The United States on Thursday said it was concerned about Bangladesh's relocation of 1,642 Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char island and plans to carry out further moves, calling on Bangladesh to accept ... ( read original story ...)
US Voices Concern On Bangladesh Transfer Of Rohingya
The United States on Thursday voiced concern over Bangladesh's transfer of Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island and said that any movement should be voluntary. ( read original story ...)
Russia says it will join drills with NATO member ships off Pakistan
Russia said on Thursday it would take part in drills involving more than 30 countries off the coast of Pakistan, in rare joint exercises with Russian and NATO member ships. The AMAN-2021 ... ( read original story ...)
World Bank approves 300 million loan to help Pakistan
$200 million for Sindh Resilience project and $100 million for the Solid Waste Emergency and Efficiency project approved. ( read original story ...)
Masood glad Pakistan not in a bio-secure bubble in NZ
Pakistan batsman Shan Masood says knowing they had to isolate for only two weeks in New Zealand makes their ongoing cricket tour arrangements far ... ( read original story ...)
Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist leader under arrest in Indonesia, security source says
The leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI), the group behind the devastating Bali bombings, has been arrested in Indonesia along with one of the group's expert bomb makers, a senior ... ( read original story ...)
Brazil, Chile, Indonesia to use Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
The inoculation of a 90-year-old British woman on Tuesday marked the start of the UK’s first mass Covid-19 vaccine campaign, and will likely be followed by widespread vaccination globally in the ... ( read original story ...)
Not without India: World’s pharmacy gears up for vaccine race
India, the world's biggest vaccine maker, is getting set for the massive global blitz to contain the coronavirus pandemic with its pharmaceutical industry and partners freeing up capacity and ... ( read original story ...)
Has Modi finally met his match in India’s farmers?
The government’s hopes of turning India into the world’s workshop for global corporations are being strongly resisted, says author Ravinder Kaur ... ( read original story ...)
England criticised for abandoning tour as India pink-ball Test confirmed
Cricket South Africa has returned to the thorny issue of the abandonment of their three-match series with England this week by declaring there was ‘no reason’ for the tour to be called off ... ( read original story ...)