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Four countries including US raise concern over proposed security framework
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): Officials from the United States, Australia, Japan and New Zealand on Tuesday (local time) expressed concerns about a proposed security framework between the Solomon Islands and China and its "serious risks to a free and open Indo-Pacific,"
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India at UNSC reiterates call for cessation of violence in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (ANI): India on Tuesday (local time) stressed on the importance of the United Nations Guiding Principles of Humanitarian Assistance and reiterated its call for immediate cessation of violence and hostilities in Ukraine.
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US preparing to announce another military aid package for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI): The United States is expected to announce that it will provide a new military aid package to Ukraine this week for the ongoing war between Moscow and Kyiv, Sputnik News Agency reported citing US media on Tuesday (local time).
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Three killed, 19 injured in explosion in Nigeria
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): At least three people were killed and 19 others were injured when an explosion hit east Nigeria's Taraba state on Tuesday, local police said.
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Political intolerance has polarised Pakistan society to extreme levels
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): While religious intolerance has been deeply entrenched in Pakistan society for decades, the recent wave of political intolerance where the public appears to have developed a blind faith in their leaders, making them into some cult figures, has polarised
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Subsidy on oil prices by Imran Khan govt has left Shehbaz Sharif administr
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): The capping of oil prices, amounting to a subsidy of 150 billion Pakistani rupees per month, by the Imran Khan government towards the end of its tenure has become a major concern for the present government that sees it as a trap to sabotage the Shehbaz S
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Foreign funding case: Imran Khan counsel claims citizens with dual nationa
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): In the foreign funding case against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), the party's counsel claimed that the citizens with dual nationality were permitted under the law to fund political parties, local media reported.
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Body of Afghan officer with signs of torture handed over to family
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): The body of an Afghan officer showing signs of torture was handed over to his family by the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan Hospital in Kabul on Sunday, reported local media citing the officer's relatives.
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Shehbaz Sharif accuses Imran Khan of borrowing loans to meet Pak's defence
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Alleging that it inherited a mismanaged economy from the previous Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused former Prime Minister Imran Khan of taking loans to meet the defence expenditure of the country
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Taiwan logs 1,626 new local COVID-19 cases, two deaths
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], April 19 (ANI): Taiwan reported 1,626 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and two deaths, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said on Tuesday.
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PML-N leader suggests Shehbaz Sharif led govt to seek fresh mandate to ave
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 19 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Monday suggested the coalition partners in the Shehbaz Sharif government to seek a fresh mandate from the masses to avert a civil-war like situation in the country, reported local media.
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Six people killed, dozens injured as 2 blasts hit near schools in western
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 19 (ANI): Six people were killed and dozens injured as a result of two explosions on the territory of schools in western Kabul, a local source told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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