At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, Sept 24, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people traveling […]
New York (TIP)- On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held separate meetings with Bangladesh‘s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Sri Lanka‘s President […]
India on Sept 25 said a fresh consignment of humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, following last month’s devastating earthquake, has reached Kabul. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that the latest shipment, consisting of three […]
Dubai/Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan’s defense minister says his nation’s nuclear program “will be made available” to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries’ new defense pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that Islamabad had put the […]
Separate blasts in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province killed at least 11 people, officials said on September 19. Militancy has been rising in mineral-rich Balochistan, which sits on the border with Afghanistan and Iran, and it […]
KATHMANDU (TIP) –Nepal’s interim prime minister pledged on Friday, Sept 19, to fight corruption, create jobs and raise living standards in her first public comments since coming to office after youth-led protests toppled the government. […]
The United Nations said it was seeking $139.6 million to help half a million people affected by earthquakes that struck eastern Afghanistan, and it urged donors to set aside any reservations about the Taliban authorities. […]
Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan with the help of Chinese technology — is spying on millions of its citizens to curb dissent and free speech, an Amnesty International report said. According to the report, Pakistan is using […]
Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday, Sept 11, urged Muslim countries to unite against Israeli aggression as he met the Qatari emir and expressed solidarity following Tel Aviv’s recent attacks targeting residential areas […]
Bangladesh’s interim authorities on Sept 4 approved a legal amendment that will bar anyone formally charged with crimes against humanity from seeking elected office or holding government jobs. The change, made to the International Crimes […]
Jalalabad (TIP)- Hundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said […]
A private investigation led by a British lawmaker has identified “gang-based child sexual exploitation” in at least 85 areas across the UK, amid an ongoing national inquiry into grooming gangs. The investigation, set up by […]
Colombo (TIP)- Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has issued notices to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Cabinet over the India-funded Sri Lanka Unique Digital Identity (SL-UDI) programme following a petition alleging violation of fundamental rights. […]
Bangladesh’s interim government led by Muhammad Yunus has warned the country’s media houses of legal action against any future publication or dissemination of statements from former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, local media reported on Aug […]
Islamabad (TIP)- The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) in its latest report has revealed a disturbing rise in violence against religious minorities over the past year, local media reported on August 21. In its […]
Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is set to visit Bangladesh on August 23 as the two countries saw a warming up of bilateral relations after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s ouster from office […]
United Nations investigators say they have gathered evidence of systematic torture in Myanmar’s detention facilities, identifying senior figures among those responsible. The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM), set up in 2018 to examine potential […]
Islamabad (TIP)- Pakistan, which was made to bite the dust by Indian armed forces in Operation Sindoor, has announced the creation of a new military force to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict. […]
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