneva, shed light on the ongoing persecution and human rights violations faced by vulnerable...
Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) Sushila Karki, 73, was sworn in as Nepal's interim Prime Minister late Friday evening, thus becoming the first-ever woman PM of the Himalayan nation.Karki, also the country’s first woman Chief Justice, took the oath of office...
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) Despite decades of evidence linking Pakistan to major terrorist attacks against Americans - from the 1993 CIA headquarters shooting and World Trade Centre bombing to Osama bin Laden’s sanctuary in Abbottabad - the United States continues...
Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) The United States has recognised India as a “central pillar” of its Indo-Pacific strategy, a fellow democracy, a key counterbalance to China, and a link to the Global South, while Washington’s tariff measures weaken these very...
Quetta, Sep 12 (IANS) Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Friday alleged that its chief organiser Mahrang Baloch and other BYC leaders have been subjected to a prolonged judicial ordeal for over five months under Pakistan’s "illegally functioning"...
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Sergio Gor, Director of the US Presidential Personnel Office and a leading contender for the post of Ambassador to India, on Thursday said that President Donald Trump shares a “deep friendship” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Quetta, Sep 11 (IANS) An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan's Quetta on Thursday extended the physical remand of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) chief Mahrang Baloch and other organisers of the group for 15 additional days at the request of police,...
London, Sep 11 (IANS) Daesh-linked terror groups and sectarian militias continue to operate under the shadow of State protection in Pakistan's Balochistan province, with Daesh publicly acknowledging having sanctuaries in Khuzdar and Mastung, a report has revealed. The Balochistan province...
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Sergio Gor, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the US Ambassador to India, has called India a strategic partner "whose trajectory will shape the region and beyond". Gor, while appearing before the Senate for his confirmation hearing...