China's government has condemned the mass resignation of most of Hong Kong's opposition as a "farce" and an "open challenge" to its authority. On Wednesday, 15 opposition members announced their resignation in solidarity with four fellow lawmakers who had

US President-elect Joe Biden has picked veteran operative Ron Klain to be White House chief of staff, his team say. Mr Klain has served as a top aide to Mr Biden since the 1980s in the Senate and later when he was vice-president. The ultimate Washington insider, Mr Klain was also a

Several people were wounded on Wednesday when an explosive device hit a ceremony commemorating the end of World War I at a cemetery in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. France’s foreign ministry said several countries had representatives at the commemoration attended by European

After the standoff that lasted more than six months in eastern Ladakh, it seems India and China are close to a breakthrough over disengagement on the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The development is in the process after the eight-round of Corps Commander level talks between the two

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (November 5) urged global investors to invest in India and said that the country is the right place for investments as it provides business returns and demand along with reliability and the values of democracy. Addressing the Virtual Global

Reiterating that Gilgit-Baltistan "will always be a part of Jammu and Kashmir", a local political activist has said that the region becoming a "so-called province of Pakistan will not bring development in the region". "The region will never become a part of

Bahrain’s long-serving Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa has died, the state media reported. He was 84. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness… who passed away this morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of America,” the Bahrain

Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump's refusal to concede victory in last week's White House election is "an embarrassment". But the US president-elect - who has been making contact with foreign leaders - insisted nothing would stop the transfer of power.

Over half a dozen countries, from Bangladesh to Myanmar to Jordan are concerned over faulty Chinese military equipment. In the neighbourhood, when it comes to Bangladesh, Beijing had given two 1970s era Ming class Type 035G submarines to Bangladesh at USD 100 million each in 2017,

India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit one more eye in the sky -- a radar imaging earth observation satellite EOS-01 (formerly RISAT-2BR2) -- and nine other foreign satellites in a text book style. India's new earth observation satellite up in the sky will send good

The Centre has asked Pakistan to immediately vacate from the Indian territory of Gilgit-Baltistan which the Imran Khan government declared as its provisional fifth province on Sunday. Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday announced that his government has decided to grant the

As the election date for the legislative assembly of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) come closer (November 15), Pakistani Prime minister Imran Khan paid a visit to the occupied territory on November 1 and made an announcement that could be best described as a bribe to garner support for his

In a recent riot-stricken northeastern violence, militants led more than 50 men and teens to attend a men’s admission ceremony in Mozambique, according to local media. The dismemberment corpse was found on Monday and was scattered in the deforested areas of the Muidumbe district.

President Donald Trump has sacked Defence Secretary Mark Esper, announcing on Twitter that the top US official has been "terminated". Christopher Miller, the current head of the National Counterterrorism Center, will take on the role immediately. It follows a public

US President Donald Trump's spokeswoman has vowed the legal battle to contest Joe Biden's White House election victory is only just beginning. "This election is not over," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told a news conference. "Far from it."

Myanmar’s ruling National League for Democracy party claimed on Monday that it has won enough seats in Parliament to constitute an absolute majority and retain power. It made the claim even though the state Union Election Commission has not yet completed releasing results from

Washington: The US government has removed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its list of terrorist organisations after nearly two decades that has led to the weakening of China's anti-terror pretext for a draconian crackdown on Uyghurs in its Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous

Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], November 6 (ANI): Thanking the security forces for sparing his life during an encounter in Pulwama's Pampore on Friday, a local terrorist, after surrendering, appealed to his fellow terrorists to follow his footsteps, saying "all this

KATHMANDU: The Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army, General MM Naravane was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by Nepali President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday. According to a statement released by the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, General Naravane was

As the Trump campaign continued to pursue long-shot legal challenges and top Republicans remained split on whether to congratulate President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on his projected victory, Democrats took steps on Sunday toward planning for a Biden administration. Mr. Biden unveiled