Rawalpindi: Pakistani security forces on Wednesday eliminated six terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan's general area Datakhel, media reports said.
Dhaka: The death toll due to a blast at a building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka city has touched 19, media reports said on Wednesday.
Kabul: In separate shootouts, four Islamic State terrorists, who were wanted in India, have been killed in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border within a span of a month, media reports said.
Dhaka: Rescue operations at the site of the explosion which took place in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, which left 17 people dead, on Tuesday will continue on Wednesday.
Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday reserved the judgment on a plea filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against a lower court's order upholding the arrest warrant for the former prime minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana case, media reports said.
Dhaka/IBNS: As many as 14 people have been killed and over 100 injured in an explosion at a multi-storied building in Old Dhaka’s crowded Gulistan area in Bangladesh, as per the latest media reports.
At least one soldier died and eight others were injured in an attack on security forces in Gwadar district of Pakistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Dhaka: An explosion rocked a building at Siddique Bazar area in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka city which left at least eight people dead and 100 others injured on Tuesday, media reports said.
Peshawar: Suspected terrorists lobbed grenades at two police posts in Malazai and Jabba Masjid areas of Pakistan's Peshawar city on Monday.
New York: The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an expanding humanitarian emergency, and a worsening economic crisis, the UN rights chief told the Human Rights Council on Monday.
Kabul: Female employment levels in Afghanistan have fallen steeply since the Taliban administration took over in 2021, according to new figures released by the International Labour Organization (ILO).
New York: The UN Secretary-General has urged leaders of the M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to respect a ceasefire agreement due to come into effect on Tuesday.
Panchagarh: Police in Bangladesh have arrested 130 people for allegedly attacking the Ahmadiyya community in Panchagarh region of the country last week, media reports said.
At least 15 people, belonging to the minority Hindu community, were injured as Islami Jamiat Tulba (IJT) activists on Monday allegedly attacked a gathering of students at the Punjab University campus in the Pakistani city of Lahore when they were celebrating Holi festival.
New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said progress in women’s rights won over decades is 'vanishing before our eyes'.
Cox's Bazar: Dozens of people have shot and hacked to death a Rohingya leader in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya region in Bangladesh, media reports said.
Beijing: The U.S. 'Indo-Pacific Strategy' seeks to gang up to form exclusive blocs, stir up confrontation, and undermine regional integration, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday.
Dhaka/New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed sadness as 12,000 people lost shelter after a large number of shanties were destroyed in a fire tragedy at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh's Cox’s Bazar region.
New York: In a new blow for equality in the 21st century workplace, UN labour experts said on Monday that women’s access to jobs, their employment conditions and a persistent pay gap, have barely improved worldwide in nearly two decades.
New York: Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have expressed concern over reports of increased militarization and intimidation surrounding a multi-billion-dollar urban development and tourism project in Indonesia.
New York: South Sudan sits at a critical crossroad, with swift action needed to quell chronic intercommunal clashes, ramp up assistance to ever more communities in need, and advance progress towards a durable peace, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.
New York: The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State security and defence forces, the UN’s deputy human rights chief said on Monday.
New York: Continuing violence against political protesters in Peru must stop, UN-appointed independent experts insisted on Monday, amid allegations of repression and arbitrary killings by State security forces.
Canberra: Australia's space industry has warned about China's increasing surveillance activities.
Islamabad: Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s education department has made the Islamic head dress hijab compulsory for female students and teachers in co-education institutions.
Kabul: Women gathered outside Kabul University to protest against the Taliban's ban on female education in the war-torn nation and urged male students to reject attending the new academic session which commenced on Monday.
New York: One month on from the two catastrophic earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria, more than 850,000 children remain displaced after being forced from their damaged or destroyed homes amid millions in dire need of aid, UN agencies said.
Ottawa/IBNS: Mary Ng, Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, announced the expansion of Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network to Quebec and remote communities, a news release has said.
Islamabad/Quetta: Balochistan Inspector General of Police Abdul Khaliq Sheikh has suspended 68 police officers for failing to comply with his orders, local media reports of Pakistan said on Friday.
Pakistani authorities have deployed 1500 policemen belonging to the Special Security Unit to provide security to Chinese nationals working on different projects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Monday.
