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Taliban 'plot to assassinate' new Pakistan prime minister
Published On: September 2, 2018 11:19 AM NPT By: Agencies
A Taliban terror group has been contacted about plans to assassinate newly-elected Prime Minster Imran Khan, shock claims have emerged.
Japan PM Abe says relations with China back on 'normal track'
Published On: September 2, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, Sept 2: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed confidence in improving ties with China and said the countries’ relationship had returned to a “normal track”, in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.
United States military to cancel over $300 million in aid to Pakistan
Published On: September 2, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS
WASHINGTON DC, Sept 2: The United States military has decided to cancel over $300 million (Rs 2,130 crore) in aid to Pakistan as Islamabad has failed to take action against militant groups, the Pentagon said on Saturday.
Russian airport worker dies, 18 hurt in plane crash
Published On: September 1, 2018 05:53 PM NPT By: Associated Press
MOSCOW, Sept 1: Russia’s transportation minister says a supervisor at Sochi airport has died during an emergency response after a landing plane careered off the end of the runway into a riverbed and caught fire.
Nicaragua expels UN team after critical report
Published On: September 1, 2018 03:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NICARAGUA, Sept 1: The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is expelling a United Nations human rights team two days after the body published a report blaming it for the violent repression of opposition protests.
Facebook's investigation in Myanmar's military-linked accounts finds covert propaganda campaign
Published On: September 1, 2018 01:00 PM NPT By: Agencies
Facebook says it has identified a covert Myanmar military propaganda campaign hosted on its platform, the first evidence that the country’s armed forces were behind social media posts targeting the country’s ethnic Rohingya Muslim minority.
‘No factual basis’: China disputes UN report on Uighur discrimination
Published On: September 1, 2018 12:00 PM NPT By: AFP/RSS
CHINA, Sept 1: China on Friday took issue with a UN report that called on Beijing to release ethnic Uighurs detained “under the pretext” of counterterrorism, saying its findings had “no factual basis”.
BJP charges Rahul Gandhi's Kailash Mansarovar Yatra as ‘Chinese Gandhi'
Published On: September 1, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: Agencies
As Rahul Gandhi embarks on 12-day Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, the BJP has accused him of “fraternising” with the Dragon. Hitting back, the Congress says the ruling party is politicising Gandhi’s faith.
U.S. halts funding to U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees
Published On: September 1, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON/RAMALLAH, Sep 1: The United States on Friday halted all funding to a U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees in a decision further heightening tensions between the Palestinian leadership and the Trump administration.
'Most popular politician on earth' barred from running for president
Published On: September 1, 2018 09:30 AM NPT By: Agencies
BRAZIL, Sept 1: Brazil’s jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in the country’s election, will be struck from the ballot, an electoral court has ruled, reshaping Brazil’s election one month before voters cast their ballots.
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