Iran – The anti-hijab protests that began in Iran on 16 September are continuing unabated. A news bulletin on a government TV channel was hacked by protesters on Saturday night. During this, the face wearing a mask appeared on the screen. After this, the face of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
Read More »Nepal President refuses to approve citizenship bill
Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari has refused to assent to the Citizenship Bill. The bill was re-passed by both the houses of Parliament and sent for the assent of the President. After which the chances of a deepening constitutional crisis in the country have increased. According to the constitution, if ...
Read More »IMF releases over $1 Billion bailout fund Pakistan
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Executive Board of Directors on Monday approved the resumption of Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. With this, the cash-strapped country will get USD 1.17 billion as the 7th and 8th installments. This is big relief news for the neighboring country which is facing the ...
Read More »U.S. announces $3 billion military aid as Ukraine continues 6-month war
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that the US would provide about $3 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine as Ukraine marked the start of an unprovoked invasion of Russia as well as six months after its Independence Day. Although the earlier aid packages focused on meeting Ukraine’s urgent ...
Read More »Hindu sweeper arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan
A Hindu sweeper has been arrested for allegedly committing blasphemy in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city. Earlier, an extremist organization had staged a series of protests against the sweeper and accused him of burning a page of a religious book. According to the report, the extremist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protested in front ...
Read More »FBI seizes top secret documents from Donald Trump’s house
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recovered some top secret government documents from former US President Donald Trump’s residence in the US state of Florida. The US Justice Department said Friday that FBI agents searched Trump’s home in Florida this week, confiscating some confidential documents. These documents were related ...
Read More »US issues global alert after Death of Al Qaeda Chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri
The US State Department has issued a worldwide alert following the death of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. All countries have been asked to exercise caution. The US State Department further said that following the death of al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda supporters, or terrorist organizations affiliated with it, may attempt to attack ...
Read More »Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaida leader, killed in US airstrike
Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, has been killed by the US. At the time of the attack, Zawahiri was hiding in his house in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The house in which Zawahiri was staying belonged to the leader of the Haqqani network and was ...
Read More »Iraqi protesters storm parliament for the second time in a week
Hundreds of demonstrators again stormed the parliament building in Baghdad for the second time on Saturday in protest against the prime minister’s nomination. Most of these protesters were supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Earlier on Wednesday, hundreds of protesters stormed the parliament in Baghdad. According to media reports, protesters entered the Parliament ...
Read More »G7 to increase sanctions on Russia, oil price close to cap
The Group of Seven prosperous democracies will commit on Tuesday (June 28) to a new package of coordinated actions to increase pressure on Russia over its war in Ukraine, and finalize plans for a price cap on Russian oil, a senior US official said on Monday. The announcement came amid ...
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