Pakistan extends airspace ban for Indian aircraft till Jan 23
India and Pakistan have closed their airspaces to each other’s airlines since tensions between them escalated in late April in the wake of an attack in occupied Kashmir’s…
South Asia
India summons Bangladesh envoy over Indian mission security
The Indian Foreign Ministry has drawn particular attention to the activities of some "extremist elements" who have announced plans to create a security situation around the Indian…
Afghan health minister reaches New Delhi for official visit
The visit marks the third by an Afghan official in the last three months, after Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Industry Minister Nooruddin Azizi visited…
India charges Pakistan-based militant groups, six men over Kashmir tourist attack
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its offshoot The Resistance Front (TRF) were charged for their alleged role in "planning, facilitating, and executing the Pahalgam…
India rejects Dhaka’s claim that Awami League members based in India are plotting ‘anti-Bangladesh activities’
The MEA said India expected that the interim Government of Bangladesh would take all necessary measures for ensuring internal law and order, including for the purpose of holding…
Pakistan calls on other nations to press Afghanistan on removing terrorist groups
Pakistan’s bilateral relations with Afghanistan have come under strain in recent times as the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan remains the main point of contention between the…
Bangladesh open to joining bloc with Pakistan, sans India: Foreign Adviser
The state-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha news agency quoted Dhaka’s Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain as saying: “It is possible for us (Bangladesh) strategically ……
Pressure mounts on German government over Afghans stranded in Pakistan
The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German government, but have been stuck in Pakistan since conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office…
Pakistan PM Shehbaz hails ‘extremely productive, gratifying’ talks with Indonesian President Prabowo
The premier shared that the two countries had reached an agreement to send Pakistani doctors, dentists, medical professors and experts to Indonesia, which he said was establishing…
Bangladesh’s militant pipeline to Pakistan
Their recruitment marks a dangerous new export for Bangladesh and a perplexing shift in South Asian militancy.