South Asia
Taliban join climate change talks for first time: organisers
The Taliban government has entered its first talks with the United Nations, donors and non-governmental organisations over the impact of climate change in Afghanistan, organisers said Wednesday
Pro-China party wins the Maldives vote in landslide
The party of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu yesterday won control of parliament in an election landslide, results showed, with voters backing his tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India.
Maldives votes in election key to its India, China ties
The Maldives voted enthusiastically yesterday in a parliamentary election set to test President Mohamed Muizzu’s tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India.
Maldives court frees former president Yameen
Jailed former Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was freed yesterday after the High Court overturned his conviction and 11-year prison sentence on graft and money-laundering charges.
X blocked in Pakistan over nat’l security
Pakistan’s interior ministry said yesterday it blocked access to social media platform X in February on national security concerns, confirming a long-suspected shutdown.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maguire nominates Burmese activist Zarni for 2024 prize
Peace activist and 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Corrigan Maguire has nominated the UK-exiled Burmese human rights activist and genocide scholar Maung Zarni for the prestigious prize
Gunmen kill Pakistani once linked to murder of ‘Indian spy’
Gunmen shot dead a man once charged with the 2013 killing of an Indian national jailed in Pakistan for alleged spying, according to officials and a police report, against a backdrop of fraught relations between the rival South Asian powers.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran predicts govt’s fall in 4 to 5 months
Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan does not see the incumbent government lasting more than four to five months, and believes that its fall will pave the way for his release from Adiala Jail.
US warns Pakistan on ties over election irregularities
The United States said Wednesday that relations with Pakistan will suffer if it does not probe irregularities in last month's election and rerun votes if needed
Explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 12 miners
Twelve miners were killed and eight rescued after an explosion in a coal mine in south-western Pakistan, officials said today
2 Pakistan miners killed, 8 feared dead in gas explosion
Two bodies have been pulled from a collapsed mine in southern Pakistan, rescuers said Wednesday, with eight more people feared dead
Kabul says 8 killed in Pakistan air strikes on eastern Afghanistan
Eight people, all women and children, were killed on Monday in "reckless" air strikes by the Pakistan military in the border regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban government's spokesman said..Border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have risen since the Taliban government seized powe
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ‘didn’t get a fair trial’
Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled yesterday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn’t get a fair trial.
Modi congratulates new Pakistan PM Sharif
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday for his return to the premiership, a rare expression of goodwill between leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals
Imran Khan’s MPs denied reserved seats in parliament
Pakistan’s election commission yesterday blocked lawmakers loyal to jailed ex-prime minister Imran Khan from taking a share of parliamentary seats reserved for women and minorities, after a poll marred by rigging claims.
Shehbaz Sharif elected Pak PM for second time
Shehbaz Sharif was voted in yesterday as Pakistan’s prime minister for a second time, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Imran Khan.
32 killed in heavy rain in Pakistan
More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said yesterday.
