In the past year the United Kingdom expelled three Chinese spies who were in the country on journalism visas, according to a report by The Telegraph newspaper on Thursday. The report, which has not been independently verified by Reuters and cites a UK government source, says that three

Bollywood celebrities, including Vidya Balan, joined the three-day winter festival in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. The event was organized by the Indian Army along with the Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department in Gulmarg. Apart from Balan, Arbaaz Khan and film producer Siddharth Roy

The seventh report of the one-man Dr Shoaib Suddle commission submitted to the Supreme Court has depicted a dismal picture of most revered Hindu sites in the country. The report submitted to the apex court on February 5 regrets that the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) has failed to

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins on Tuesday as Senate leaders agreed a rapid timetable. The former president is charged with "inciting insurrection" in a speech to supporters ahead of the deadly riot at the US Capitol on 6 January. Democrats say they

Police in Myanmar have fired water cannon to disperse protesters who have taken to the streets despite a ban on large public gatherings. The military has prohibited gatherings of more than five people across parts of Yangon and Mandalay, with a curfew. The demonstrations mark the

Members of the Quad framework- the US, India, Japan and Australia - are working to arrange the first meeting of their leaders amid China's growing clout in the region, reported the Japan Times. The move comes as the US President Joe Biden's new administration appears eager to

During the first high-level India-EU dialogue, the European Union recognized India’s strategic role as a “major vaccine producer” and expressed openness to discuss vaccine-related matters. According to sources, India and the EU agreed that ensuring universal,

Workers across Myanmar have gone on a nationwide strike, as protests calling for the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and for democracy to be restored continue for a third day. Thousands have gathered in Yangon and Mandalay, while water cannon was deployed in the capital Nay

At least 14 people are dead and 150 missing after a piece of a Himalayan glacier fell into a river and triggered a huge flood in northern India. The floodwaters burst open a dam and a deluge of water poured through a valley in the state of Uttarakhand. Most of the missing are

The Justin Trudeau government in Canada has finally woken up to death threats to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian consul general at Vancouver made by pro-Khalistan separatists on January 26 and provided armed guard security to top Indian diplomats in Ottawa and Vancouver on

India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the country is ready to supply various types of missile systems, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and other weapons systems including missiles, helicopters, tanks and artillery guns to friendly foreign countries in the Indian

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been curtailing the freedoms of its citizens and viciously clamping dissent. Chinese citizens have had their freedom of speech and right to protest taken away. Chinese state media has also kept the average Chinese citizen in the dark.  Any

Ten people have died and over 100 are missing, and feared dead, after a glacier break at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district triggered massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers on Sunday.  Thousands were evacuated from their houses and the floodwaters

More than 1,000 people have gathered in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, for a second day of protests, nearly a week after the military seized power. "We will move forward and keep demanding until we get democracy," one protester, Myo Win, 37, told the AFP news agency.

Myanmar's military rulers have shut down the country's internet as thousands of people joined the largest rally yet against Monday's coup. A near-total internet blackout is in effect with connectivity falling to 16% of ordinary levels, said the monitoring group NetBlocks

At least 16 people were injured, including children in a blast in Balochistan’s Sibi on Friday, Dawn reported citing officials. Sibi Station House Officer Wazir Khan Marri said miscreants on a motorcycle lobbed a hand grenade at Luni Chowk, which resulted in injuries to 16

The United States has said it is “deeply disturbed” and the UK government has come under further pressure to impose sanctions following reports of systematic rape and sexual torture of women detained in China’s Xinjiang camps. A BBC report on Wednesday detailed

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged Friday that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed. The U.N. chief told a news conference it is “absolutely essential”

Hundreds of people have rallied in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, to protest against this week's military coup. "Military dictator, fail, fail; Democracy, win, win," chanted the crowd, the largest protest seen since the military took over. They called for release of

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent announcement to give Rs 500 million development funds to lawmakers ahead of the Senate elections has come under the lens of the Supreme Court. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Maqbool Baqar pointed out