Japan’s ruling party on Tuesday kicked off the race to pick Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s successor, with his powerful right-hand man Yoshihide Suga commanding an all-but-insurmountable lead. Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga, the 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer, has

Lauding the steps taken by India to counter China's expansionist policies, Zhou Fengsuo, co-founder and President of Humanitarian China and Tiananmen Student Leader asked other countries to follow India in tackling China. Speaking to a webinar titled ‘Emperor Has No Clothes:

India and Nepal not only share an open border of over 1,700 kilometers but have an age-old 'Roti-Beti' (Bread & Daughter) relationship, which binds the people culturally and socially. The daughters of Nepal are married in the Indian states of Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar,

Metro trains have resumed in Selected cities of the country on Monday, more than five months after they were stopped, with protective measures against the coronavirus. Only asymptomatic people are allowed to board trains and stations at containment zones will stay shut.  The

India has recorded more than 90,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking its total above that of Brazil. The country now has the second-largest number of confirmed cases in the world, 4,204,613. It has reported 71,642 deaths, the third-highest in the world. The surge

India is among the countries that China has taken advantage of since the outbreak of the Covid-19 from Wuhan, US diplomat David Stilwell said on Wednesday. “What we have seen since the corona outbreak from Wuhan is it seems the PRC (People’s Republic of China) is trying to

Pakistan, a close ally of China, is secretly developing trade ties with Taiwan, which showcases its duplicity. On Wednesday, Sidrah Haque, trade and investment attache at the Embassy of Pakistan in Cairo met with Michael Yeh, the director of Taiwan Trade Centre in Cairo to discuss the

China's transgression attempt near the southern bank of Pangong lake, which was thwarted by the Indian Army, was a deliberate move to provoke India, according to American intelligence assessment. Beijing is infuriated with its local commander withdrawing forces when a physical

US police have shot dead a man suspected of fatally shooting a right-wing activist during last weekend's tension in Oregon, officials say. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was being investigated for the killing of a President Donald Trump supporter during anti-racism protests in Portland.

Thailand delayed on Monday (Aug 31) its US$724 million purchase of two submarines from China, following public outrage over the controversial deal as the kingdom's economy flatlines due to the coronavirus pandemic. Under a 2015 deal, Thailand was one of the first countries to buy

In order to radicalize Indian Muslims, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has allocated huge funds to the Turkish intelligence under which preachers recruited from surrendered ISIS cadres will help spread Turkey’s influence.  According to an Indian security report,

After security forces gunned down three local Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in an encounter that broke out at Pantha Chowk in Srinagar last night, Jammu and Kashmir Police has so far killed 156 terrorists in different operations, surpassing last year's count of 152 killings.

Saudi Arabian Airlines announced seven conditions for the transport of passengers returning to the Kingdom on board its flights once the Kingdom lifts travel restrictions.  It also cited requirements for travel to 25 countries. The airline called on passengers to follow health

The persecution of Uighur Muslims by Chinese authorities has come to the fore again. Recently, World Uighur Congress President Dolkun Isa in an interview with CNN News 18 alleged that Chinese government is continuously and systematically torturing people of this minority community in a

Indian Army conducted a Job Fair and career counselling event for the educated unemployed youths of Gujjarpatti Lolab valley in Kupwara, a district of North Kashmir. The experts held intensive discussion with these youths of Lolab and explained them the importance of peaceful life with

A self-exiled Uyghur leader has said only when the nexus between China and Pakistan could be broken the Kashmir issue can be solved. Ilshat Hassan Kokbore said China has to be stopped from backing Pakistan and India can play a vital role in this case. He also went on to call

Fourteen people are on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Most of the alleged accomplices are in court in Paris, but three are being tried in absentia. They are accused of helping the militant Islamist attackers who shot dead 12

Fed up with being confused for China amid the coronavirus pandemic and Beijing's stepped-up efforts to assert sovereignty, Taiwan said on Wednesday it would redesign its passport to give greater prominence to the island's name. Taiwan has complained during the outbreak that its

Turkey deported as many as 51 Pakistanis illegally residing in the country back to Pakistan on Saturday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. The illegally residing Pakistanis have been deported back to Islamabad via Turkish Airlines flight which arrived in the federal capital. The

Bidur Bahadur Thapa is a retired Bharatiya Gorkha Sainik who now is spending his time by engaging in agricultural business. Before Seven years, the scenario for him was different, he had to go to Gorakhpur in every three months to receive a pension but now it has been solved. "The