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Lightning and hailstorms kill 24 in western India

By AA Online Desk

"At least 24 people have been killed by lightning and intense rain

JSP’s party reconstitution campaign to continue

By AA Online

The Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Nepal has said it would continue the three-month

Sticker Visas Now Mandatory for Travel to Indonesia from Nepal

By AA Online Desk

The Embassy of Indonesia in Dhaka, overseeing Nepal affairs, has announced the implementation

Gilgit-Baltistan Demands Basic Rights

By AA Online Desk

Since Pakistan’s unlawful occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan, the residents of the region have encountered

After 17 days trapped in tunnel, India workers say hope kept them alive

By Asian Age Online

After 17 days trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel they were building, Indian

Campaigning starts for three-way race to be Indonesia’s next president

By AA Online Desk

Campaigning for Indonesia’s presidential election kicked off officially on Nov 28, with two

Philippine government, rebels agree to peace negotiations

By AA Online Desk

The Philippine government and the country's communist rebels have agreed to restart peace negotiations

Secrecy Surrounds China’s Kathmandu-Kerung Railway Study Amidst Speculation

By AA Online

China is facing accusations of maintaining secrecy regarding the ongoing study of the

India rescuers make painstaking progress towards 41 trapped in tunnel

By Asian Age Online

Indian rescue teams crept forward Tuesday in a painstaking

Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India halted after machine breaks

By AA Online Desk

Attempts to reach 41 construction workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in northern

India bid to free 41 trapped workers enters third week

By Asian Age Online

India's military brought in specialised equipment Sunday as efforts

India downs 13 drones carrying drugs from Pakistan

By AA Online

"Two villages have been put on “high alert” due to an increased number

Pakistani Crackdown on Iran Border Trade Sparks Protests in Southern Balochistan

By AA International Desk

In the past few months, protests have repeatedly erupted in the Pakistani port town of Gwadar against restrictions on

Pakistan: Human Rights group demands legislation to protect minorities from religious persecution at workplace

By AA International Desk

Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) has demanded justice for Mehwish Iram and Irfan Tariq Masih, who belonged to the

Swarm of Chinese militia ships seen off Sabina Shoal, says US think tank

By AA Online

As many as 14 Chinese militia ships entered Sabina Shoal at the weekend after months of waning presence, a US

Pakistan needs to work on its FATF obligations!

By AA Online

In 2018, Pakistan was put on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, more

KP police face security challenges in southern districts: IGP

By AA Online

Inspector General of Police, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Akhtar Hayat, has said the KP Police face security challenges in the southern

Cinnamon exported as firewood to China for seven decades

By AA Online Desk

Cash strapped Sri Lanka has deprived itself of valuable foreign currency by exporting genuine Sri Lankan cinnamon to China

China, Other Hostile Regimes Forming Menacing Authoritarian Alliance Against Democracies, Experts Warn

By AA Online

International security experts have sounded the alarm on the formation of a menacing alliance, termed “CRINKs,” comprising China, Russia,

Punjabi-Irish Octogenarian Aims for Guinness Record with “Double Earth Walk”

By AA International Desk

In a remarkable feat of endurance and determination, 73-year-old Vinod Bajaj, originally hailing from Punjab, India, but a resident

India's second tranche of humanitarian aid for Palestine arrives in Egypt

By AA International Desk

 The second tranche of humanitarian aid for the people of Palestine has arrived in Egypt.The aid material has

Arunachal Literature Fest | Tibetan writer trains GenNext

By AA Online Desk

While Tibet support groups across the world have been advocating that China should

Bannu sanitation workers go on strike over nonpayment of salary

By AA Online Desk

The employees of Water and Sanitation Services Company in Pakistan's Bannu region again

Attack on Pakistani forces in Balochistan’s Gwadar

By AA Online

A vehicle belonging to Pakistani forces was reportedly targeted in an explosion by

‘Baloch people seem to have been denied the status of being human’: Mama Qadeer Baloch, VBMP protest

By AA Online

A demonstration camp against enforced disappearances, organized by the Voice for Baloch Missing

Save the Children issues warning on disease outbreaks among children returning from Pakistan

By AA Online Desk

Save the Children, a humanitarian organisation for children, has sounded the alarm, reporting a surge in diseases like acute

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