Riot police firing tear gas face off with Bahraini anti-government protesters, including one throwing a petrol bomb on Wednesday, in Daih, Bahrain, on the edge of the capital of Manama. Also on Wednesday, a prominent rights activist jailed in Bahrain told a judge his detention is a political act aimed at weakening the uprising against [...]
Islamabad: Plan to distribute money among politicians to influence the outcome of the 1990 general election in Pakistan was in full knowledge of the then army chief Gen Mirza Aslam Beg, ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani has informed the country’s Supreme Court. In a concise statement submitted to the apex court, Durrani said Beg was involved [...]
BEIJING: North Korean officials have demanded payment before they will release Chinese fishing boats with a total of 29 men on board, Chinese media reported on Thursday, in a rare public spat between the neighbours and longtime allies. The Chinese owners of the boats said they were seized by a North Korean gunboat on May [...]
Islamabad: Paving the way for ending nearly six-month blockade of NATO supply routes to Afghanistan, the Pakistan government has directed officials to finalise an agreement “as soon as possible” with the US. “All institutions have been asked to complete the negotiations as soon as possible. We will move forward through negotiations on the basis of [...]
WASHINGTON: In what would be a major breakthrough, Pakistan and the United States appeared to be on the verge of clinching an agreement to reopen ground supply lines into Afghanistan, a US official said, as Pakistan confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago. Ties between the United States [...]
MOSCOW: Russian riot police broke up an Occupy-style protest against President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, forcing dozens of people out of a central Moscow park where they had staged a sit-in round-the-clock for a week and detaining at least 15. Dispersal of the makeshift encampment was the latest step in a government crackdown on protests [...]
Male: The Maldives government, under pressure from the Commonwealth, will expand an inquiry panel set up to probe the events around the February 7 transfer of power in the country to include two more members, including one chosen by former President Mohamed Nasheed. The revised composition of National Inquiry Commission would include one representatives chosen [...]
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