Ukraine succumbed to Chinese pressure to remove its name from an international statement about human rights abuses in China’s western Xinjiang region by threatening to limit trade and withhold access to COVID-19 vaccines, Ukrainian officials and lawmakers with knowledge of the issue

New Delhi [India]: New industrial policy has opened Jammu and Kashmir to the world after the abrogation of the special status of the state and its division into two union territories - Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on August 5, 2019. The 'New Industrial Policy 2021-30' unveiled

President Rodrigo Duterte has restored a pact governing the presence of US troops in the Philippines, the two countries’ defence secretaries announced on Friday, retracting a decision that had caused increasing concern among policymakers in Washington and Manila. The Visiting

Afghan security forces pushed back a Taliban attack on Herat city and Karokh district in Herat province on Wednesday night, said local officials on Thursday.  “The Taliban has sustained casualties and fighting is still ongoing in some parts of the city,” according to

The general who took power in a coup in Myanmar in February has named himself prime minister and said emergency rule may now extend to August 2023. In an hour-long speech, Min Aung Hlaing pledged to hold a "free and fair multi-party election" but also called the elected party

New Zealand's Prime Minister has formally apologised for an immigration crackdown in the 1970s against Pacific Islanders. The Dawn Raids targeted people who overstayed their visas, deporting them to their countries of origin. They disproportionately affected Pacific Islanders,

Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces. Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar. They have made rapid gains in rural areas since it was announced

Two days after Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met the ISI chief in Beijing over concerns of Chinese killing in Pakistan, a high-level Taliban delegation led by Mullah Baradar reached Beijing. As per reports, the Taliban visitors held talks with Chinese foreign minister

KUNMING: Southwest China's Yunnan Province reported 19 imported confirmed COVID-19 cases and three imported asymptomatic carriers on Monday, the provincial health commission said Tuesday. All the imported confirmed cases lived in Myanmar before entering Yunnan through land

Beijing, China: Chinese locals harrassed the foreign media correspondents over the coverage of the floods in many cities of China. The incident started when state media hit out on a foreign reporter for covering floods. According to a report in Hong Kong Free Press, the Chinese social

A prominent Chinese billionaire has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the latest in a string of punishments against outspoken corporate bosses. Sun Dawu runs one of the country's largest private agricultural businesses in the northern province of Hebei. Sun, 67, has in the

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia]: Anti-Pakistan sentiments has been growing among the Afghan diaspora amid advances by Taliban in Afghanistan. A Pakistan social media activist Akhunzada Mahmood Sayed was beaten by Afghan nationals in Riyadh on July 16 for posting pro-Pakistani material on social

Srinagar/IBNS: District administration of Srinagar has initiated an awareness campaign against drug abuse and trafficking with the help of religious leaders. The administration has appealed to religious leaders to use their voluntary services for spreading awareness about drug abuse

The supporters of Taliban in Pakistan are roaming with the Taliban’s white flag specially after Taliban announced that they have captured Afghans border town with Pakistan. Chris Alexander was Canada’s ambassador to Afghanistan, the UN deputy special representative of the

Afghanistan is all set for a new geopolitical game and is bracing for the advent of a new player, Turkey with the latter's grand potential ambitions and practices in West Asia. Turkey has taken upon the task to secure Kabul Airport with the explicit backing of America despite the

LAHORE: Citizens from all walks of life and various age groups gathered at Liberty Roundabout on Saturday to protest the rising incidents of violence against women across the country and demand safety for women and gender minorities. Organised jointly by the Aurat March, the

Raja Farooq Haider, the so-called Prime Minister of Pakistan occupied Kashmir, reprimanded the Kashmiri people for what he called their 'slave mentality' after preliminary results of Legislative Assembly polls showed Imran Khan's party notching an easy win in the

President Joe Biden says US forces will end their combat mission in Iraq by the end of this year, but will continue to train and advise the Iraqi military. The announcement came after Mr Biden held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House. There are

Kabul [Afghanistan]: The organiser of the rocket attacks on the Presidential Palace during Eid prayers was arrested along with three others in Kabul city, said officials on Sunday. Spokesperson of Interior Ministry Miriwais Stankezai informed that the arrests were made during an Afghan

TAIWAN: Cyber attacks are a growing global threat and a number of countries are now focusing on the mounting threat of cybercrimes, Taiwan being at the forefront amid China's military pressure and crippling cyberattacks. Taiwan's head of cybersecurity told CNN Business this