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Islamabad: Pakistan's government has decided to crack down against social media users who post content that is deemed defamatory, Geo News reported on Saturday.This decision was taken after Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal was...

Colombo: A leading Sri Lankan newspaper on Saturday warned of more unrest unless there was a radical departure from the present political culture in the country."The youth ... are bound to rebel further to achieve their goal. They are...

New Delhi: India registered 20,044 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry bulletin said on Saturday.According to the bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,37,30,071, while the death toll rose to 5,25,660 as 56 more people succumbed to the...

Moscow: Russia has made proposals on the use of Ukrainian ports for food exports and these exclude arms delivery to Kiev, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Friday."On July 13, four-party consultations were held in...

Colombo: Saying he will remain the Acting President of Sri Lanka until a new President is elected, Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday announced that the head of state will no more be addressed as "His Excellency" and also abolished the...

BANGKOK: A military helicopter carrying a commander of the fourth district of the Thai land forces crashed in Thailand's southern province of Songkhla on Friday, leaving seven people injured, including the general, media reported.The accident took place at...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's hotel industry appears to be on the verge of collapse due to unending political instability, worsening economic crisis, and curfews.The sector has lost the bulk of its business in recent days, and the Hotels Association...

Islamabad: Former prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has termed the decision of the Supreme Court on the ruling of the National Assembly deputy speaker as “heart-wrenching”, Express Tribune reported on Friday.Khan expressed his anguish and said that...

New Delhi: India recorded 20,038 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of active caseload to 1,39,073 as per the Health Ministry data on Friday.The total case since the pandemic in the country stood...

Ottawa: A man who was acquitted in the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people was shot dead outside of Vancouver, Canada New York Post reported.Ripudaman Singh Malik was killed while he was sitting in his car outside...