Floods in Philippines kill 32

Manila (IANS) The death toll from heavy rain and floods in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to government data released on Thursday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern Philippines,…

Pakistan to seek US help to secure $13bn loans at Geneva meet

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan will seek the support of US President Joe Biden's administration to use its influence on multilateral creditors to provide loans to Islamabad for approximately two dozen projects with an estimated cost of $13 billion.

US considering imposing new Covid restrictions on Chinese arrivals

Washington (IANS) The US is considering imposing new Covid restrictions on Chinese arrivals, after Beijing announced it would reopen its borders next month, media reports said.

American officials say this is due to a lack of transparency surrounding…

Saudi Arabia, Australia ask citizens in Pakistan to limit movement

Islamabad (IANS) In the wake of recent terror incidents in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia's Embassy and the Australian High Commission in Islamabad have asked their citizens to remain alert and limit their movements in the country.

The Saudi Embassy…

Death toll rises to 57 as big freeze grips US

Washington (IANS) A massive winter storm stretching from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border has killed at least 57 people across the US as of Tuesday, media reports said.

Storm-related deaths have been…

China gives up reporting Covid figures as virus rips through population

Beijing (IANS) China's National Health Commission has announced that it will no longer be publishing daily Covid-19 infection figures, as the virus rips through the population with the abandonment of rolling lockdowns, mass tracking of citizens…

Establishing Balochistan govt in exile is biggest milestone in our history: Naela Quadri Baloch

Chennai (IANS) Naela Quadri Baloch, a senior leader of the Balochistan freedom movement who currently lives in exile in Canada, is a fearless fighter for the Baloch cause.

The former college professor and her husband, an independent filmmaker…

China stages big military incursion, says Taiwan

Taipei (IANS) China is staging one of its biggest incursions so far in the seas and skies around Taiwan, according to data from the island's Defence Ministry, media reports said.

It said that 71 Chinese air force planes, including fighter…

Last leg of negotiation in Nepal over new government formation

Kathmandu (IANS) The last leg of negotiations in Kathmandu over new government formation statrted on Sunday as the deadline set by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari to submit the name of the Prime Minister is inching closer.

Top guns of the ruling…

US govt declares power emergency in Texas amid Arctic blast

Houston (IANS) The US Energy Department has declared a power emergency in the country's second-largest state Texas amid an Arctic winter blast that was feared to cause a shortage of electricity in the state.

The Electric Reliability Council…