Islamabad: Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad of Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the government departments in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province were overstaffed and now loans were being obtained by the government to pay the employees' salaries. As head of a

Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington. They discussed about the issues like covid-19 relief and Indo-Pecific cooperation in Quad. Quad is a security alliance between India, the US, Japan and Australia. Jaishankar met

Israeli opposition parties have reached an agreement to form a new government that would end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year tenure as prime minister. Yair Lapid, leader of the centrist Yesh Atid party, announced an eight-faction coalition had been formed. Under a rotation

The US military has admitted responsibility for unintentionally killing 23 civilians in foreign war zones in 2020, far below figures compiled by non-governmental agencies. But it also acknowledged more civilian deaths from previous years. The tally included civilian fatalities in

A chemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka amid fears of a major environmental disaster. The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl has been on fire for almost two weeks. Some hundreds of tonnes of engine oil could leak into the sea if the ship sinks, with

US President Joe Biden's administration will suspend oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge pending an environmental review. The move reverses former President Donald Trump's decision to sell oil leases in the refuge to expand fossil fuel and mineral

Washington [US]: As the oppression of Tibetans by the Chinese government continues, the outgoing Tibetan President-in-exile Lobsang Sangay has warned that China wants to transform Tibet into a Chinese province. In an interview with Fox News, Sangay said: "They want to make Tibet

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said Pakistan could not improve its trade with India at the cost of the blood of the Kashmiris spilt by India, stressing that any normalisation with New Delhi under the current circumstances would be a major "betrayal" to the people of the

Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India]: In an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 infection across the country, a mass vaccination drive was organised in the Manjakote area of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir. Several people from far-flung places in the region were seen gathered at the

China's decision to allow couples to have up to three children continued to dominate discussion online as people debated if it had come too late. The announcement came as census data showed a steep decline in birth rates. Many - mostly millennials - wondered how the announcement

The government of Pakistan severs ties with Hamdullah Mohib, the National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan over his recent remarks against Pakistan. A senior Pakistani official privy to the matter told VOA on condition of anonymity his government would not hold

Except for Twitter, other major global social media outfits including Google, Facebook and WhatsApp have agreed to appoint statutory officers in line with the new guidelines issued by the Indian government. The three major ones along with LinkedIn and Telegram shared details of their

Officials in the southern China city of Guangzhou have enacted a targeted shutdown in an effort to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak. Five streets in the Liwan district have been hit with stay-at-home orders, with only one person in each household allowed to leave for necessities each

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a proposed unity government aimed at replacing him would be a danger to the country's security. He urged fellow right-wingers not to back a deal after ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett said he would form a coalition with a centrist

China has announced that it will allow each couple to have up to three children, marking the end of a strict two-child policy. According to state media outlet Xinhua, the change was approved by President Xi Jinping in a politburo meeting. It comes after a once-in-a-decade census

Beijing is amassing new weapons systems in its border with India complicating efforts towards a peaceful solution to the border standoff. Citing Global Times, Asia Times reported that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced the deployment of new self-propelled

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, it has been reported. The wedding was held in front of close friends and family on Saturday, according to several newspapers. Downing Street has declined to comment.

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union home ministry

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inaugurated a mosque in Taksim Square, Istanbul - the plans for which sparked a wave of protests in 2013. Thousands attended the ceremony, with some praying in the square itself because the mosque was full. The mosque features prominently

A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978. The discovery was