Sun 21 June 2020: KERALA, INDIA – JUNE 21: The COVID-19 pandemic has badly hit the traditional elephant festivals held across Kerala, the Southern Indian state, which has the highest number of captive elephants. Most elephant keepers are going through difficult days to feed their animals without a steady income during coronavirus lockdown. They are […]
Continue Reading
Sun 21 June 2020: 3 killed in Srinagar, 1 in Kulgam, police say SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – At least four suspected militants were killed in two different gunfights in the Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, police said. Vijay Kumar, the inspector general of police, told reporters three of them were killed in Srinagar. He […]
Continue Reading
Sun 21 June 2020: The internet shutdown in Myanmar’s conflict-ridden northwest, described by rights groups as the world’s longest, has entered a second year. Locals and campaigners are appealing for an end to the blackout as coronavirus fears grip the region. The Myanmar military has been embroiled in a bloody civil war since January 2019 […]
Continue Reading
Sun 21 June 2020: The United states is talking to both India and China to help them resolve their ongoing border tensions, President Donald Trump said on Saturday. “It’s a very tough situation. We’re talking to India. We’re talking to China. They’ve got a big problem there,” Trump told reporters at the White House before […]
Continue Reading
Sun 21 June 2020: KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday reopened two key trade routes with neighboring Afghanistan. In a statement, Aisha Farooqui, the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, said Islamabad reopened southwestern Chaman and northwestern Torkham border crossings for transit trade and exports to Afghanistan. The third crossing — Ghulam Khan terminal — […]
Continue Reading
Sat 20 June 2020: Naeem, chancellor of International Binoria University Karachi, suffered heart attack KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s renowned religious scholar Mufti Mohammad Naeem passed away in southern port city of Karachi on Saturday. He was 62. Mufti Mohammad Nauman, his son, told journalists that his father, a chronic cardiac patient, suffered a heart […]
Continue Reading
Sat 20 June 2020: Drone allegedly carrying weapons shot down 250 meters inside Indian territory, say border forces, media reports India’s border security forces on Saturday announced that they had shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Pakistan at an outpost in the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. The Border Security Force […]
Continue Reading
Sat 20 June 2020: Persecuted Rohingya, locals will benefit from 10-bed ICU, 10-bed High Dependency Units in Cox’s Bazar, says official DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh is set to launch an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for Rohingya refugees and residents in the southeastern district of Cox’s Bazar for the first time, according to an official […]
Continue Reading
Sat 20 June 2020: Rights groups say keeping reports confidential ‘will undermine their effectiveness, allow Myanmar to skirt obligation’ DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Over two dozen rights groups from various countries are urging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make Myanmar’s report on the Rohingya genocide available to the public. Myanmar submitted the report […]
Continue Reading
Fri 19 June 2020: Indian forces have killed eight fighters in Indian-administered Kashmir, including two who hid in a mosque, officials said, as New Delhi escalates operations against rebels in the disputed territory during a coronavirus lockdown. Police and army teams launched joint operations in the Shopian and Pampore areas of the federal territory on […]
Continue Reading
