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India, Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

India, Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow

-- 2019-06-04 21:50:23

Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated across India and also Pakistan Wednesday (June 5), report agencies. In India Jama Masjid Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari informed after the crescent moon was sighted acro...

India leader ends 'grand alliance' after election rout

India leader ends 'grand alliance' after election rout

-- 2019-06-04 21:39:01

    Indian politician Mayawati has ended her party's much-talked about alliance with a rival party after their rout in the recent general election, reports BBC. Her Bahujan Samaj Party (B...

Pakistan celebrates Eidul Fitr on Wednesday as Shawwal moon sighted

Pakistan celebrates Eidul Fitr on Wednesday as Shawwal moon sighted

Express Tribune 2019-06-04 21:31:31

Eidul Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday in Pakistan as the Shawwal moon was sighted in the country on Tuesday, the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee announced on the day. The decision was announce...

‘Substantial progress’ in Afghan talks as Ghani due in Islamabad on June 27

‘Substantial progress’ in Afghan talks as Ghani due in Islamabad on June 27

-- 2019-06-04 17:41:46

ISLAMABAD: The chief US negotiator on Afghan reconciliation has informed Pakistan that a “substantial progress” has been made during recent talks with the Taliban as he discussed “ad...

New US strategy for S Asia excludes Pakistan

New US strategy for S Asia excludes Pakistan

-- 2019-06-04 17:19:25

WASHINGTON: In its effort to counter China and Russia's prospective influence in South Asia, the United States has introduced a new strategy that aims to strengthen economic and military ties with dif...

OIC to file case against Myanmar’s HR violation

OIC to file case against Myanmar’s HR violation

-- 2019-06-04 10:32:01

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon its ad hoc ministerial committee led by the Gambia to take immediate measures to launch a case of Myanmar’s human rights violations...

Trump calls on Russia, Syria to stop bombing Idlib province

Trump calls on Russia, Syria to stop bombing Idlib province

-- 2019-06-03 11:14:14

US President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Russia and Syrian government forces to stop bombing Syria’s Idlib province, following a Friday Kremlin statement that signaled Moscow would continue to...

Indian diplomats, embassy guests 'harassed' in Islamabad

Indian diplomats, embassy guests 'harassed' in Islamabad

-- 2019-06-02 21:37:04

India on Sunday accused Pakistani security services of widespread harassment at an Indian embassy event in the capital Islamabad a day earlier, alleging that hundreds of guests were turned away and so...

China to probe FedEx after Huawei says parcels diverted

China to probe FedEx after Huawei says parcels diverted

-- 2019-06-02 16:45:52

China will investigate whether FedEx Corp damaged the legal rights and interests of its clients, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, after Chinese telecoms giant Huawei said parcels inte...

Helicopters join search for eight missing climbers in India

Helicopters join search for eight missing climbers in India

-- 2019-06-02 16:17:04

Indian Air Force helicopters have joined the search for eight climbers missing on the country's second highest mountain, Nanda Devi. The missing group includes four people from the UK, two Americans,...

China warns Canada of ‘consequences’ of helping US

China warns Canada of ‘consequences’ of helping US

-- 2019-06-01 21:07:07

China warned Canada that it needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the US in an extradition case involving Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Can...

China’s entity list sends clear signal

China’s entity list sends clear signal

Global Times 2019-06-01 17:18:08

China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Friday that the country will release its non-reliable entity list. Foreign entities, individuals and companies that block and shut the supply chain, or take d...

Saudi king slams Iran’s ‘terrorist acts’ at OIC summit

Saudi king slams Iran’s ‘terrorist acts’ at OIC summit

-- 2019-06-01 13:57:10

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman slammed Iran over recent attacks targeting the kingdom, describing the incidents on Saturday in a speech before Muslim leaders gathered in Mecca as “terrorist ac...

OIC condemns inhumane situation of Rohingyas

OIC condemns inhumane situation of Rohingyas

-- 2019-06-01 13:24:21

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit condemned the inhumane situation of Rohingya Muslims, urging a halt to violence, it said in a statement on Saturday, according to Reuters news agen...

NKorea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

NKorea's Kim visits factories linked to missile launches

-- 2019-06-01 11:53:17

The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile launchers and o...

OIC condemns any decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital

OIC condemns any decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital

-- 2019-06-01 10:05:21

A summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation or OIC condemned any position adopted by an international body that supports prolonging occupation, including a US decision to recognise Jerusalem a...

Modi names Sitharaman as finance minister

Modi names Sitharaman as finance minister

-- 2019-05-31 14:42:11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday named Nirmala Sitharaman, formerly the country’s defence minister, as the next finance minister, and chose ruling party president Amit Shah to become home...

Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

-- 2019-05-31 13:02:34

The Philippines has sent tonnes of rubbish back to Canada, after a weeks-long diplomatic spat that saw President Rodrigo Duterte threaten to "sail to Canada and dump their garbage there". The Philipp...

'India to see big-bang reforms in Modi's second term'

'India to see big-bang reforms in Modi's second term'

-- 2019-05-31 12:50:19

In the first 100 days of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, a slew of ‘big-bang’ economic reforms that should please foreign investors are likely to be pursued, accor...

No negotiations with US: Khamenei

No negotiations with US: Khamenei

-- 2019-05-30 21:07:51

Iran will not negotiate with the United States, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after President Hassan Rouhani signalled talks with Washington might be possible if sanctions w...

'Egg Boy' donates $70,000 to NZ attack victims

'Egg Boy' donates $70,000 to NZ attack victims

-- 2019-05-30 17:09:20

An Australian teen dubbed "Egg Boy" for cracking an egg on the head of a controversial right-wing lawmaker said he has given almost A$100,000 ($70,000) donated for his legal expenses to support victim...

Blast near Afghan military training centre kills six

Blast near Afghan military training centre kills six

-- 2019-05-30 14:34:59

A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a military training centre in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding six, police and security officials said. One...

Economy in focus as India's Modi starts 2nd term

Economy in focus as India's Modi starts 2nd term

-- 2019-05-30 12:42:32

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his oath of office on Thursday along with his ministers, though he suffered a setback at the start of his second term when key aide and Finance Minister A...

Taiwan holds military drills, vows to defend against Chinese aggression

Taiwan holds military drills, vows to defend against Chinese aggression

-- 2019-05-30 12:33:58

Taiwan’s air, sea and land forces conducted a drill to repel an invading force on Thursday, as its defence minister pledged to defend the self-ruled island against China’s rising military...

Israel to hold fresh election as Netanyahu fails to form govt

Israel to hold fresh election as Netanyahu fails to form govt

-- 2019-05-30 11:23:38

Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament early on Thursday, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midni...

Seven dead, 21 missing after boat sinks in Hungary

Seven dead, 21 missing after boat sinks in Hungary

-- 2019-05-30 11:09:44

At least seven South Korean tourists were killed and 21 others were missing after a pleasure boat capsised on the flooding Danube in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, police said. The boat reported...

Myanmar gets one year for framework of conducive condition in Rakhine

Myanmar gets one year for framework of conducive condition in Rakhine

FE Online Report 2019-05-29 18:14:08

The UN has given the Myanmar government one year to establish a framework in order to creating conducive condition in Rakhine state for the voluntary Rohingya return. To this effect, the Memorandum o...

India FM will not join Modi govt for ill health

India FM will not join Modi govt for ill health

-- 2019-05-29 17:46:50

Arun Jaitley, India’s finance minister, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to give him a ministerial position in the new government due to ongoing health problems. Jaitley’s absen...

Papua New Guinea PM quits after turmoil

Papua New Guinea PM quits after turmoil

-- 2019-05-29 13:45:09

Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister Peter O’Neill quit on Wednesday after losing the confidence of parliament during weeks of political turmoil in the South Pacific nation, but government supp...

Modi to host Xi for an informal summit

Modi to host Xi for an informal summit

Reuters 2019-05-29 12:18:12

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year for an informal summit, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement on Wednesday. “...