At least two dozen people, including several Muslim clerics, were detained Thursday after a mob attacked and set fire to a Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan, police said. Around 1,500 Muslims on ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan strongly condemns attack on Aden airport
Attack an attempt to undermine efforts by Saudi Arabia to restore peace and security in Yemen, says Pakistan's Foreign Office ... ( read original story ...)
Angry mob demolishes Hindu temple in Pakistan, several arrested
An angry mob demolished a Hindu temple in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on December 30. Videos of the incident was widely circulated on social media. The video shows dozens of ... ( read original story ...)
26 arrested for vandalising Hindu temple in northwest Pakistan
Islam party, Rehmat Salam Khattak, is among the 26 arrested in raids following the attack on the temple in Terri village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Karak district on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia receives 1.8 million more doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine
Indonesia received its second batch of coronavirus vaccines from Sinovac on Thursday, the country's foreign and health ministers said, as the world's fourth most populous country prepares a mass ... ( read original story ...)
Cricket-India’s Yadav to miss last two tests with calf injury – reports
India quick Umesh Yadav will miss the last two tests against Australia with a calf injury, the ESPNcricinfo website reported on Thursday. Yadav bowled only 3.3 overs in Australia's second innings in ... ( read original story ...)
China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine as COVID surges globally
BEIJING (AP) — China has approved its first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine for general use, health regulators said Thursday, marking the addition of another vaccine in the global fight against a ... ( read original story ...)
DOJ National Security Boss Is Moving On — But Cyber, China Threats Aren’t
John Demers looks back on his latest stretch in the Justice Department in an exclusive interview with NPR. Cyber threats from Russia and China will remain a big problem, he warns. ( read original story ...)
Covid: What do we know about China’s coronavirus vaccines?
But what do we know about China's vaccines and how do they compare to those being developed elsewhere? The Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac is behind the CoronaVac, an inactivated ... ( read original story ...)
On Armenia’s demographic situation
PM Nikol Pashinyan and his predecessor Serzh Sargsyan made very firm and ambitious statements on the issue of demographic growth in Armenia, referring to what the latter described as an [...] ... ( read original story ...)