Any conversation on radical Islamic terrorism leads us to the images of the war-torn Middle East, North Africa (MENA) region or South Asian countries.  However, the imageries might change soon as another part of world might replace the dominance of the said regions. Trends have

Former president of India Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday that he has tested positive for Covid-19. In a tweet, the former president said he has tested positive for Coronavirus and asked those who had come in his contact to isolate themselves and get tested for the Coronavirus.

In a strong attack on Pakistan over cross-border terrorism, India said on Friday that perpetrator of 1993 Mumbai blasts continues to enjoy patronage in a neighbouring country, a hub for arms trafficking and narcotics trade, along with other terrorists and terrorist entities that have been

A report titled Dealing with the Dragon: China as a Transatlantic Challenge by top US and European think tanks has cautioned that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has emerged more assertive, demanding, unyielding, confrontational, and punitive in its international posture. This report

Japan observed the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the southern port city of Nagasaki on Sunday. A minute of silence was held at 11:02 am local time (0202 GMT), the moment that the bomb decimated the city. The attack on Nagasaki occurred just three days after the US

At least 11 people died after a fire broke out in a hotel turned into Covid-19 care centre by a private hospital at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh at around 5:00 am on Sunday.  About 50 Covid-19 patients were being treated at the time of the incident.  Electric short circuit

An Air India Express plane with 190 on board from Dubai overshot Karipur’s table top runway and dropped about 35 feet into a deep gorge on Friday evening left 20 people dead, Officials said. The pilot Captain Deepak Vasant Sathe and the co-pilot among the dead in the accident and

Malaysia's former finance minister Lim Guan Eng was arrested on Thursday in connection with corruption allegations over a $1.5 billion (1.14 billion pounds) undersea tunnel project, state news agency Bernama reported. Lim, a senior opposition leader, will be charged in court on

President Donald Trump said on Thursday it was possible the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine before the Nov. 3 election, a more optimistic forecast on timing than anything suggested by his own White House health experts. Asked on the Geraldo Rivera radio program when a

Protesters clashed with Lebanese security forces at anti-government demonstrations in Beirut on Thursday. Officers deployed tear gas on dozens of people near parliament. Demonstrators were angered by Tuesday's devastating blast, which officials say was caused by 2,750 tonnes of

Calling Pakistan a nerve centre of terrorism, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador TS Tirumurti, has lashed out at Islamabad for harbouring terror groups, saying it is home to the largest number of listed terrorists internationally and designated

Realising that Kashmir is incomplete without Pandits, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah demanded a probe by retired Supreme Court judges into the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley in early 1990s. Replying to questions during a webinar, Abdullah said he

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is likely to appoint Sushil Bhatt as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the "Office of the Investment Board", who has close links with foreign companies including China. There is lot of criticism over the Oli government's decision to

An image of the Peshawar elite police squad posing for a group selfie with Faisal alias Khalid, who last week killed American citizen Tahir Ahmad Naseem inside a courtroom, has been doing the rounds of social media. The photograph has been shared by many, including some journalists and

Condemning Prime Minister Imran Khan for releasing Pakistan’s new political map laying untenable claims to Indian territories, India on Tuesday termed the act as an “exercise in political absurdity.” “We have seen a so-called “political map” of

A number of Beirut port officials are being placed under house arrest pending an investigation into Tuesday's huge explosion, Lebanon's government says. The blast killed at least 135 people and injured more than 4,000 others. A two-week state of emergency has begun.

Merdan Ghappar was used to posing for the camera. As a model for the massive Chinese online retailer Taobao, the 31-year-old was well paid to flaunt his good looks in slick promotional videos for clothing brands. But one video of Ghappar is different. Instead of a glitzy studio or

At least 100 people are dead and more than 4,000 injured in an explosion that rocked Beirut Tuesday, a Lebanese Red Cross official said. George Kettaneh, of the Red Cross, said the numbers may rise. Officials have said the city’s hospitals are overflowing with patients. The

Lebanese President Michel Aoun called for an emergency cabinet meeting on Wednesday and said a two-week state of emergency should be declared following a massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least 78 people and injured 4,000 others. The explosion on Tuesday sent shockwaves across

  Some people in Japan have complained that they have received unsolicited mysterious seed parcels that appear to be coming from China, NHK reports. The development occured at a time when Japan and the rest of the world is battling COVID-19 virus. The virus is believed to