Death toll from attack at police HQ in Pakistan rises to 31
AFP, Kohat
20 September 2026 South Asia
Suicide attack at police facility kills 16 in Pakistan
Reuters, Islamabad
19 September 2026 South Asia
Pakistan vows to defend ally Saudi Arabia ‘to any extent’
AFP, Islamabad
19 September 2026 South Asia
India, Pakistan summon diplomats after naval collision
Reuters, New Delhi
17 September 2026 South Asia
Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 billion: Foreign ministry
AFP, Kathmandu, Nepal
11 September 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal flood losses estimated at $2.56 billion
Reuters, Kathmandu
4 September 2026 Natural Disaster
Nepal’s deadly floods halt electricity exports to Bangladesh
The Kathmandu Post/ANN
3 September 2026 South Asia

No deal as IMF leaves crisis-hit Pakistan

An IMF team left Pakistan yesterday after crisis talks with the government failed to deliver a deal on financial aid that would help the South Asian country avert economic collapse.
10 February 2023

Pakistan PM orders Wikipedia website unblocked

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered the immediate restoration of popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia that was banned by the telecom regulator last week for not "blocking/removing sacrilegious content".
7 February 2023

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making “little progress” to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed yesterday.
6 February 2023

Ex-Pakistan president Musharraf dies in Dubai

Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf died yesterday following a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, after years in self-imposed exile.
5 February 2023

A look back at Musharraf, Pakistan's military strongman

Pakistan's former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday after a protracted battle with a rare health condition called amyloidosis. He was 79.
5 February 2023

Former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf dies at 79

Former president of Pakistan General (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed away in a Dubai hospital at the age of 79, reports Pakistan’s Geo News.
5 February 2023

Sri Lanka thanks Bangladesh for timely economic assistance

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has conveyed Sri Lanka's gratitude to the Bangladesh government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for the timely assistance as the country battles to rebuild its economy.
4 February 2023

Sri Lanka completing pre-requisites for IMF aid: president

Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and expects rapid approval from the global lender, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday..“We are successfully completing the difficult stage required to get sup
4 February 2023

Pakistan blocks Wikipedia over 'blasphemous content'

Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on Saturday after authorities censored the website for hosting "blasphemous content" in the latest blow to digital rights in the deeply conservative nation.
4 February 2023

Pakistan ‘to agree’ to tough IMF conditions: PM

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said yesterday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are “beyond imagination”, as it battles a spiralling economic crisis.
3 February 2023

Junta imposes tough new measures

Myanmar’s junta has introduced tough new measures in resistance strongholds under which people accused of treason and “spreading false news” will be tried by a military court, state media said yesterday.
3 February 2023

No choice but to agree to tough IMF conditions: Pakistan PM

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation, which is visiting the country for discussions on the ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, was giving a "very tough time" to Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and his team.
3 February 2023

Senior ally of ousted PM Imran Khan arrested in Pakistan

Pakistan’s former interior minister and ally of ousted leader Iman Khan was arrested yesterday, a few hours after another senior opposition figure was released from custody.
2 February 2023

Pakistan mosque blast: Bomber ‘was in police uniform’

The suicide bomber who killed more than 80 police officers at a mosque inside a sensitive compound earlier this week entered wearing a uniform and helmet, a provincial police chief said yesterday.
2 February 2023

Adani's adversity raises the stakes for India and investors

As Indian tycoon Gautam Adani's woes deepen and force him to drop a share sale, foreign investors and Indian regulators are abandoning any pretence that the conglomerate's troubles are contained and domestic markets will be spared contagion.
2 February 2023

Fraud claims: Adani empire loses more than $100b

The crisis around Indian tycoon Gautam Adani deepened today with the total loss of value to his indebted empire topping $100 billion after it abruptly cancelled a stock sale.
2 February 2023

Pakistan mosque suicide bomber ‘was in police uniform’

Police chief of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said today that the police was "closing in" on the terror network behind the suicide attack on a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines area, revealing that the "bomber was clad in a police uniform".
2 February 2023

Adani loses Asia's richest crown as stock rout deepens to $86b

Shares in Indian tycoon Gautam Adani's conglomerate plunged again on Wednesday as a rout in his companies deepened to $86 billion in the wake of a U.S. short-seller report, with the billionaire also losing his title as Asia's richest person.
1 February 2023

Pakistan inflation rises to 48-year high

Inflation has risen to a 48-year high in crisis-hit Pakistan, where the International Monetary Fund is visiting for urgent talks, according to data released on Wednesday by the country's statistics bureau.
1 February 2023

Pakistan Mosque Blast: Death toll hits 100

Distraught relatives yesterday thronged hospitals in Pakistan’s Peshawar to look for their kin a day after a suicide bombing ripped through a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified area of the city, killing 100 people, mostly policemen.
31 January 2023