Tue 21 December 2021: Hundreds of protesters have marched through the streets of Kabul towards the shuttered United States’ embassy, urging the release of Afghanistan’s frozen assets. Holding banners reading, “Let us eat” and “Give us our frozen money”, the protesters chanted slogans and marched down a central avenue on Tuesday, with the ruling Taliban providing […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) yesterday pledged to coordinate with the United Nations as part of efforts to free hundreds of millions of US dollars in frozen Afghan assets, to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country. The 57-member OIC delegates said, during an emergency meeting held in Pakistan, […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan left the Enforcement Directorate’s Delhi offices Monday night after being questioned for over five hours in connection with alleged forex violations related to the ‘Panama Papers’. It is unclear if the actor has been summoned for more questioning at a later date. The probe agency recorded her […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: After canceling this year’s tour due to security concerns, New Zealand Cricket has announced back-to-back tours of Pakistan for next season. New Zealand administrators announced on Monday that the Black Caps will tour Pakistan from December 2022 to January 2023 to play two World Test Championship matches and three one-day internationals. […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Twice impeached Former president Donald Trump has said that although he thinks Chinese President Xi Jinping is “a killer” who “destroyed the world” with Covid-19, he had a “great relationship” with China’s premier. Trump reflected on his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo. […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: According to a source familiar with the case, Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial for illegally importing and possessing walkie talkies was postponed on Monday by a Myanmar junta court. Since the generals staged a coup against her government on February 1, ending the Southeast Asian country’s brief period of democracy, the […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Despite an earlier social media post in which she claimed a former Communist Party official forced her to have sex, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has denied accusing anyone of sexual assault. Peng said her Weibo post had been misunderstood in comments to a Singaporean newspaper on Sunday. Peng’s interview with […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: Foreign ministers who attended the latest meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) agreed to establish a humanitarian trust fund to address the growing economic crisis in Afghanistan following the Taliban administration’s takeover after the United States’ withdrawal. The fund will be set up under the Islamic Development Bank to […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: The US embassy in Dhaka announced on Sunday that it has donated 1.78 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to Bangladesh in an effort to assist the South Asian country in expanding its immunization drive to young people aged 12 and up. “With this shipment, the American people have […]
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Sun 19 December 2021: UP elections are forthcoming in few months. Many of those political analysts with their ears to the ground are of the opinion that the popularity of BJP, Modi-Yogi is on the downslide due to multiple hardships which average people had to face in recent times. The corona migration, the farmers movement, […]
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