Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Pak summons Indian diplomat over ceasefi | Islamabad, Aug 16 (TIWN) Pakistan on Friday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gaurav Ahluwalia and condemned the unprovoked ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the LoC that led to killing of two civilians. | 16-Aug-2019 |
| PM inspired stimulus package may come as | New Delhi, Aug 16 (TIWN) After revoking Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir in a seamless manner and the security dragnet in the erstwhile state not resulting in a single bullet being fired, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has begun to focus on the beleaguered economy haemorrhaging in an ugly manner. | 16-Aug-2019 |
| Myanmar ready for repatriation of over 3 | Yangon, Aug 16 (IANS) Myanmar said on Friday it was prepared for Bangladesh to repatriate more than 3,600 Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Rakhine state two years ago after a military-led crackdown against the Muslim minority. | 16-Aug-2019 |
| UNSC to hold 'closed door' meeting on Ka | United Nations, Aug 15 (TIWN) The UN Security Council will on Friday hold a "closed door" meeting to discuss India's move to revoke Article 370 of its Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said on Thursday. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| J&K Governor unfurls tricolour in Srinag | Srinagar, Aug 15 (TIWN) Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday hoisted the tricolour at the Sher-e-Kashmir stadium in Srinagar, the first Independence Day celebrations here following the revocation of special status and splitting the state in two. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| India stands strongly against terrorism: | New Delhi, Aug 15 (TIWN) Targeting Pakistan without naming it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said India stands strongly against terrorism, and is presenting before the world the "true colours" of those who shelter and finance terrorism. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| Hong Kong court bans protests from airpo | Hong Kong, Aug 15 (TIWN) A Hong Kong court on Wednesday ordered demonstrators to cease their protests at the city's airport and stop obstructing its functioning, forcing them to leave the premises except for specially-designated areas, airport officials said. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| Venezuelan military joins signature driv | Caracas, Aug 15 (TIWN) Venezuela's Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez led the signature drive among members of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces (FANB) to protest US economic sanctions. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| Pakistan rains death toll reaches 27 | Karachi, Aug 15 (TIWN) Over two dozen people lost their lives and 46 others suffered injuries in rain-related incidents in Pakistan's Sindh as the monsoon showers that began on Saturday morning wreaked havoc on several areas. | 15-Aug-2019 |
| UNSC chief Poland backs bilateral resolu | United Nations, Aug 14 (TIWN) While stressing direct dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad, Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, whose country is the President of the UN Security Council, said on Tuesday that his ambassador will likely hold consultations on a request from Pakistan to take up the Kashmir issue. | 14-Aug-2019 |
| 100 migrants rescued off western Libyan | Tripoli, Aug 14 (TIWN) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that some 100 migrants have been rescued off western Libyan coast. | 14-Aug-2019 |
| US mayor proposes mandatory gun insuranc | San Francisco, Aug 13 (TIWN) Mayor Sam Liccardo of the US city of San Jose in Silicon Valley proposed that it should be made mandatory for the gun owners to buy liability insurance or pay a fee to cover gun violence-related costs to curb gun-related crimes, U.S. media reported. | 12-Aug-2019 |
| Be honest, Kashmir was never yours, Isla | New Delhi, Aug 13 (TIWN) Kashmir was never a part of Pakistan, or will be a part of it, a controversial Islamic scholar has told Pakistan, asking it to face the situation with "honesty". | 12-Aug-2019 |
| God will deal with Modi for Kashmir move | Multan, Aug 13 (TIWN) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said the god will punish Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his decision to abrogate special status to J&K on August 5. | 13-Aug-2019 |
| Thailand's longest wooden bridge 'on bri | Bangkok, Aug 13 (IANS) The Thai Army was on a vigil on Monday over fears that the country's longest wooden Mon (Uttamanusorn) Bridge could collapse as rains continue to batter the country's Kanchanaburi province. | 13-Aug-2019 |
| NZ buys back 10,000 firearms after Chris | Wellington, Aug 13 (TIWN) More than 10,000 firearms have been bought by New Zealand's government as part of its gun buyback scheme following the Christchurch mosque shootings in March that killed 51 people. | 13-Aug-2019 |
| Hong Kong airport cancels flights over p | Hong Kong, Aug 12 (TIWN) Authorities at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), one of the world's busiest, cancelled all flights out of the city on Monday after thousands of anti-government protesters occupied the airport terminal building, following another weekend of clashes with the police. | 12-Aug-2019 |
| 'US seeks lasting, honourable peace deal | Kabul, Aug 12 (TIWN) US special envoy on Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has said that Washington sought a "last and honourable" peace agreement in the country, hoping that his was the last Eid while the nation was at war, the media reported on Monday. | 12-Aug-2019 |
| 12 killed, power outages as rains batter | Karachi, Aug 11 (TIWN) At least 12 people were killed after heavy rains lashed out various areas of Karachi in Pakistan for a second consecutive day on Sunday. | 11-Aug-2019 |
| Toll in Myanmar landslide reaches 51 | Yangon, Aug 11 (TIWN) The death toll from a monsoon landslide rose to 51 in Myanmar's Mon state, said latest figures released by Myanmar Fire Services Department on Sunday. | 11-Aug-2019 |
| China typhoon toll reaches 30 | Beijing, Aug 11 (TIWN) The death toll due to typhoon Lekima that made landfall in China's Zhejiang province has increased to 30, while 18 others were reported missing, authorities said on Sunday. | 11-Aug-2019 |
| Pak channels barred from airing special | Islamabad, Aug 11 (TIWN) The Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority has asked media outlets not to air "pre-recorded or live special programmes on Eid-ul-Azha because it "may hurt sentiments of not only our nation but also the Kashmiri brethren", the media reported. | 11-Aug-2019 |
| Toll in Myanmar landslide reaches 48 | Yangon, Aug 11 (TIWN) The death toll due to a landslide that buried several houses in a Myanmar town has increased to 48, with emergency teams on Sunday still struggling to locate potential survivors amid the rubble. | 11-Aug-2019 |
| BSF, BGB exchanged love, brotherhood ahe | AGARTALA, Aug 10 (TIWN): To mark Eid al-Adha BSF and BGB, the border securities of India and Bangladesh have exchanged love, hugs, sweets. | 10-Aug-2019 |
| Shehbaz accuses Imran of 'selling Kashmi | Islamabad, Aug 10 (TIWN) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of "selling the future of Kashmir". | 10-Aug-2019 |
| Time for Pakistan to accept reality of K | New Delhi, Aug 10 (TIWN) India on Friday said it is time for Pakistan to accept the reality of change in status of Jammu and Kashmir and stop interfering in what is entirely an internal matter of India, even as it urged Islamabad to review its unilateral decision to snap ties. | 10-Aug-2019 |
| Pakistan Army 'warns India against any m | Islamabad, Aug 10 (TIWN) The Pakistan Army on Friday said that if there is an attempt by India to undertake any "misadventure", then its response will be "even stronger than that of February 27", as tensions escalate between the two neighbours following New Delhi's revocation of special status for Jammu and Kashmir. | 10-Aug-2019 |
| Maryam Nawaz arrested in graft probe | Lahore, Aug 10 (TIWN) Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz was detained by Pakistan's anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday. | 10-Aug-2019 |
| US supports 'direct dialogue' between Pa | Washington, Aug 10 (TIWN) The US has said that it continues to support "direct dialogue" between Pakistan and India on the Kashmir issue and called for "calm and restraint" amid escalating tensions between the two neighbours. | 10-Aug-2019 |
| Pak closes 3 air routes for Indian carri | New Delhi, Aug 9 (TIWN) Amid rising tension between India and Pakistan over the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution ending special status to Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad has closed down three out of nine air routes for Indian carriers. | 09-Aug-2019 |
| Sushma Swaraj cremated with full state h | New Delhi, Aug 8 (TIWN) The last rites of former External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj were held at the Dayanand crematiorum on Lodhi Road here with full state honours. | 08-Aug-2019 |
| Kashmir as serious as East Pakistan trag | Islamabad, Aug 8 (TIWN) Pakistan's former President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said the Indian government's decision to scrap special status for Jammu and Kashmir was as serious as the "East Pakistan tragedy". | 08-Aug-2019 |
| Taliban bombing in Kabul kills 18, injur | Kabul, Aug 7 (TIWN) At least 18 people were killed and over 100 others wounded, including women and children, in a deadly car bombing outside a police station in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for what it said was a "suicide attack". | 07-Aug-2019 |
| Pak has option of approaching ICJ on Kas | Islamabad, Aug 7 (TIWN) Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Hussain Chaudhry on Wednesday said that Islamabad can approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the Indian government's move to scrap special status for Jammu and Kashmir. | 07-Aug-2019 |
| Panic grips tourists amid scare at Times | New York, Aug 7 (TIWN) In a terrible scare as the US reels under two back-to-back mass shootings, people at Times Square on Tuesday night were seen running in all directions after hearing a loud bang. | 06-Aug-2019 |
| China backs Pakistan on J&K, objects to | Beijing, Aug 6 (TIWN) China on Tuesday sided with all-weather friend Pakistan in voicing "serious concern" over the Kashmir situation and stressed that Kashmir is "a legacy of history between India and Pakistan". | 06-Aug-2019 |
| Article 370 revocation: Imran Khan warns | Islamabad, Aug 6 (TIWN) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reacted sharply to the Monday's developments in Jammu and Kashmir insisting that with an approach like this, "incidents like Pulwama are bound to happen again", the Dawn reported. | 06-Aug-2019 |
| 7 injured in Toronto nightclub shooting | Toronto, Aug 6 (TIWN) At least seven people were injured following a shooting at a nightclub in the Canadian city of Toronto, police said, adding that one of the wounded was in critical condition. | 06-Aug-2019 |
| Hong Kong strike leads to travel chaos, | Hong Kong, Aug 5 (TIWN) Chaos descended over Hong Kong and emotions ran high on Monday, hours after the launch of a citywide strike that disrupted train services, forced airport authorities to cancel flights, with protesters occupying roads and the police using teargas to disperse stubborn crowds, often to little avail. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| Trump condemns white supremacy after mas | Washington, Aug 5 (TIWN) President Donald Trump on Monday said that the US must condemn bigotry, racism and white supremacy, following two mass shootings over the weekend that killed 29 people. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| US failed to form coalition in Persian G | Tehran, Aug 5 (TIWN) Iran's Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif on Monday said that the US failed to create a naval coalition in the Persian Gulf because its allies had "refused" to join it. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| Chaos as HK strike hits train services, | Hong Kong, Aug 5 (TIWN) Hong Kong was gripped by commuter chaos as a paralyzing citywide strike, part of the escalating anti-government protests, disrupted train services during morning rush hour and forced airport authorities to cancel 230 flights on Monday amid disruption fears. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| 47 dead, over 200,000 infected with deng | Colombo, Aug 5 (TIWN) Forty-seven people died and over 200,000 were infected by the dengue virus across Sri Lanka in the first seven months this year, government figures revealed on Monday. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| India scrapping Article 370 treason agai | Islamabad, Aug 5 (TIWN) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif on Monday condemned India's decision to revoke Article 370, declaring it "unacceptable" and an "act of treason" against the UN. | 05-Aug-2019 |
| Floods claim 108 lives in Bangladesh | Dhaka, Aug 4 (TIWN) Floods triggered by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of water from hills across the Indian borders have claimed at least 108 lives in Bangladesh, a disaster official said on Sunday. | 04-Aug-2019 |
| 2 pilots arrested in Scotland airport be | Glasgow, Aug 4 (TIWN) Two United Airlines pilots were arrested at Glasgow Airport for allegedly failing a breath test before boarding a flight to New York, Police Scotland has confirmed. | 04-Aug-2019 |
| 19 killed as 3 boats capsize in Philippi | Manila, Aug 4 (TIWN) At least 19 people were killed and 12 others reported missing after three boats capsized due to bad weather off the Philippines, the disaster management office said on Sunday. | 04-Aug-2019 |
| India offers Pakistan to take slain sold | New Delhi, Aug 4 (TIWN) The Indian Army on Sunday offered its Pakistani counterparts to take the dead bodies of its soldiers who were killed in a foiled infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir. | 04-Aug-2019 |
| US imposes 2nd round of sanctions on Rus | Washington, Aug 3 (TIWN) The US State Department has slapped a second round of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in the UK last March. | 03-Aug-2019 |
| Demonstrators gather in Hong Kong amid r | Hong Kong, Aug 3 (TIWN) Protesters on Saturday gathered in Hong Kong's busy Mong Kok area, where scenes of bitter violence erupted for days during the pro-democracy Occupy movement of 2014, for the ninth weekend in a row amid mounting tensions with the authorities. | 03-Aug-2019 |