Ever since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO world heritage site and museum, as a mosque, critics have questioned whether the move is a long-running attempt to undo Turkish secularism or an effort to bring caliphate back. Frontier

  As the US has called "for a new alliance of democracies" to counter China's aggressive policies, Beijing has begun adding more potential new trade and energy corridors linking Central Asia with South Asia and the Middle East. "Fundamental realignments are

  There is no part of India that receives more attention in the worid than Kashmir, and yet, there is perhaps no part more shrouded in the mists of ignorance both within India and outside it. Few know this is the land where Buddhism flowered under the patronage of Emperor Ashoka

  With Article 370 now scrapped, the women in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) will no longer be deprived of their property rights if they get married to a non-resident. Article 35A, which emanated from Article 370, prohibited the women in J&K to be property owners if they marry

  In a move to support the Southeast Asian nation, the US and Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding, which includes support against illegal “intimidation” of the latter’s fishermen at sea. Vietnam and China are engaged in a bitter standoff on

  India needs to instill fear in the minds of Communist China if it has to achieve equilibrium in the bilateral relationship, senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi has said, calling for a comprehensive, aggressive change in India’s policy on Beijing. Advocating a

  Saudi Arabia will evaluate this year’s extraordinary Hajj season which was held amid heightened security and strict coronavirus-related restrictions over the next two weeks, Dr. Hussein al-Sharif, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for Hajj Affairs told local

  The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran's government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found. The government's own records appear to show almost 42,000 people died with Covid-19 symptoms up to 20 July, versus 14,405

  At least 86 people have died in recent days as a result of drinking illegally-made alcohol, officials in the northern Indian state of Punjab say. On Saturday, police carried out more than 100 raids, confiscating supplies of the suspected liquor and making 25 arrests. The

  Seven people were killed, including a member of the Alaska State Legislature, after two planes collided in midair on Friday morning in the Alaskan city of Soldotna, the authorities said. Officials said the collision, between a single-engine de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver and a

  At least 10 people have died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser after liquor shops were closed in a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The village of Kurichedu has been placed in lockdown after a local surge in cases of coronavirus. District police chief

  James Murdoch, the younger son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has resigned from the board of News Corporation citing "disagreements over editorial content". In a filing to US regulators, he said he also disagreed with some "strategic decisions" made by the

  The scrapping of Article 370 by the Centre and other constitutional changes brought last year have significantly improved the lives of  Shia community living in Ladakh. They are now enjoying religious freedom and equal rights like citizens in parts of the country.

  Tania Aidrus, special assistant to the prime minister (SAPM) on Digital Pakistan, has submitted her resignation following Pakistan government releasing a list of top 20 aides admitting to owning movable and immovable assets worth millions of dollars abroad, Geo News reported.

  Three terrorist associates have been arrested and incriminating material has been seized from their possession here in Jammu and Kashmir, Bandipora Police said on Wednesday. They have been identified as Abrar Gulzar, Mohammad Waqar and Muneer Ahmad Sheikh, residents of

  The United States and Australia on Tuesday (local time) announced a new working group to check China’s “harmful” disinformation on COVID-19 pandemic and other issues. Speaking at a press conference following the 30th Australia-US Ministerial Consultations

  The relationship between UK and China has been "seriously poisoned", says Bejing's ambassador to London. In a lengthy press conference, rebutting criticism of the Chinese government, Liu Xiaoming said UK was at a "critical historical juncture" in its

  At least 17 people were killed in a powerful car bomb blast in Logar province of Afghanistan. The explosion came on the eve of a ceasefire declared by the Taliban during the festival of Eid. The Taliban have denied responsibility for the attack while the Islamic State has

  Muslim pilgrims converged Thursday (July 30) on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the climax of this year's hajj, the smallest in modern times and a sharp contrast to the massive crowds of previous years. A tight security cordon has been erected all around the foot of

  With an aim to gain first-hand knowledge of the United Kingdom's legal system, a Kashmiri student has recently bagged a fellowship to study at Queens Mary University in London. Hasnain Mustafa Khawaja is a law student Selected for 'Chevening Scholarship', which