Phones fall silent, fears rise as Afghans in Delhi await news from quake-hit homeland

Phones fall silent, fears rise as Afghans in Delhi await news from quake-hit homeland

Afghan nationals travel with their belongings in a truck, as they head back to Afghanistan after Pakistan started to deport documented Afghan refugees, near the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sitting in their modest shops and small rented rooms in Delhi, Afghan migrants spent a … Read more

Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24

Pakistan reports another poliovirus case, yearly tally rises to 24

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in a school, in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 1, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP One more poliovirus case was reported in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday (September 1, 2025), taking the total number of cases in the country this year to 24, the National … Read more

Trump claims India has ‘offered’ to cut tariffs to nothing

Trump claims India has ‘offered’ to cut tariffs to nothing

“India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, very little from the U.S.,” President Donald Trump said. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (September 1, 2025) claimed that India has now “offered” to cut its tariffs to nothing, “but it’s getting late”, as he said that India … Read more

Five Pakistan army personnel killed in helicopter crash in Gilgit-Baltistan

Five Pakistan army personnel killed in helicopter crash in Gilgit-Baltistan

A view of the Pakistan Army helicopter. Image used for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Five Pakistan army personnel, including two officers, were killed on Monday (September 1, 2025) after their helicopter crashed in Gilgit-Baltistan region. An MI-17 helicopter, on routine training, attempted to “crash-land” after developing a technical fault, the army … Read more

Daily Quiz | On Titanic

Daily Quiz | On Titanic

Daily Quiz | On Titanic American explorer Dr. Robert Ballard who is credited with leading the team that discovered the remains of the ill-fated liner. File START THE QUIZ 1 / 8 | The Titanic wreck was found about 370 miles (595 km) off the coast of which place in Canada in the early hours … Read more

Laos accepted as dialogue partner of the SCO

Laos accepted as dialogue partner of the SCO

President of Laos, Thongloun Sisoulith, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the sidelines of the SCO summit, in Tianjin on Sunday. Photo: X/@narendramodi X/ANI Photo Laos, on Monday (September 1, 2025), was accepted as a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at the SCO summit conducted in the Chinese city of Tianjin. Follow … Read more

Indonesian groups call off protests, citing heightened security

Indonesian groups call off protests, citing heightened security

Army soldiers patrol a street following days of violent protests against lawmakers’ perks and privileges, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesian students and civil society groups called off protests in Jakarta on Monday (September 1, 2025) after a week of escalating anger over lawmakers’ pay and the police response, … Read more

SCO leaders adopt Tianjin Declaration which ‘strongly’ condemns Pahalgam attack

SCO leaders adopt Tianjin Declaration which ‘strongly’ condemns Pahalgam attack

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders during the 25th SCO Heads of State Council Summit, in Tianjin, China. | Photo Credit: PTI The 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on Monday (September 1, 2025) ‘strongly condemned’ terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the April 22 Pahalgam attack. The Tianjin … Read more