SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – The administration of the Indian occupation in Jammu and Kashmir has granted land ownership rights to refugees who had migrated to the region from then West Pakistan. Thousands of refugees migrated to Indian-occupied Kashmir in 1947 as well as after the 1965 India-Pakistan War. The Indian administrative counc...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The interim administration in Afghanistan has announced an end to acknowledging any consular services from several of its missions in Europe. A statement by the Foreign Ministry in Kabul said the Afghan political and consular missions in several EU nations have refused to directly engage with the interim administration. “...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s law minister announced on Tuesday that the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party and its students’ wing would be banned. Anisul Huq told reporters in the capital Dhaka that the government will ban the religio-political party and its students’ wing Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir by using R...
Pakistani musician Usman Riaz has created the country’s inaugural hand-drawn animated feature, “The Glassworker.” What began as a simple sketch a decade ago has transformed into a stunning anti-war film set in a fantastical world. The story revolves around young Vincent and his father Tomas, whose glass workshop faces turmoil as war threatens ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysia has applied for the membership of the BRICS, a group of emerging economies, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday. He made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Anwar received Lavrov at the Seri Perdana, the prime minister’s office, in Putrajaya. Lavrov is on ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – In first remarks on death toll, Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan confirmed on Sunday that at least 147 people were killed during recent violence triggered by student protests over government job quotas. Speaking to reporters in Dhaka, Asaduzzaman Khan said the deceased include students, police, activists, and ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemen’s Houthi group on Sunday announced the resumption of flights between Sanaa and both Egypt and India. The move marks the first direct flights from Sanaa to Cairo and Mumbai since the conflict in Yemen began nearly ten years ago. The new flight schedule includes a daily flight between Sanaa and […]
In the past six months, floods in Kyrgyzstan have resulted in the deaths of 22 people, according to the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations. Over 4,500 houses were damaged with some heavily destroyed by the floods, Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations, Azamat Mambetov said on Thursday. Mambetov noted that the...
Drass, India — AFP Indian soldiers and top brass gathered Friday in the remote Himalayan foothills to commemorate a battle remembered among compatriots for acquiring an edge on arch-rival Pakistan. The 1999 Kargil conflict was the last major battle between the two nuclear-armed foes who have fought numerous wars since their partition int...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh announced that a curfew will continue Friday and Saturday with a nine-hour pause amid an intensified crackdown against those involved in violence during student protests. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan announced at a news conference early Friday after meeting with law enforcement that the curfew, which came ...
