NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s major opposition parties on Sunday boycotted the inauguration of a new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rare show of unity against his Hindu nationalist ruling party, which has ruled for nine years and is seeking a third term in next year’s elections.
KABUL, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Afghan acting Prime Minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir has stressed having positive relations based on mutual respect with the world community, a local television channel the Tolonews reported.
"The Islamic Emirate wants positive relations and mutual respect with all nations in the region and around the world in light of Islamic Sharia (Islamic laws)," Tolonews quoted the acting premier as saying.
Kabir, according to the leading private media outlet, made the remarks in a meeting of the establishment's leaders and tribal elders held recently.
ISLAMABAD, May 26 (APP): People in India had fallen victim to the ideology of extremism and this extremist thinking was reflected in an incident in which an Indian origin citizen tried to enter the White House in Washington and carry out an attack.
According to Hindustan Times, the U.S. authorities this week arrested 19-year-old, Indian-origin Sai Varshith Kandula for crashing truck into White House barriers when Joe Biden was inside.
KATHMANDU, May 26 (Reuters) - A renowned U.S. mountain guide has achieved the rare Mount Everest region "triple crown" of climbing the Everest, Lhotse and Nuptse peaks in one season, a hiking firm said on Friday, as the season's death toll on the world's highest mountain hit 12.
Garrett Madison, 44, climbed Lhotse, the world’s fourth tallest peak at 8,516 metres (27,939 feet) on Thursday, a day after he made his 13th ascent of Everest, at 8,849 metre (29,032 feet), said Ishwari Paudel of the Himalayan Guides company, which is helping Madison with logistics.
25 May 2023; MEMO: Calling it "undeclared martial law," Pakistan's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, on Thursday approached the top court against the deployment of armed forces in parts of the country, requesting it to term the move unconstitutional, Anadolu Agency reports.
The army was deployed in the provinces of Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and the capital, Islamabad, over violence after Khan's controversial arrest on 9 May.
ISLAMABAD, May 25 (APP): Pakistan on Thursday said that by holding G-20 meeting in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, India clearly failed in hiding the reality in IIOJK behind a veneer of normalcy.
The Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said that the Indian failure was demonstrated by low-level representation and the absence of a number of important invitees at the Srinagar meeting.
COLOMBO, May 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka, said that, it has launched a loyalty programme, with a host of benefits for foreign employment agencies.
SriLankan Airlines has been the choice airline for many foreign employment agencies, booking passengers to the Middle East, given the airline’s extensive coverage of the region, and the airline now hopes to give back to loyal agencies through the programme, said the airline, in a statement.
Kanpur: The Kanpur Zoological Park has reportedly postponed the plan to set free the crane to its natural habitat for the time being.
The stork still searches for human company. The crane habituated to having cooked food was earlier taking noodles, khichadi, rice and daal. But over some time, the stork has begun taking raw food.
COLOMBO, May 23 (Xinhua) -- The macroeconomic situation in Sri Lanka is showing tentative signs of improvement, with inflation moderating, the exchange rate stabilizing, and the central bank rebuilding reserves buffers, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission said on Tuesday.
In a press release, the IMF mission said that despite the above positive factors, the overall macroeconomic and policy environment remains challenging in the South Asian country.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The head of a major international aid agency said Tuesday that key Taliban officials told him in meetings that they are close to finalizing guidelines that will allow Afghan women to resume working for nongovernmental organizations. But they were unable to give a timeline or details when pressed.
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