Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility amid tensions with the United States over its atomic program, according to satellite photos. Iran has not publicly acknowledged any new construction at Fordo, whose discovery by the West in 2009 came in an

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate a Native American to serve as his interior secretary, leading the agency governing public lands, US media say. If confirmed, Congresswoman Deb Haaland will be the first indigenous person to lead the department, which also plays a key role in

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors. The assault last Friday on a rural school in Kankara, Katsina state in northwest

Known for its dismal record of animal conservation, and "trophy hunting", Pakistan has issued a "license to kill" the houbara bustard, an international protected bird species, whose hunting is banned in the country. Pakistan issued special permits to the Emir of

Launching a scathing attack on the opposition parties for misleading farmers over the three new agricultural laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his government's commitment towards the farmers and said that protecting their interests was its topmost priority.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long-held aspirations for global power. The CCP’s goals have not been a secret and world powers have started to become vary of the Chinese government's hostile actions. Under President Xi Jinping, the Party and the Chinese government have

Since last year, China has been introducing new policies to promote the centralised and large-scale transfer of ‘rural surplus labourers’ to parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), as well as other provinces of the People’s Republic of China in repeated attempts to

France's President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French presidency has said. The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, a statement from the Elysée Palace said. Macron "is still in charge" of

A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month. Senator McConnell spoke after the electoral college formally confirmed Mr Biden's victory over Mr

When General Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan’s president in 2008, many had hoped the nation’s coup-riddled politics were headed in a decidedly more democratic direction. Fast forward to the present, Pakistan has moved from a brief period as a functional electoral

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a timely reminder to the Chinese military that wars of the 21st century will be very different from the battles of the past. The 2020 Azerbaijan-Armenia war is the first conflict in which drones deployed by one side turned the tide in the Nagorno-Karabakh

Soon after Pakistan accused India for spreading disinformation, India retaliated by saying when looking at disinformation, the best example is the “country next door which is circulating fictional and fabricated dossiers and purveys a regular stream of fake news”. Indian

Joe Biden has said it is "time to turn the page" after his presidential election victory was confirmed by the US electoral college. In a speech after the announcement, he said US democracy had been "pushed, tested and threatened" and "proved to be resilient,

US Defence Secretary Michael Pompeo slammed China for charging Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai under the draconian National Security Law and demanded that charges must be dropped. Pompeo further went on to accuse the Chinese Communist Party of its authoritarian rule and making a

Following Pakistan police showing up outside the residence of PML-N lawmaker Azma Bukhari, party’s deputy secretary-general Ataullah Tarar has “warned” the government of “consequences”. Geo News quoted Bukhari as saying in a statement that the police

Pakistan government wants to convert Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan region into a military cantonment, human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza said on Saturday, adding that 60 Frontier Corps (FV) soldiers have been sent to the occupied region recently. Mirza, who is also

Canada’s leading think-tank, the Macdonald Laurier Institute, has just published a major new report entitled Khalistan: A project of Pakistan. For the first time, it acknowledged that the Khalistani separatist movement, based in Canada, is a ‘geopolitical project’ of

Amid a series of opposition rallies in Pakistan, the Islamabad administration on Friday extended a ban on all kinds of gatherings of five or more people, processions, and demonstrations at any public place in Islamabad, including the Red Zone, where important government buildings are

Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar on Saturday said the ongoing border conflicts with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have been disturbing, adding that it has significantly impacted the public image of the communist country. “The events of this year

Four people were stabbed and one shot as thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump returned to Washington for weekend rallies to back his desperate efforts to subvert the election that he lost to Joe Biden. Trump's baseless claims of election fraud led to clashes in major