Kabul , November 20: A group of women in Afghanistan's Takhar province have demanded the release of women's rights activists currently detained by the Taliban-led administration.
These activists have been champions of gender equality and women's empowerment in Afghanistan, calling for women's fundamental rights and opportunities. However, their recent arrest...
Islamabad , November 18: An accountability court in Lahore on Saturday acquitted Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and others in the Ashiana-e-Iqbal Housing Scheme case.
Accountability court judge Ali Zulqurnain announced the verdict and acquitted Shehbaz Sharif, senior bureaucrat Fawad Hasan Fawad, former director general of the Lahore Development...
New Delhi , November 18: As World Antimicrobial Awareness Week commenced on Saturday, WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia Poonam Khetrapal Singh said that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to pose a significant challenge to global public health and has a devastating impact on the efficacy of essential medicines and...
San Francisco , November 18: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday said Japan will continue urging China to lift its import ban on Japanese seafood following the oceanic discharge of treated radioactive water from a nuclear power plant. Kishida called for a "cool-headed," science-based judgment on the issue.
Kishida was...
HYDERABAD: Japanese player Asahi Glassplant Inc (AGI Japan) is making a strategic investment of up to Rs 200 crores in Hyderabad-based Standard Glass Lining Technology Limited and its affiliated companies for a minority stake in Standard Glass.
AGI Japan said that along with GL HAKKO and its affiliates it will be securing a minority...
The King of Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, recently concluded a week long visit to India (3 November to 10 November).
The King met with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the External Affairs Minister S Jaishanker. During this visit he went to Assam, Delhi and Maharashtra. The...
Australia’s digital spy agency has identified China as the major backer of serious hacking against Australian companies and critical infrastructure.
The Australian Signals Directorate, or ASD, Wednesday released its cyber threat report for the past year.
It stated that serious attacks on federal government agencies or critical infrastructure that led to...
China has failed to take on a central role over the war between Israel and Hamas as it pursues other interests in the Middle East such as trying to secure a new military base, the former head of Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency told.
China holds the rotating presidency of...
The version of “Game of Thrones” currently being enacted in the Pakistani political theatre is no less exciting and unpredictable than what the original HBO blockbuster offered viewers the world over.
The fortunes of the dramatis personae—two former Prime Ministers and a general and the supporting cast—have changed dramatically in...
