Category: World

KARACHI: Another Pakistani fisherman has died in an Indian jail within a month, leaving the fisherfolk community in the grip of fear and panic as more than 100 of them are languishing in Indian prisons. The spokesman for the Fishermen Cooperative Society (FCS) said that they received information about the death of Sohail Rasheed from […]

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday police are looking for 140 people believed to have links with the militant Islamic State (IS) group, which has claimed responsibility for the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of churches and hotels. Muslims in Sri Lanka were urged to pray at home on Friday and not attend mosques […]

Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando told Reuters on Thursday that he had resigned, taking responsibility for the suicide bomber attacks on the country last Sunday. He said that while there had been no failure on his own part, he was taking responsibility for failures of some institutions he headed as the secretary of defence. He said […]

The first five presidents of the International Criminal Court’s oversight body on Thursday called for a review of the institution’s functioning, following its April 12 decision not to investigate possible war crimes committed during the 17-year Afghan war, allegedly by militants, the US army, Central Intelligence Agency and Afghan armed forces. According to the United […]

China is leading the United States in a race to deploy hyper sonic missiles that would defeat existing air defense systems, according to senior US officials. The combination of speed, manoeuvrability and altitude of these missiles makes them difficult to track and intercept. They travel at speeds of more than five times the speed of […]

Sri Lankan authorities swept up more people, including foreigners, for questioning on Thursday as they probed deeper into the Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 359 people in potentially the deadliest operation claimed by the militant Islamic State. Police said an Egyptian and several Pakistanis were among those detained overnight, although there was no immediate suggestion they […]

United States’ attempts to drive Iranian oil exports down to zero come against the backdrop of a global market that is sufficiently well supplied to avoid price disruptions, senior US officials said on Thursday. “There’s roughly a million barrels per day (bpd) of Iranian crude (exports) left, and there is plenty of supply in the […]

SEOUL: The Republic of Korea is ready at anytime to facilitate a third Trump-Kim summit and ensure its success, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday. Speaking to senior editors of the Asia News Network on the eve of the network’s 20th anniversary, Moon said that he would do everything to ensure the success of any […]

WASHINGTON: In the first quarter of 2019, US and Afghan forces killed more civilians in Afghanistan than Taliban did, says a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), however, reported that this year’s casualties were the lowest for a first quarter since 2013. Overall, civilian casualties decreased by 23 per […]

Sri Lanka deployed thousands of additional troops countrywide overnight to help police hunt for suspects in the Easter Sunday suicide blasts that killed nearly 360 people, a spokesman said on Thursday. Brigadier Sumith Atapattu said the army increased its deployment by 1,300 to 6,300, with the navy and airforce also deploying 2,000 more personnel. “We are armed […]