Another door slammed shut on controversial preacher Zakir Naik as Melaka recently became the seventh Malaysian state to ban his religious speeches. Malaysian media reported that Melaka's Chief Minister Adly Zahari ordered the ban and stated that he did not wish for any development that could pote

Washington: Afghanistan has come down heavily on Pakistan for trying to link the Kashmir issue with the Afghan peace process, calling it a ‘poor excuse’. Rejecting Islamabad’s claim that the Kashmir issue could likely have an impact on the ongoing Afghan-Taliban peace process, Kabul said it was a "r

Kabul: At least 63 people were killed and 182 wounded in an explosion targeting a wedding in the Afghan capital, authorities said Sunday. "Among the wounded are women and children," interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said, hours after a massive blast tore through a wedding hall in Kabul la

Thousands of teachers join anti-government protests in Hong Kong The unrest began in June in opposition to a now-suspended extradition bill, and have since grown to include broader demands. Thousands of school teachers joined an 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong on Saturday

The rare closed-door consultations on Kashmir by the Security Council ended without any outcome or statement from the powerful 15-nation UN organ, dealing a huge snub to Pakistan and its all-weather ally China to internationalise the issue, which an overwhelming majority stressed is a bilateral matt

Pakistani police said on Saturday that a second mosque’s prayer leader had been killed in as many days near the southwestern city of Quetta. Mohammad Azam was shot dead in front of a grocery store, according to Shafqat Mahmood, a police officer in Kuchlak, where the attacks occurred. On Friday, a

South Korea’s military said North Korea fired more projectiles into the sea Friday to extend a recent streak of weapons tests believed to be aimed at pressuring Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear diplomacy. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said projectiles were twice launched from an area

Myanmar and Bangladesh are to make a fresh attempt to begin repatriating the Rohingya Muslims who fled ethnic cleansing in Rahkine state in 2017, though the community say they have not been consulted. More than 700,000 Rohingya fled over to border to Bangladesh after a military-led crackdown in R

China has formally asked for “closed consultations” in the U.N. Security Council to discuss India revoking the special status to Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistan wrote a letter on the issue to Poland, the Council President for the month of August, a top diplomat said. The UN diplomat told PTI tha

In an unprecedented move, a US Congressman has apologised to Indian Americans for not consulting them before writing a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to express his concerns on human rights situation in Kashmir after India scrapped the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Congressman To

It was an embarrassing situation for Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, at an event in New York when she was questioned and heckled by a man, who claimed to be a Pakistani national. During Lodhi’s interaction with medispersons on the sidelines of the event,

Afghanistan’s president on Sunday rejected foreign interference as the United States and the Taliban appear to be closing in on a peace deal without the Afghan government at the table. President Ashraf Ghani spoke during the Muslim holiday Eid-al-Adha and as U.S. and Taliban negotiators continue

Islamabad: Pakistan has formally suspended its trade relations with India, in retaliation against New Delhi's decision to revoke Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, the media reported on Saturday. On Friday, the federal cabinet headed by Prime Minister Imran Khan endorsed t

The wealthy US financier Jeffrey Epstein, indicted on charges he trafficked underage girls for sex, committed suicide in prison, US news media reported Saturday. Epstein, who had hobnobbed with politicians and celebrities over the years and was already a convicted sex offender, hanged himself in

China's weather bureau issued a red alert early on Friday as super typhoon Lekima approached Zhejiang province on the eastern coast. The National Meteorological Center said the typhoon, the strongest since 2014, was expected to hit the mainland in the early hours of Saturday and then turn north.

UN Security Council (UNSC) President Joanna Wronecka on Thursday refused to comment on Pakistan’s letter to the world body regarding abrogation of Article 370 by India that granted a special status to Jammu and Kashmir. “No comments,” Wronecka said when asked for a reaction at a press briefing in

Nine people were killed in a mass shooting early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, police said, adding that the assailant was shot dead by responding officers. The incident occurred shortly after 1:00 am in the popular bar and nightlife Oregon district of the city, Police Lieutenant Colonel Matt Carper sai

Islamabad has ‘shut down’ the Samjhauta Express train service between India and Pakistan, its railway minister Sheikh Rasheed announced on Thursday. Indian officials, however, say no formal notification to this effect was issued by Islamabad. Indian Railway said that the train was stopped at Waga