6 killed in Pak IED blast
PESHAWAR, Mar 13: At least six police personnel were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast targeting a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan on Friday, local police said. The incident occurred in the Shadi…
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Asian nations building capacities to ensure oceans used for legitimate purpose: ICG DG
SINGAPORE, Mar 13: Asian nations are building capacities to address emerging challenges for sound maritime governance, which will ensure that seas and oceans are used for legitimate purposes only, a top Indian Coast Guard official…
Pak PM expresses full solidarity with Saudi in prevailing situation in Gulf region
ISLAMABAD, Mar 13: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a “restricted meeting” with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman expressed Pakistan’s “full solidarity and support” for the Kingdom in prevailing challenging conditions in West Asia. The…
Sri Lanka hands over 45 Iranian sailors’ bodies to embassy
COLOMBO, Mar 13: Sri Lanka on Friday handed over the bodies of 45 sailors killed in an attack on an Iranian warship off the island nation’s coast to Iran’s embassy, the officials said. The Chief…
Iran war disrupts energy supplies as Iran’s new leader resolves to keep fighting
DUBAI, Mar 13: Iran’s secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving to keep fighting, promising more pain for Gulf Arab states and threatening to open “other fronts” in a war that has…
Large explosion in Tehran square where demonstrations are happening: Iranian state television
DUBAI, Mar 13: A large explosion struck Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Friday at a square filled with demonstrators, Iranian state television reported. The explosion hit Ferdowsi Square, just down Enghelab Street from Tehran University, the…
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of targeting homes in airstrikes that kill at least 4 civilians
KABUL, Mar 13: Afghanistan’s Taliban government early Friday accused Pakistan’s military of targeting homes in overnight airstrikes in Kabul and the southern province of Kandahar, saying at least four civilians were killed as fighting between…
16 Nepalese nationals rescued from online scam centres in Cambodia
KATHMANDU, Mar 12: Sixteen Nepalese nationals trafficked to Cambodia on the pretext of getting lucrative jobs were rescued and repatriated on Thursday, according to the foreign ministry here. They were taken to Cambodia by various…
Ex-PM Manmohan Singh, Khaleda Zia among those included in Bangladesh parliament’s condolence motion
DHAKA, Mar 12 : Bangladesh parliament on Thursday condoled the deaths of several national and international leaders, including former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, Bangladesh’s Khaleda Zia and slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The…
Iran’s supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage
DUBAI, Mar 12: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that the leverage of closing the Strait of Hormuz should be used and that Iran’s attacks on Gulf Arab neighbours will continue. His first…