Yangon: Myanmar s deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in person at a court hearing on Monday for the first time since her government was overthrown by the military in a Feb.1 coup, her lawyer told Reuters. Suu Kyi looked in good health and held
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East to press the Israelis, Palestinians and regional players to build on last week’s Gaza ceasefire by laying the groundwork for an eventual resumption in long-stalled peace talks. President Joe Biden announced Blinken would
Geneva: The world is "at war" against Covid-19, the UN chief said Monday, calling for the application of wartime logic to the inequitable access to the weapons needed to fight the pandemic. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried the "tsunami of suffering" sparked by the coronavirus
Gaza City: A UN official in war-battered Gaza called for a "genuine political process" to avert further bloodshed, after the military conflict between Israel and Islamist group Hamas that ravaged the Palestinian enclave. As thousands of Gazans slowly tried to piece back together their lives, top
Muzaffarabad: Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK)'s first woman to become a pilot, Maryam Mujtaba, shared that she was always interested in flying planes and wanted to become a part of the aviation industry. AJK President Sardar Masood Khan has acknowledged her stellar contributions to the industry and
Washington: Pakistan has played an important role in supporting the peace process in Afghanistan, according to a top Pentagon official. Assistant Secretary of Defence for Indo-Pacific Affairs David F Helvey made this statement while addressing lawmakers of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the US. He was
Bengaluru: With 4,454 new deaths reported over the last 24 hours, India's overall death toll from coronavirus crossed the 300,000 mark on Monday. The country's daily coronavirus infections rose by 222,315. The South Asian country's total coronavirus cases are now at 26.75 million, while total fatalities are
Cairo: Bahrain will suspend entry of travellers from countries on its 'red list', which also includes India Bangladesh, and Nepal, from May, 24, state news agency (BNA) said. Bahraini citizens and residency visa holders are not covered by the suspension, but will have to provide a
Brussels: The Chairman of Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU), Ali Raza Syed has urged high ranking European Union and United Nations officials to help stop human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings of the innocent people in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Ali Raza Syed wrote a
New Delhi: India's mainstream media appears to have somewhat salvaged its reputation by doing what it is meant to do – calling out the federal government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi for its inability to anticipate and manage the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic