In a humanitarian gesture, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday assured a Pakistani woman who is suffering from cancer of granting a visa for her treatment in India. Ms. Swaraj conveyed the decision of granting the medical visa to Pakistani woman Faiza Tanveer on Twitter. “Thanks for your greetings on India’s Independence day. We are giving you the visa […]
» Read moreSeveral senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan — including a provincial leader — have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said on Sunday. General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said Thursday’s strike killed Abdul Rahman, who he claimed was a provincial leader in IS’s Afghanistan branch, known as IS—Khorasan Province (IS—K). Rahman’s […]
» Read morePakistan’s ruling party may field ousted premier Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom or his daughter Maryam from the seat that fell vacant after he was disqualified from holding office, a senior party leader said on Tuesday. Mr. Sharif stepped down on July 28 after the Supreme Court disqualified him for not disclosing his assets. After the verdict, Mr. Sharif ceased to […]
» Read moreAn earthquake measuring 6.5 in magnitude struck China’s remote and mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck in a sparsely populated area 200 km (120 miles) west-northwest of the city of Guangyuan at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), the USGS said. It had earlier put the quake at magnitude 6.6 […]
» Read moreBangladesh will soon open a new diplomatic station in Chennai. Official sources from Bangladesh said on Monday that the new post was likely to focus on medical tourism and educational centres that drew thousands of Bangladesh citizens to India every year. “The main focus of the new diplomatic station in Chennai will be to address the needs of Bangladeshi citizens […]
» Read moreFour people standing trial in a Moscow court were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight that broke out in the court building, a lawyer for the defendants said. The lawyer, Diana Tatosova, told Reuters by telephone that she was told by the chief investigator in the case that of the 11 defendants in the court, four had been killed. TASS […]
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