Category: World

Thousands of people, many waving Pakistani and Kashmiri flags, protested outside the Indian High Commission in London on Thursday in support of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. India’s decision to revoke special status for the portion of Kashmir it occupies, along with a communications blackout and curbs on movement, caused fury in Pakistan, which cut trade and transport […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed on Thursday his “path-breaking” move to strip the restive region of occupied Kashmir of its autonomy, in a tub-thumping speech marking Indian Independence Day. Indian-occupied Kashmir has been under lockdown since August 4, with freedom of movement restricted and phones and the internet cut. A day later New Delhi scrapped Article […]

The United Nations Security Council will is expected to hold a session to discuss the occupied Kashmir dispute on Friday, Radio Pakistan reported, as China also backed Pakistan’s request. Pakistan drew the attention of the UNSC presidency to the grave threat to peace and security in South Asia after India annexed occupied Kashmir and called for summoning […]

KHAN SHEIKHUN: Jihadists on Wednesday downed a regime plane flying over northwest Syria as it took part in a deadly campaign that has seen loyalists inch forward against their opponents, a monitor said. A correspondent saw smoke rising in the south of Idlib province above the debris of the plane, with its wing bearing the […]

KABUL: The United Nations said on Wednesday it was gravely concerned about reports indicating 11 civilians had been killed in an Afghan security force operation in an eastern province near the border with Pakistan. Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have been increasing, despite attempts by the United States and the Taliban to negotiate an agreement to […]

Restrictions on freedom of movement in Indian-occupied Kashmir will be eased after India’s Independence Day on Thursday, said state governor Satya Pal Malik, although phone lines and the internet will remain cut off. Malik told Wednesday’s Times of India that communications will stay blocked as India’s government relaxes its clampdown since it stripped the region of its autonomy […]

Flights resumed at Hong Kong’s airport on Wednesday after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence that highlight the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. About three dozen protesters remained camped in the airport’s arrivals area a day after a mass demonstration and frenzied mob violence forced more […]

PESHAWAR: Afghan Taliban on Tuesday said that they had made substantial progress in their talks with US interlocutors and that the two sides had dispersed only to seek advice and guidance from their respective leaderships. “The talks have not failed,” Suhail Shaheen, the Afghan Taliban’s chief spokesperson, told Dawn by phone from Doha. “This is not correct,” […]

BEIRUT: Clashes between regime loyalists and insurgents in rebel-held northwest Syria killed 59 combatants on Tuesday, a war monitor said. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist group led by Syria’s former Al Qaeda affiliate, has since January controlled most of Idlib province as well as parts of neighbouring Hama, Aleppo and Latakia provinces. Several other […]