Muslim prayers are being held in the iconic Hagia Sophia for the first time in 86 years after the reconversion of the Istanbul landmark into a mosque earlier this month. The Friday prayers took place two weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan controversially

India has reported its biggest spike of 49,310 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 12,87,945.  The country death toll from coronavirus also crossed 30,000 after 740 new fatalities. As of now, there are 4,40,135 active cases in the country

China has ordered the closure of the US consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, the latest in a tit-for-tat escalation between the two countries. China said the move was a "necessary response" to the US, who ordered China to close its consulate in Houston earlier this

The US embassy in Myanmar has criticised China’s attempts to undermine the sovereignty of its neighbours in a first such move by a US mission anywhere. The embassy on Saturday called China's actions in the South China Sea and Hong Kong part of a "larger pattern to

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to drive demand for personal protective equipment, Chinese companies are rushing to manufacture the gear for domestic and global consumption. A New York Times visual investigation has found that some of those companies are using Uighur labor through a

People in Jammu & Kashmir have come out and supported ‘Make in India’ products by joining a massive `Boycott China’ drive. This step was taken in the country after the Galwan incident on June 15. In Kashmir valley, Boycott China face masks are being worn by

A massive protest was organised by Bramsh solidarity committee against the killings of Baloch women in Balochistan at the hands of death squads and Pakistani paramilitary forces in Balochistan province of Pakistan on Sunday. The protesters raised slogans against the ever-increasing

Six advisors of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan posses dual citizenships and several of top 20 aides have admitted of owning movable and immovable assets worth millions of dollars abroad. The list was published on the official website of Pakistan government's cabinet division.

In a major disclosure, it has been revealed that the Imran Khan government in Pakistan reportedly spent Rs 30 lakh on members of a British Parliamentary group — All-party Parliamentary Kashmir Group', which visited the country and the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)

About 300 Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Kong demonstrators marched in Tokyo on July 12, denouncing China and its policies in their respective regions. Taking to the streets of Tokyo, Uygurs and Tibetan minorities shouted slogans and carried banners calling for independence from what they

  International Desk The Chinese government is unhappy with all-weather ally Pakistan's alleged mishandling of the COVID-19 situation causing mental stress to employees of Chinese PSUs stationed in the south Asian country, media reports said. The Chinese government,

The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday - a move described as "political provocation" by Beijing. The US State Department said the decision was taken "in order to protect American intellectual property". But China's

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish environment campaigner, has been awarded a new humanitarian prize worth one million euros. The 17-year-old founder of School Strike for Climate, won the inaugural Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity. Judges described her as "one of the most remarkable

Sindh Agriculture Minister Muhammad Ismail Rahoo demanded the Centre take immediate action and register a case against former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan on Thursday, after he allegedly threatened Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairperson Bilawal Bhutto

The US State Department has released two  partially redacted versions of unclassified memos written by American officials who had visited Wuhan Institute of Virology and expressed concerns over the safety protocols and practices followed by the laboratory in 2018, media reports said.

The Saudi Supreme Court said that Dul Al-Hijjah will begin on July 22, and that Arafat Day (Dul Al-Hijjah) will fall on July 30. So, the first day of Eid Al-Azha will be on July 31. Pilgrims Selected to perform the Hajj this year started a seven-day quarantine on Sunday, the Ministry of

The UK will "bear the consequences" if it continues to go "down the wrong road" on Hong Kong, China has warned. On Monday, the UK suspended an extradition treaty with Hong Kong over a new security law for the ex-colony, which gives Beijing more power. In response, the Chinese

In its strong reply to China, India has said the strategically crucial South China Sea is a part of the global commons. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava was quoted as saying by Times Now: "South China Sea is a part of global commons. India has an abiding

Members of the Sikh community on Thursday demonstrated outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi against Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, General Counsel of Sikhs for Justice and Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, for instigating Khalistan and Referendum 2020 movements in the Indian national

The 21-year-old executive assistant accused of killing and decapitating his boss at the tech CEO's luxury Manhattan condo pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, his attorneys said Sunday. Tyrese Haspil, a native New Yorker, has had no prior contact with the criminal justice