On March 30, 2021, U.S. State Department published the 2020 Human Rights Report confirming its determination of the atrocities against the Uyghurs as genocide and crimes against humanity and providing further details concerning their findings. The 2020 Human Rights Report provides a

KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked among the worst four countries in the world in gender parity with only Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan faring worse as the country slipped to 153rd out of the 156 countries assessed in a report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, saying

The Philippines’ air force has been conducting daily aerial patrols over Chinese fishing vessels which have been spotted near the disputed Whitsun Reef, media reports said. The diplomatic row was touched off earlier this month when some 220 boats were first spotted at the

As part of efforts to boost the education sector in Nepal, a new building for the Shree Rashtriya Primary School in the Chitwan district has been constructed with assistance from India. An Indian Embassy release said that the building was constructed as part of development cooperation

For Hong Kong residents wondering what sort of behaviour might breach the Beijing-imposed national security law, one of the city's top police officers says it is the wrong question to ask. "Do not tempt the law - it's simple," Mr Oscar Kwok, the Hong Kong Police

Pro-democracy supporters in Myanmar have called for the Chinese Embassy in Yangon to be closed, after China again blocked an attempt on Thursday by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose sanctions on the military regime in an attempt to stop the bloodshed in Myanmar.

HANOI: Copper prices fell on Thursday after data showed top consumer China's factory activity growth was weaker-than-expected in small, private and exported-oriented firms amid softer domestic demand. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.2% to $8,765.50 a tonne by

Police in Kathmandu have arrested a Chinese national for allegedly hacking an ATM and illegally withdrawing cash. The 29-year-old man was arrested at Thamel of Kathmandu by a team mobilised by the Metropolitan Police Circle in Darbarmarg and the Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu.

In the 2021-22 annual budget recently approved by the parliament, the government has allocated Rs 786 crore to the tourism sector a hike of Rs 509 crore from this year’s budget. The infrastructure that is building road and bridges has been sanctioned Rs 408 crore. Finance Minister

At least four people, including a child, have been killed in a shooting at an office building in southern California, US media report. Police said they were called to the two-storey building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, south of Los Angeles, at about 17:30 local time (00:30 GMT).

Srinagar:  A sufi conference highlighting the life and works of famous Sufi poet Waza Mahmood was today organized by Kashmir Society International here. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole, DC Srinagar Aijaz Asad, Chairman KSI Khwaja Farooq Renzushah, Dr Hina Bhat

Vietnam has remained an outlier to China's fanfare COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy campaign in Southeast Asia as either a rejection of Beijing's vaccine diplomacy or a brewing geopolitical game-changer, according to a report published in Nikkei Asia. Vietnam, which recently began

A new pact signed by Taiwan and the United States on coast guard cooperation aims at countering China's expansion, said a Taiwanese analyst. According to Taiwan News, Su Tzu-yun, a senior analyst at Taiwan's Institute of National Defense and Security Research, said that the new

After a week of a protest sit-in outside the Janikhel police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, local tribesmen and relatives of four teenage boys whose bullet-riddled bodies were found last week began a protest march towards Islamabad on Sunday. The tribesmen and

China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city. The number of directly elected seats in parliament has been cut almost by half, and prospective MPs will first be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee to ensure their loyalty

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's head and neck for 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, stayed on his neck as Floyd flailed and had seizures for 53 seconds, and then remained on a non-responsive Floyd for another 3 minutes and 51

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A judge in the Pakistani city of Peshawar ordered police on Friday to open an investigation into the organisers of a march marking International Women's Day over allegations they committed blasphemy. Police in Islamabad had previously refused to open a case,

YANGON: Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since the military coup on Feb. 1. Mourners fled the shooting at a service for

Firefighters in Indonesia are working to put out a massive fire that has broken out at one of the country's largest oil refineries. The fire broke out at the Balongan refinery, run by state oil firm Pertamina, at 00:45 local time on Monday (17:45 GMT Sunday). At least five

The US has said that it is "horrified" by the killing of scores of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Saturday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the military of "a reign of terror" that was "sacrificing the lives of the people to serve the few".