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Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pakistan PM Khan desires peace with arch-rival India

10:55 pm March 30, 2021

Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday replied to a letter written by his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, and said Islamabad desires peaceful relations with New Delhi, an official source told a news agency. Modi had written to Khan on the occasion of Pakistan’s Republic Day on March 23, also calling for peaceful relations […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Sri Lanka’s Catholic church demands justice for Easter Sunday victims

11:41 pm March 29, 2021

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Catholic church on Monday reiterated its demand for justice in the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bombings that killed 258 people, including 11 Indians. Nine suicide bombers, belonging to local Islamist extremist group National Thawheed Jamaat (NTJ) linked to ISIS, carried out a series of blasts that tore through three churches and as many luxury hotels in Sri […]

Bangladesh deploys border guards after deadly anti-Modi protests

2:45 pm March 27, 2021

Dhaka: Bangladesh has deployed border guards after deadly protests against a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi rocked the country. The violent protests, which began on Friday at the main mosque in the capital, Dhaka, spread to several key districts in the country, leaving five people dead and scores injured. A spokesman for the […]

India tells overseas vaccine buyers it has to prioritise local needs

11:07 pm March 26, 2021

New Delhi: India, the world’s biggest vaccine maker, said on Friday it would make domestic COVID-19 inoculations a priority as infections surge and had told international buyers of its decision. Reports that India will delay deliveries of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to a global programme to inoculate poorer countries triggered alarm on Thursday, with the head […]

Philippine defense chief asks Chinese flotilla to leave reef

7:11 pm March 21, 2021

Manila: The Philippine defense chief on Sunday demanded more than 200 Chinese vessels he said were manned by militias leave a South China Sea reef claimed by Manila, saying their presence was a “provocative action of militarising the area.” “We call on the Chinese to stop this incursion and immediately recall these boats violating our maritime rights and encroaching into our sovereign territory,” Lorenzana said in […]