Donald Trump has accepted a formal US transition should begin for President-elect Joe Biden to take office. The president said the federal agency overseeing the handover must "do what needs to be done", even as he vowed to keep contesting his election defeat. The General

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister has denied that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to the Gulf kingdom on Sunday to secretly meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "No such meeting occurred," Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud tweeted. Mr Netanyahu has

According to media reports on Sunday, there is growing speculation that Pakistani expatriates would be soon dispatched back from the UAE as well as from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as there continues to be pressure from the KSA and the UAE to accept Israel which Pakistan declined.

Following India’s recent retaliatory attack in response to the alleged ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Army which resulted in the deaths of six civilians and five Indian security personnel, a Chinese expert has praised the Indian Army for the manner in which they carried out

After Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) in the western sector, a new terror proxy, IS-Arakan, has announced its arrival on the eastern frontier, pledging allegiance to IS-Central and putting Indian intelligence agencies on alert. On November 6, a pro-IS Indonesian Telegram channel

Amjad Ayub Mirza, an activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, on Saturday stated that the Pakistan army has set up heavy guns in civilian areas along Neelum valley of the illegally occupied region. “Pakistani army has set-up heavy guns in civilian areas along Neelum

President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election he lost is being increasingly undermined by the inanity of his legal claims and is causing some high-profile Republicans to peel off even with most of his party mute amid his constitutional arson. The President's legal

A prominent ally of Donald Trump has urged him to drop his efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the US presidential election. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called the president's legal team a "national embarrassment". President Trump has refused to

Opposition parties in Pakistan are keeping up the pressure on Imran Khan, holding a series of mass protests against his government. They allege the prime minister came to power in rigged 2018 elections backed by the military. On Sunday, thousands of protesters are due to demonstrate

A judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign that sought to invalidate millions of mail-in votes in the battleground state. Judge Matthew Brann said the suit, which rested on allegations of irregularities, was "without merit". The move paves the

Maulana Yousaf Shah cracks a wide smile as he rattles off a list of former students turned Taliban leaders, revelling in their victories over superpowers on Afghanistan’s battlefields after graduating from Pakistan’s “university of jihad”. The Darul Uloom

Following India’s retaliatory attack in response to the alleged ceasefire violation by the Pakistani Army which resulted in the deaths of six civilians and five Indian security personnel, a Beijing-based expert has hailed the surprising manner in which Indian soldiers carried out

The chairperson of the Baloch National Movement, Khalil Baloch, said that the cruelties of the Pakistan army are unabated in the width and breadth of Balochistan. A new wave of military operations, since the last few days, has been initiated in Dasth, Awaran, and Jahoo areas, and these

India’s Foreign Policy in a post Covid world Lord Johnson of Marylebone Mr Dean Godson, Director of Policy Exchange Ladies and Gentlemen 1. I am delighted to be speaking here at Policy Exchange and am extremely appreciative of the effort that has been made to accommodate me

Donald Trump has had a fresh setback in his bid to overturn his loss in the US election as Michigan lawmakers indicated they would not seek to undo Joe Biden's projected win in the state. Two Republican legislators pledged to follow "normal process" in validating the vote

China has long stoked and sustained borderland disputes as a tactic to win concessions on wider issues with its neighbours, according to strategic expert Bertil Lintner. While recalling the 1962 India-China war and recent cash in Ladakh region, Lintner, in an opinion piece for Asia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a virtual 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo (RE-INVEST 2020) on November 26. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of the UK and President COP-26, and the Minister of Energy, Utilities and

After assuming charge as Mission Director for Jammu and Kashmir’s Skill Development Mission, Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, in an introductory meeting, called upon the officers to “think out of the box” in furtherance of the Mission and expand the scope to the interventions

Fourteen people, including six children, died in a tragic road accident at Pratapgarh in India's Uttar Pradesh after their car rammed a truck on the highway late on Thursday. All the occupants of the SUV died in the crash and several others have been injured. The accident occured

US President-elect Joe Biden's victory in Georgia has been confirmed by a recount, as legal efforts by Donald Trump's allies to challenge his defeat were dismissed in three states. The Democrat beat his Republican rival in Georgia by 12,284 votes, according to the audit