Quetta, 21 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) A powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Serena Hotel in Quetta on Wednesday night, killing at least four people and wounding 12 others, officials said. DIG Azhar Ikram said that the explosive device was apparently fitted in a vehicle, according to initial investigations. He added that...

Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), 20 April 2021 (Media Reports) Judge Peter Cahill read the jury's decision shortly after 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday. Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The 12-member jury consisted of three black men, one black woman, two white men, four...

Ankara, 21 April 2021 (Anadolu News) A much-anticipated Istanbul conference for Afghan peace was postponed until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. "We thought that it would be beneficial to postpone it ... we consulted Qatar, the US and the UN, and decided to hold it...

Manila, 20 April 2021 (PNA) President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday called for the “complete” abolition of the controversial Kafala scheme, a sponsorship system that monitors and restricts the migrant laborers’ movement. In a taped video message aired during the virtual forum on labor mobility and human rights, Duterte said the Kafala system is “unjust” and...

Islamabad, 20 April 2021 (Daily Dawn) Senior journalist and former chairman of Pakistan Electronic Media Authority (Pemra), Absar Alam, was shot in Islamabad on Tuesday, he said in a video message uploaded on Twitter. In a video shared by journalist Asad Toor, Alam can be heard saying he was shot at while walking outside his...

Lefkosa (TRNC), 19 April 2021 President Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ersin Tatar stated that a new political consensus has been improved with Turkey, a solution is no longer possible on the basis of a federation and noted that there is no hope with this conjuncture and understanding in the framework of an agreement. President...

Kabul, 18 April 2021 (Anadolu News) In line with US President Joe Biden’s announcement, all American troops will depart from Afghanistan by September later this year, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the US. Deployment of foreign troops began in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, when the US...

Islamabad / Ankara, 16 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Amid fears of further protests against France, Pakistan on Friday blocked access to all social media platform. In a brief statement, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority announced “complete access to social media platforms [Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram] may be blocked from 1100hrs to 1500 hrs [local...

Algiers (Algeria), 16 April 2021 (Anadolu News) History has a lot to say about the atrocious crimes committed by French colonial authorities in Algeria when it colonized the country for 132 years between 1830 and 1962. At least five million people were killed and hundreds of thousands more injured during the course of the struggle...

Lefkosa, TRNC, 15 April 2021 (Anadolu News) Turkey’s foreign minister arrived in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) for talks late Thursday. Mevlut Cavusoglu was welcomed by Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloglu, Turkey’s Ambassador to Lefkosa Ali Murat Basceri and other officials. “In #TRNC to defend together our national cause w/a new vision,” Cavusoglu wrote...