Lisbon, Aug 2 (IANS) Mainland Portugal will enter a state of alert from Sunday due to a severe heatwave and heightened wildfire risk, with temperatures expected to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius. Interior Minister Maria Lucia Amaral announced the...
Seoul, Aug 2 (IANS) South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has met US senators and White House officials to discuss alliance and security issues, including North Korea's nuclear programme, his ministry said Saturday, after the two countries reached a tariff...
Beijing, Aug 2 (IANS) An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted off the east coast of Kamchatka in Russia at 1106 GMT on Saturday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0...
Quetta, Aug 1 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender, Mir Yar Baloch on Friday wrote to India's Public and Government sector companies, urging Indian partnership to unlock the "vast potential" of Balochistan.The human rights activist in his letter mentioned that...
Dhaka, Aug 1 (IANS) An former joint convener of the Bangladesh Democratic Students Union was arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday, following allegations for collecting extortion money from Bangladesh's former MP Shammi Ahmed's house.Jane Alam, also known...
Quetta, Aug 1 (IANS) Seven Baloch civilians have been forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani security forces as the cycle of persecution continues amid the ongoing wave of enforced disappearance in the Balochistan province, said a leading Baloch human rights organisation...
Tokyo, August 1 (IANS) Japan on Friday stated that the latest announcement of holding general elections in Myanmar should serve as a process toward the restoration of the democratic political system in the Southeast Asian nation.According to the Foreign Ministry...
Dhaka, Aug 1 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party on Friday asserted that mob rule has replaced the rule of law in the country which now holds global records in murder and extortion under the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus....
Dhaka, July 31 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League party on Thursday strongly condemned the recent heinous attack on the Hindu community in Rangpur district's Gangachara, highlighting the current lawlessness that prevails in the entire country under the current interim government led...
Quetta, July 31 (IANS) A leading Baloch human rights organisation on Thursday severely condemned the "egregious human rights violations" committed by the Pakistani security forces against the residents of Noora Mohammad Hassani village in Awaran District of Balochistan.Paank, the Baloch...
Dhaka, July 31 (IANS) Bangladeshi courts on Thursday brought charges against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and several others in connection with six cases over alleged corruption under the Purbachal New...
Tehran, July 31 (IANS) There will be no deal between Iran and the United States as long as Washington demands that Iran agree to zero uranium enrichment, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said.In an interview released on Thursday,...