Prominent journalist critical of Pakistan Army killed in Kenya

Prominent journalist critical of Pakistan Army killed in Kenya

ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistan journalist, who was booked on charges of sedition and peddling an ‘anti-state’ narrative by the country’s security agencies earlier this year, was shot dead in Kenya, his wife said on Monday. Arshad Sharif, 49, a former reporter and TV anchor with ARY TV, and a critic of Pakistan’s powerful military, had […]

World faces tension with China under Xi third term

World faces tension with China under Xi third term

Beijing: The world faces the prospect of more tension with China over trade, security and human rights after Xi Jinping, the country’s most powerful leader in decades, awarded himself another term as leader of the ruling Communist Party. Xi has tightened control at home and is trying to use China’s economic heft to increase its […]

CRPF commandant held for sexually harassing woman officer in Udhampur, gets bail

CRPF commandant held for sexually harassing woman officer in Udhampur, gets bail

Udhampur/Jammu: A commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was arrested on the charge of sexually harassing a woman officer of the force in Udhampur district, officials said on Monday. A complaint was registered on Sunday in which an assistant commandant of a CRPF unit at Battal Ballian alleged that commandant Surinder Singh Rana […]

Srinagar mini-secretariat project abandoned after dislocation of six-decade-old bus terminal

Srinagar mini-secretariat project abandoned after dislocation of six-decade-old bus terminal

Srinagar: The work on Srinagar mini-secretariat in Batamaloo area of Srinagar has remained abandoned for more than three years with the resumption of work nowhere in sight. A six-decade-old bus terminal was shifted to Srinagar outskirts to make way for the proposed mini-secretariat, more than six years ago, much to the inconvenience and annoyance of […]

Youth accused of raping minor girl arrested in Srinagar: Police

Youth accused of raping minor girl arrested in Srinagar: Police

Srinagar: Police on Monday said to have arrested a person accused of raping a minor girl in Srinagar. “Police station sadder received a complaint from a lady that her minor daughter has been raped by one accused namely Shahid Ahmad son of Shabir Ahmad Bhat resident of Galwanpora Hyderpora”, said a statement. “To this affect […]

Indian-origin Rishi Sunak will become UK’s next PM after rivals drop out of race

Indian-origin Rishi Sunak will become UK’s next PM after rivals drop out of race

LONDON: Rishi Sunak has won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party and will become Britain’s next prime minister — the third in seven weeks, and the fifth Prime Minister since 2016. The former Treasury chief will be Britain’s first leader of color, and faces the task of stabilizing the party and country […]

India, Pakistan on cusp of history to share pride as Sunak likely to be first non-White British PM

India, Pakistan on cusp of history to share pride as Sunak likely to be first non-White British PM

Islamabad: With Rishi Sunak on the threshold of becoming the first non-White Prime Minister of Britain, arch-rivals India and Pakistan are on the cusp of history to share a pride, though none of them played a role in it. Sunak’s grandparents originated from British India but their birthplace Gujranwala lies in modern day Pakistan’s Punjab […]

German lawmakers oppose China military threats toward Taiwan

German lawmakers oppose China military threats toward Taiwan

Taipei: Any changes to the China-Taiwan relationship must come about peacefully, a visiting German lawmaker said on Monday, two days after China’s ruling Communist Party wrote its rejection of Taiwan independence into its charter. A German parliamentary delegation focusing on human rights met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at her office on Monday. The lawmakers expressed […]

Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 60 at celebration

Bangkok: Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organisation, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday. The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in […]

WHO head in Middle East ‘disturbed’ by report over its Syria director squandering millions

LONDON: The head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an internal email that he is “very disturbed” by allegations reported by the Associated Press last week that the U.N. health agency’s Syria director misspent millions, abused staff and violated the organization’s own COVID-19 protocols as the pandemic swept across […]