GHANI ARRIVES IN FARAH TO OBSERVE RELIEF OPERATION
President Ashraf Ghani arrived in Farah province Saturday morning, the Presidential Palace said in a statement.
Ghani will observe relief operation and humanitarian assistance to families who have suffered from...
PAK-INDIA TENSIONS, NUCLEAR THREAT ALARM WORLD COMMUNITY
As the American media warn that the Kashmir dispute could lead to a nuclear conflict in South Asia, a senior US general says terrorists continue to stoke tensions between...
RJP-NEPAL GEARS UP FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST
Leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party-Nepal have said they are preparing to stage a Rastriya Aandolan, or national level protest, by uniting with all the forces advocating politics of...
I SUPPOSE THIEF RETURNED DOCUMENTS: P CHIDAMBARAM ON AG’S FRESH
Taking a swipe at Attorney General KK Venugopal's fresh remark on Rafale documents, senior Congress leader P Chidambram on Saturday said that from "stolen documents" they became "photocopied documents"...
RETURN OF ENVOYS SIGNALS THAW IN TIES WITH INDIA
In what appears to be yet another sign of de-escalation in tensions between Pakistan and India, the Indian high commissioner, who was called back after the Pulwama attack, would...
QUADER’S LIFE SUPPORT REMOVED AS HIS CONDITION IMPROVES FURTHER
The artificial life support of ailing Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has been removed after the improvement of his health condition.
The minister can now talk to his family...
No “vacuum” in Afghanistan needs to be filled: Chinese FM
There is no "vacuum" in Afghanistan that needs to be filled because that land belongs to the people of Afghanistan, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said...
Indian Army decides to send more youths to the frontline
The Indian Army will send nearly 230 young officers from the headquarters in Delhi to units and field formations deployed at the frontline, as part of a move to...
Nepal’s Gurkha Veterans reject the increase in pension scheme by the UK govt
The British government on Thursday announced it would increase the pension scheme for the Brigade of Gurkhas who joined the service before 2007 by up to 34 percent, but...
Pakistan Navy fully capable of responding to enemy’s hostilities: Admiral Abbasi
Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi on Friday said the Pakistan Navy is ready to guard its territorial waters and fully capable of responding to any...
In India, a search for ‘traitors’ after conflict with Pakistan
The first time Sandeep Wathar received a message on Facebook from a total stranger calling him a traitor, he was amused. When dozens more followed, he knew something was...
How rage and love gripped India after the Kashmir terror attack
A young suicide bomber carrying 350kg of explosives rammed his car into an armed convoy on February 14 in Kashmir, killing 44 Indian paramilitary soldiers. The attack spurred a...
Bloody spring offensive continues in Afghanistan despite dialogue
The commemoration of the 24th death anniversary of Shiite Hazara Leader Abdul Ali Mazari in Kabul Afghanistan was interrupted with mortars which caused death of more than 3 persons...
EVMS TO PREVENT BALLOT STUFFING AT NIGHT BEFORE POLLS: CEC HUDA
Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said that there will be no chance of ballot stuffing the night before the election day if Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) is...
US tries in vain to pull Nepal into its orbit
In an effort to address the increasingly strained bilateral relationship between Washington and Kathmandu, a senior US official was sent to Nepal on February 25 on a diplomatic mission....
CONDITIONS NOT READY FOR FULL TROOP PULLOUT: VOTEL
Amid the ongoing efforts for bringing the Taliban to the peace table with the Afghan government, Gen. Joseph Votel, Commander of the US Central Command, said that politically Afghanistan...
Cross-border terrorism threatens Pak-India peace, Afghan stability: US general
United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Joseph Votel said that terrorist organisations based in Afghanistan conduct attacks inside Pakistan and “continue to threaten Afghan stability as well as...
PM KHAN MEETS HIGH COMMISSIONER TO INDIA, SHARES INPUT ON PAK-INDIA RELATIONS
Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, the Foreign Office said in a statemetn.
According to the Foreign Office, Mahmood took Prime Minister...
‘Like Yangtze and Ganga’, China sees ties with India forging ahead
China on Friday called on India and Pakistan to move on from the crisis triggered by the Pulwama terror attack last month and to work towards a “long-term improvement”...
RAFALE DOCUMENTS NOT STOLEN, PETITIONERS USED PHOTOCOPIES, ATTORNEY GENERAL CLARIFIES
Two days after claiming in Supreme Court that Rafale documents were "stolen" from the Defence Ministry, the government's top lawyer on Friday clarified to news agency PTI that what...
Madhes activist quits secessionist movement, joins Nepal’s mainstream politics
Free Madhes activist CK Raut, who had been demanding a separate Madhesi state for nearly a decade, reached an agreement with the KP Sharma Oli-led government on Friday, signalling...