A 27-year-old Syrian refugee is suspected of being a suicide bomber in an explosion that killed himself and injured 12 others in the southern German town of Ansbach, marking the third act of refugee-related violence within a week in the country, after a knife attack on a train, and an attack on a pregnant woman in a street. These recent attacks have drawn renewed criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door immigration policy that has drawn…
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HONG KONG — China has ordered several of the country’s most popular internet portals to halt much of their original news reporting, in a move that could confine an even larger share of the journalism in the country to Communist-controlled mouthpieces ahead of an important party meeting next year. The profit-driven portals, several of which are listed on United States stock exchanges, have in recent years expanded their investigative teams to increase readership among China’s…
The author is executive editor at muldharnews.com Nepal is one of the most strategically important nations in South Asia. Recently, the political dynamics of the country changed, creating a power void. After drafting the new constitution, a constituent assembly was formed under the leadership of KP Sharma Oli, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), the second largest party in the Assembly. And a smaller party, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist…
TEHRAN: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani has warned that Tehran will not allow certain countries to support and supply terrorists with arms to foment insecurity at borders and inside Iran, reports Fars News Agency (FNA). Shamkhani made the remarks in a meeting with National Security Adviser of Pakistan Nasser Khan Janjua in Tehran on Monday, alluding to a Muslim state which Iran believes has supported terrorist activities against Iran and…
ISLAMABAD: Iran on Monday sought cooperation from Pakistan on border security issues and trans-border crimes. Ali Shamkhani, the head of Iran’s National Security Council, according to Iranian official news agency IRNA, told his visiting Pakistani counterpart, retired Lt Gen Nasser Janjua, that it was necessary to maintain sustainable security in the border areas and work out a joint action plan against terrorism, drug trafficking, human trafficking and weapons smuggling. Gen Janjua is in Tehran on…
The remarkable speed with which the Islamic State (IS) claimed the latest atrocity in Kabul is indicative of both its strength and confidence. The suicide bombing on July 23 (reports differ on whether there was one bomber or two) killed 80 people and injured 230. The attack was on a peaceful demonstration by Hazara people over the routing of an electricity line. They were claiming that the route the line was to take discriminated against…
The writer is an assistant professor of economics & research fellow at CBER, IBA KARACHI: There is a disconcerting trend in exports as from a peak of $25.3 billion in 2011 the value of exports from Pakistan has fallen to $22 billion in 2015. According to the world development indicators, exports as a percentage of GDP for Pakistan have fallen from 14% in 2011 to 11% in 2015. Although the global trade has decreased in…
The writer is former executive editor of The News and a senior journalist with Geo TV It is becoming increasingly obvious that the Nawaz Sharif government has decided in principle to politely but firmly decline any plea made for extending Gen Raheel Sharif’s tenure as army chief. The manner in which the government continues to dance around the issue, ducking it every time it is raised, indicates that its mind is made up on this…
After the recent spate of tensions at Torkham and the subsequent closing of the border that disrupted the lives of people especially the tribes people, a jirga of tribal elders vowed to support the government in establishing peace and bringing life at Torkham border back to normal on Saturday. The welcomed initiative was taken at Landikotal, where the tribesmen committed to play their role for the restoration of peace at the border at any cost…
The two bombs that tore through a crowd of protestors on Saturday in Kabul are among the most deadly attacks since the U.S.-led campaign to oust the Taliban in 2001.Since that year, there has been close to 15 years of U.S presence in Afghanistan, and almost a constant military effort against militant groups – yet such events can still happen with devastating effect.This attack wasn’t carried out by the Taliban however – in fact they…
KABUL is bleeding again and the mosaic of terror that Afghanistan has to contend with has become yet more complicated. The beleaguered Hazaras in Afghanistan have long been victims of bigotry and violence. But an attack on this scale — more than 80 people have been killed and 200 injured — in the Afghan capital on peaceful Hazara demonstrators demanding economic inclusion suggests a motive to stoke civil unrest and deepen ethnic and sectarian divisions…