A gunman has shot dead three police officers who were called to a domestic violence incident in central France. A woman had fled to the roof of a house in the remote village of Saint-Just early on Wednesday. The gunman killed one officer and wounded another. He then set fire to the

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has surprised his detractors and acolytes alike as also the Chinese envoy, who has been doubling up as a political peace broker, with his decision to dissolve Parliament and to go for general elections in April- May. It is doubtful whether he

A US-based social scientist has claimed that the role of China’s social safety net programme, known as dibao, has shifted over time from providing support to the poor and vulnerable to being used partly as a tool to repress dissent. The minimum living standard guarantee is

With China firmly in their sights, India and Vietnam unveiled a Joint Vision for Peace Prosperity & People at the end of their virtual summit on Monday.  The following lines in the document would be familiar to anybody following strategic politics of the Indo-Pacific. It

Security forces have seized 11 hand grenades suspected to have been dropped by a drone flying in from across the Pakistan border into Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, a senior police officer said on Monday. The grenades are suspected to have been made by an ordnance factory in

The new coronavirus variant discovered in Britain with a higher transmission rate is not yet out of control and can be contained using existing measures, the World Health Organization said on Monday.  "We have had a much higher (contamination rate) at different points in this

Political observers and Western diplomats are confounded over why China, in sharp contrast to its various, proposed connectivity initiatives in Myanmar such as superhighways and high-speed rail lines, is building a high-tech wall along its 2,227-kilometer border with Myanmar. Is the

The reports emerging from the Pakistan side regarding the Indian Army targeting the UN vehicle in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) are completely false and factually incorrect, said India while responding to Islamabad`s claim that India had "specifically targeted" the vehicle.

France has arrested four people of Pakistani origin this week suspected of links to the attack in late September by a young Pakistani outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that injured two people. The four were detained on Monday and one was already charged on

Switzerland gave Chinese security agents free run inside its borders and the rest of Europe for five years as part of a secretive immigration agreement between the two countries, according to human rights watchdog Safeguard Defenders. While the agreement officially expired this week,

Lebanese riot police on Saturday scuffled with student protesters angered by a decision from top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition – equivalent to a major fee hike. Near the entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the city’s

The politics in Nepal is witnessing twist and tear as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday recommended the dissolution of the parliament after he was cornered over an executive order issued last week, reports say. “PM Oli was under pressure to withdraw an ordinance related to

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital Sunday morning killed at least eight people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.  Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that more than 15 others were wounded in the attack including a member of

US President-elect Joe Biden told Mexico's president Saturday he was committed to addressing the root causes of poor Latino migrants crossing the border into America. Outgoing President Donald Trump made tightening the southern frontier against what he called the free and dangerous

The University of Kashmir on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a NewDelhi-based innovations firm to undertake joint student-centric engagement and placement programmes.  In a statement the varsity said that the MoU between KU’s Centre for Career

A three-week national hands-on training programme on Machine Learning Technology commenced at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, (SKUAST) Kashmir with an aim to prepare human capital for the tech-driven job market and new-age agripreneurship. 

Pakistan violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district on Wednesday evening, a defence official said. Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand, said that Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that even if the country’s government holds early Senate elections, it would not be able to save itself and will be sent home. “If you are not affected by Pakistan Democratic Movement

Calling the India- Nepal ties as "tall as the Himalayas and as deep as the Indian Ocean," Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said India's goodwill towards its neighbour comes with "no strings attached", however, without naming China, CDS Rawat

India continues to be in regular touch with authorities in China to resolve the issue of several ships with Indian crew stranded in Chinese waters, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that the bulk cargo vessel MV Jagannath has been on