WOMEN STILL STRUGGLE TO GET JOBS: ILO
Women's job opportunities have barely improved globally since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday, warning that female workers are still penalised for having children and looking...
QATAR TALKS ENTER 12TH DAY; ‘EXTENSIVE’ DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE
The fifth round of peace talks between the US negotiators and the Taliban members entered twelfth day on Friday with Taliban saying in a statement that “extensive” talks are...
DEAL ALLOWS PAKISTAN TO USE F-16S AS ‘DETERRENCE AGAINST INDIA’
The United States, while providing F-16 fighter jets to Islamabad, not only acknowledged the aircraft’s “deterrence value” to Pakistan in a future conflict with India but also noted that...
AYODHYA LAND DISPUTE CASE: SC-NAMED PANEL TO COMPLETE MEDIATION IN 8 WEEKS
The Supreme Court on Friday referred the Ayodhya land dispute case for mediation and ordered the panel to start the process within a week and complete it in eight...
NO ONE IN GOVERNMENT LISTENS TO ME: PRESIDENT
There is no one in this government who accepts what I say, President Maithripala Sirisena said.
Speaking at the launch of the Sinhala translation of “The Viceroy Special”, authored by...
Bangladesh eyes $35 bln in Saudi investment but doesn’t give time frame
Bangladesh expects Saudi Arabia to invest $35 billion in infrastructure projects, its finance minister said on Thursday after meeting a visiting Saudi delegation.
He did not give a time frame...
India may prosecute newspaper under secrets act over Rafale documents
India’s top lawyer told the Supreme Court on Wednesday it may file a criminal case against The Hindu newspaper under India’s Official Secrets Act for publishing “stolen” government documents...
Pakistan military top brass determined to defend motherland against any misadventure
Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday chaired 219th Corps Commanders Conference at GHQ.
Inter Services Public Relations, the media wing of the military, said the Army Commanders...
India looks to revive production of anti-aircraft guns
India’s Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) is looking to revive the anti-aircraft guns production at its facility in West Bengal. It has also received demand for production of ‘some items’...
Ukraine to build armoured vehicle assembly plant in Myanmar
Ukrspecexport, Ukraine’s military import/export agency, has signed a joint venture agreement with Myanmar for the construction of an armoured vehicle assembly plant.
According to the current information, the Ukrainian side...
Armchair generals are marching India into trouble
Peace appears to have been given a chance in South Asia. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, striving to play the statesman, has not only released a captured Indian pilot...
New Delhi’s muscular approach to Kashmir reflects its policy paralysis
This has hollowed out public discourse on nationalism and deeply polarised Indian society along communal lines. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had warned about the disaster that the Narendra...
China and Saudi Arabia Converge on Pakistan
A trilateral alliance of China-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia, driven by geo-economic interests, is emerging, with the Pakistani port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea as its hub. This builds upon a...
Asia investors split with West over Myanmar’s Rohingya crackdown
In a vast convention center in Naypyidaw, Myanmar’s sprawling and eerily empty capital, prospective investors listened politely as local companies pitched opportunities and government officials spoke of the country’s...
INTERIM GOVT CAN BE A SOLUTION TO AFGHAN CONFLICT: STUDY
A new study conducted by the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on a potential political settlement in Afghanistan suggests that the establishment of an interim government can be...
India under Modi: From policy paralysis to chaos
The gross domestic product (GDP) estimates released by India on February 28 present a stark challenge to the Narendra Modi government’s self-congratulatory narrative.
GDP growth slowed consistently, from 8% in...
International Criminal Court starts Rohingya probe
The process of bringing the Myanmar military to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to answer charges of genocide has started. From March 8 to 12, ICC prosecutors will visit...
ADEL AL-JUBEIR ASSURES PAKISTAN OF SAUDI ARABIA’S COMPLETE SUPPORT IN RESOLVING TENSIONS WITH INDIA
Saudi State Minister for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir arrived in Pakistan on Thursday in a follow-up meeting to Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman's two-day visit last month.
The Saudi minister,...
Mobs attacking innocent Kashmiris in India out of anger
A group of men in India had brutally beaten up two dry fruit vendors from Kashmir who were sitting on a busy road in Uttar Pradesh. One of the...
U.K. TOP COURT RULES IN FAVOUR OF SRI LANKAN TAMIL ASYLUM SEEKER
Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of a Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seeker’s claim that the Home Office was wrong to reject his contention that he was...
US refuses to take position on F-16 issue
The US State Department has refused to take a position on New Delhi’s complaint against Pakistan for using F-16s in an air combat with India, saying that it does...