London: British police said that they had ended their investigation into COVID-19 lockdown parties held at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Downing Street office, saying they had issued a total of 126 fines. “Our investigation was thorough and impartial and was completed as quickly as we could,
Seoul: North Korea is poised to conduct a nuclear test, Seoul and Washington said, with the United States warning it could come as President Joe Biden visits South Korea this week. Touted as proof of the US "pivot" to Asia, Biden’s first trip as president to
Kabul: Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters on local stations cover their faces when on air, an official said on Friday. The move comes days after authorities ordered women to cover their faces in public, a return to a
Islamabad: Pakistan rejected what India has described as ‘concerns’ about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passing through disputed territory, saying Islamabad had 'irrefutable evidence' of New Delhi’s campaign to sabotage the scheme India has perpetually been involved in false propaganda against CPEC. On 12 May, Indian
New Delhi: Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced to a year in jail by the country's apex court in a 1988 "road rage" case in which one person had lost his life, according to Indian media. NDTV stated that the 58-year-old would have to surrender
Islamabad: The Indian Charge d’ Affaires (Cd’A) was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed over a demarche conveying Pakistan’s strong condemnation on the framing of fabricated charges against Hurriyat leader Muhammad Yasin Malik, who is currently imprisoned at Tihar jail by the
Mominyar Khalid Butt China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) carries immense geopolitical and geostrategic importance not only for Pakistan but for the entire region. It envisages the development of a transportation network, energy pipelines, special economic zones and Gwadar Port in Pakistan. It is a key component of
Srinagar: On May 15, the internet was flooded with reports about the killing of a civilian in Turkwangam, a sun-dappled hamlet of sycamore and walnut trees off the Rambiara river in the South Kashmir district of Shopian. Visuals shared online showed a crowd carrying the dead
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered to transfer trial court proceedings in the Gyanvapi mosque case to the court of a district judge in Varanasi, Bar and Bench reported. “Having regard to the sensitivity of this civil suit case, this case before the civil
Washington: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has drawn attention of US House Armed Services Committee towards Indian illegal actions of August 5, 2019 in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its continued atrocities against the Kashmiri people. In his virtual meeting with Chairman of the