Beijing: China has welcomed Pakistan’s decision to lift the ban on the Chinese video-sharing and lip-synching app TikTok and lauded the statement of Pakistan’s Security Advisor Moeed Yousaf regarding Xinjiang. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian during a regular press briefing said that the government always asked overseas Chinese enterprises toRead More →
Jalalabad: At least 15 people including 11 women died in a stampede among thousands of Afghans gathered outside Pakistan’s consulate in eastern Jalalabad city. Officials in the eastern city of Jalalabad said that a jostling broke out between people who were present outside Pakistan’s consulate to apply for visas. TwoRead More →
Berlin: A Lebanese Muslim man has been denied German citizenship after a court ruled that his refusal to handshake with opposite gender reflected fundamentalist views which were not in line with his integration into German society. The 39-year-old Lebanese national had been living in Germany since 2002. He had completedRead More →
Bangkok: The authorities in Thailand reportedly ordered internet providers to block the Telegram messaging app due to its use by anti-government protesters with a separate probe against 4 news channels that were covering mass protests. Local media on Monday reported the government’s plan to block Telegram following a ‘very confidential’Read More →
Islamabad: After the assurance regarding the removal of objectionable content from Chinese video-sharing and lip-syncing app TikTok’s management, Pakistan has reversed its decision of ban. The country’s telecommunication regulator Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said in a statement that it was lifting the ban, announced 10 days ago, after the managementRead More →
Islamabad: Former US treasury secretary and economist Lawrence H. Summers Sunday praised Pakistan’s strategy of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, saying that America could have saved USD 10 trillion had it handled the pandemic as well as Pakistan. Summers said this while speaking to CNN’s show Fareed Zakria GPS. FareedRead More →
Wellington: After successfully dealing with the country’s Covid-19 outbreak which has helped New Zealand to avoid the catastrophic outbreaks seen elsewhere, Jacinda Ardern has won a second term as New Zealand’s Prime Minister. The preliminary results reflect that Ardern’s centre-left Labour Party won 49% of the vote. This is theRead More →
Baku: Armenia and Azerbaijan once again agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire after missile strikes from Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday morning flattened homes in Azerbaijan’s Ganja city killing more than 12 and injuring more than 40 people in their sleep. A second missile targeted another part of Ganja and a third oneRead More →
Islamabad: The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) once again approached the Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan to express its concern over no consultation process with it and its input in revised rules for regulating social media. The AIC also questioned transparency in the consultation process for revising the rules andRead More →
Baku: Just a day after the humanitarian ceasefire brokered by Russia between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the former bombed a residential area of latter’s second-largest city Ganja which flattened a whole neighbourhood. The latest attack reportedly killed at least 9 people along with scores of injured residents while many remain buriedRead More →
New Delhi: Afghanistan chief peace envoy Abdullah Abdullah lauded India’s civil and military support for peaceful settlement of the Afghan peace process and expressed hopes for further deepening the Kabul’s interactions with New Delhi. Abdullah, chief of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, during an interview with The Associated PressRead More →
Moscow: After nearly two weeks of stern clashes, the tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan is being de-escalated as both the countries on Saturday agreed to a ceasefire to begin talks over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Read Also: Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Armenia declares martial law The brutal clashes and use ofRead More →