Major, soldier embrace martyrdom during Miran Shah operation

RAWALPINDI, Sep 02 (APP):A major and sepoy of Pakistan Army on Friday embraced martyrdom after fighting gallantly amid an intense exchange of fire during an intelligence based operation conducted by the Security Forces on reported presence of terrorists, in general area Miran Shah, North Waziristan […]

Erdogan, Putin to meet in Russia to discuss grain deal Sept. 4

ANKARA Aug 31 (Online): Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will meet counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia’s resort of Sochi on Sept. 4 to primarily discuss Black Sea grain exports, two Turkish sources told Reuters on Thursday. The two leaders will discuss fallout from the war in […]

Thousands protest in Bangladesh over ‘enforced disappearances’

DHAKA Aug 31 (Online): Thousands of Bangladeshi protesters have marched demanding information on hundreds of people they say security forces have abducted during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s nearly 15 years in power. Opposition supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its allies joined families […]

US, UN push governments to end acute problem of missing persons

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Aug 31 (APP): The United States and the United Nations Wednesday stepped up pressure on all government to work towards ending the issue of enforced disappearances and missing persons and bring to justice those responsible for this offence. “We urge those responsible for […]

US see wake-up call, if not threat, as BRICS expands

WASHINGTON Aug 30 (Online): The United States is racing to improve its messaging to the developing world as the BRICS group grows, although few in Washington view an immediate threat from the Chinese-backed club. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia India, China and South Africa — […]

UK foreign secretary says raised human rights on China visit

Beijing, Aug 30 (AFP/APP): British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said he had raised human rights concerns at “every single one” of his meetings with top Chinese officials, as he made a state visit to Beijing on Wednesday. Cleverly, the first UK foreign minister to visit […]

Final preparations under way for Fukushima water release

Tokyo, Aug 23 (AFP/APP): Final preparations to discharge waste water from the crippled Fukushima power plant in Japan were under way Wednesday, its operator said, a day before the scheduled release into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo had announced on Tuesday that the operation would begin […]