Islamabad: The Centre for Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (CAMEA) at the Institute of Strategic Studies (ISSI) held a panel discussion titled The Next Chapter for Afghanistan. The distinguished panel of experts included: Mr. Mirwais Yasini, Former Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of the Afghan
Yangon: Half of Myanmar s population could be living in poverty next year, driven by the combination of the pandemic and the political crisis sparked by the military coup, the UN said. The dire warning came as renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic
London: Revelations that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson s personal mobile number has been circulating online for 15 years raised national security concerns Friday, amid a raft of probes into his conduct. The phone number appeared on a press release from 2006 when Johnson was an
Washington: The Pentagon is preparing for possible Taliban attacks on U.S. and coalition forces as they withdraw from Afghanistan, a prospect that complicates the outlook for winding down America’s longest war. May 1 was the date all U.S. and other foreign forces were to have departed
Brussels: Kashmir Council Europe (KCEU), chairman, Ali Raza Syed, has appealed the European Union (EU) not to forget severe violations of human rights of the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir particularly in its upcoming summit with India. Ahead of EU-India summit on 8th
New Delhi: The bodies came, one after another, after another, after another. So many bodies that the ambulances and trucks carrying them into the crematorium blocked traffic. In Delhi, a city where someone dies from Covid-19 every four minutes, every day is a battle not just
Canberra: Australian citizens returning home from India could face up to five years in jail and fines after the government made the journey temporarily illegal. The health ministry said the ruling had been made “based on the proportion of people in quarantine who have acquired
New Delhi: Following the massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that is currently ravaging India, furious netizens started demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The hashtag #Resign_PM_Modi has been trending on Twitter since Tuesday morning. Twitterati have been blaming Prime Minister Modi for
Ahmedabad: At least 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses died Saturday in the latest in a series of hospital fires in India, officials said, as the country’s health care system buckles under a surge in cases. There were around 50 other patients at the four-storey hospital
Srinagar: Coronavirus vaccination in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has come to a near halt amid a lockdown imposed in the valley due to rising cases in India, reported Turkey’s Anadolu Agency. The report cited a top health official leading the valley's anti-coronavirus operations,