PAKISTAN GETS $551 MILLION IDB LOAN FOR OIL, LNG IMPORT
Pakistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on Monday signed a loan agreement for a $551-million financing facility for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and oil imports, which will help...
INDIA ELECTION 2019: NARENDRA MODI VOTES IN AHMEDABAD
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a ride in an open SUV this morning as he made his way to Ahmedabad to cast his vote in the third phase of...
SRI LANKA OBSERVES 3-MINUTE SILENCE FOR BOMB VICTIMS
Sri Lanka began a day of national mourning Tuesday with three minutes of silence to honour at least 310 people killed in suicide bomb blasts that have been blamed...
MYANMAR COURT REJECTS FINAL APPEAL BY JAILED REUTERS JOURNALISTS
Myanmar's Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of two Reuters news agency reporters sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act, in a landmark case...
UN SECURITY COUNCIL URGES ALL STATES TO COOPERATE WITH SRI LANKA ATTACKS
The UN Security Council is urging all countries to cooperate with the government of Sri Lanka as it investigates Sunday's deadly terrorist attacks, the council said in a statement...
Khalilzad begins new multi-nation trip on Afghan peace
US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a new multi-nation trip on Afghan peace in which he will visit Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia and...
China ready to meet India half way: FM
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou met and held talks with visiting Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale on Monday, during which...
Turkish agency opens clinic in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Turkey's state-run aid agency opened a clinic in Rakhine State, homeland of Rohingya Muslims in western Myanmar, on Monday.
The clinic in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State, will provide...
Pakistan denounces Modi’s nuclear threat as ‘highly irresponsible’
Pakistan has reacted strongly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent anti-Pakistan statements, terming them “highly unfortunate and irresponsible”.
Modi, while addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh on Sunday,...
Giant mystery: Why would India send an old MiG-21 to attack an F-16?
The Indian air force defended its decision to send old MiG-21 fighters up against much more modern Pakistani F-16s during recent aerial skirmishes.
On Feb. 26, 2019 Indian planes crossed...
IRAN, PAKISTAN READY TO HELP AFGHAN PEACE: IMRAN KHAN
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is in Iran for bilateral talks, said at a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that peace in Afghanistan is in...
Is Pakistan food-secure?
A democratic Pakistan can certainly better cater to the nutritional needs of its citizens. “No famine has ever taken place in the history of the world in a functioning...
Deadly terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka trigger alarm
A series of deadly explosions in Sri Lanka on Sunday killed 290 people and injured around 450. Two Chinese nationals were reported dead. After the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
3 UN OFFICIALS TO VISIT BANGLADESH TO SEE ROHINGYAS
Three top United Nations officials will jointly visit Bangladesh from 24-26 April to highlight the ongoing need for support for the humanitarian needs of over a million Rohingyas living...
Need for stronger SCO role against terrorism
The ghastly bombings of hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday highlighted the need for Asian countries to strengthen coordination to prevent such tragedies from happening again....
Sri Lankan Muslims stand firm to root out extremism from Lanka
Sri Lankan Muslims went into shock Monday after initial investigations on the deadly bomb attack that killed nearly 300 and wounded 500 across the country that targeted Easter Sunday...
PRAGYA THAKUR TO FACE CHARGES FOR BABRI REMARK, FIR ORDERED
BJP candidate Pragya Thakur will be charged for saying she was "proud to be part of the Babri mosque demolition". An election officer has ordered a First Information Report...
Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement no panacea for what ails Myanmar
Some people, government officials and foreign diplomats in particular, seem to believe that decades of civil war in Myanmar would come to an end if all armed groups were...
INDIAN COAST GUARD ON HIGH ALERT AFTER SRI LANKA SERIAL BLASTS
A day after serial bombings in Sri Lanka killed at least 290 people, a top Sri Lankan security official explained that terrorists may have carried out the attacks in...
The spectre of a new Maoist conflict in Nepal
About a decade ago it seemed as if Nepal was marching into a new era. After a devastating decade-long war between Maoists and the government, an all-party People's Movement...
Indian trading firms keen on BRI despite absence of official participation
Despite the absence of India's government at the upcoming second Belt and Road forum, some representatives of Indian trading companies plan to participate in hope of expanding trade with...