Around 70 health workers in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency area refused to take part in a polio vaccination campaign Saturday citing security concerns, a media report said. “We feel threatened and everyone is frightened after the killing of our colleagues last month,” Dawn newspaper quoted Haji Sadeeq, a spokesman for the workers, as saying. The workers […]
Kenyan military jet fighters attacked an Al Shabab militant camp killing over 30 militants, including several of its key commanders, a Kenyan defence spokesman said. Kenya Defence Forces spokesman Cyrus Oguna said the attack took place at Garbarahey in the Gedo region of Somalia late Thursday and saw scores of the insurgents escape with multiple […]
Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s condition is worsening and his family is by his side, CNN reported Thursday. “In the last few hours there has been a deterioration in Ariel Sharon’s medical condition,” said Michael Schwartz, a spokesperson for the Sheba Medical Center, where the comatose former Israeli prime minister is being treated, in […]
Nigeria’s troops in northeast state of Borno said Thursday that 38 Boko Haram suspects were killed after it successfully repelled an attack on Damboa community in by suspected Boko Haram fighters. Spokesperson for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army Muhammad Dole announced the development in a statement in Maiduguri, the restive state capital city, […]
A special court in Pakistan Thursday heard the high treason case against former president Pervez Musharraf for abrogation of the constitution and ordered him to appear Jan 16 after reviewing his medical report. The court said Musharraf’s medical report did not mention that he had a heart attack. It also did not say that he […]
Bangladesh authorities should immediately end arbitrary arrests of opposition party members and others, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Arrests have continued even after the ruling Awami League party and its allies won the largely uncontested elections held Jan 5, it said. The US, the European Union and others refused to send observers to Bangladesh’s divisive […]
At least 15 people were killed and 26 injured when two passenger vans collided and plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s Punjab province Wednesday evening, officials said. The two ill-fated buses collided in Salgiran area, near Muree,a resort, before plunging into the ravine, Geo News quoted police as saying. Rescue workers recovered 15 bodies from […]
Exploitation of Indian workers in the Gulf countries has come down significantly on the back of a series of steps being taken and social security agreements being signed by the governments, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said Wednesday. “The first priority of the ministry has been to protect the interests of Indian workers in […]
Saudi Foreign Minister Saud Al Faisal categorically denied that he was visiting Pakistan to broker a deal for former president Pervez Musharraf. The Saudi minister visited Pakistan amid speculations that he may also discuss a possible exile deal for Musharraf who is facing high treason trial, Xinhua reported Tuesday. Saudi Arabia brokered an exile deal […]
After the Hurriyat’s 2002 split into the “hardliners” and “moderates” factions led by Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq respectively, the section led by the Mirwaiz Monday appeared headed for another split. Facing flak from the faction led by hardline separatist leader Geelani who Monday accused its former chairman, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat of […]