Islamabad, Aug 2 — A large number of people held a sit-in protest at D-Chowk in Rawalkot of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Sunday and prepared to start a peaceful long march towards Muzaffarabad. According to a statement released by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), security forces have…
Beijing, Aug 2 — India's approach towards its ties with China is one of managed competition, limited cooperation, and not reconciliation, even as the trajectory of ties between the two nations since 2024 has been frequently portrayed as a process of diplomatic thaw, as per a report.This framing,…
Jerusalem, Aug 2 — The conflict involving Iran exposed the reality of China being one of the principal enablers of Pakistan and Iran, two of Israel's most consequential adversaries, a report said."Unlike the United States or Russia, China has built its influence without alliances or expeditionary…
Islamabad, Aug 2 — The death toll in Pakistan during this year's monsoon season from June 26 to August 1 rose to 196, while the number of injured people climbed to 404, local media reported on Sunday, citing the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The primary cause for fatalities in…
Jerusalem, Aug 2 — The governments of Qatar, Turkey and Pakistan enable Islamic terrorism on a global scale, which threatens the safety of all freedom-loving nations and individuals, a report stated."Qatar and Turkey are the main state financial sponsors of the Muslim Brotherhood, which operates…
Seoul, Aug 2 — The South Korean Navy's 3,100-ton frigate Daejeon has won the top honour at a live-fire gunnery competition held during this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the service said on Sunday.The ROKS Daejeon scored the highest points among 13 warships from 10 countries that…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Decades of neglect in the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is snowballing into a movement that may have similarities with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, according to a media report.The region recently came into the spotlight following police crackdown against civilian…
Islamabad, Aug 2 — The recent coal mine tragedy in the Spin Karez area of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan, which claimed the lives of 34 miners, has once again ripped open the hazards of the country's mining industry, according to a local media report.The workers were reportedly several thousand…
Tehran, Aug 2 — Iran's Acting Defence Minister Seyed Majid Ebn Al-Reza said Sunday that Tehran perceives every "enemy" threat as "real and noteworthy," rejecting any characterisation of them as mere psychological warfare."We will neither be surprised nor remain passive. We use threats as a basis to…
Beijing, Aug 2 — China's Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress should not be seen as a legal legislative instrument, but as a constitutional expression of Chinese President Xi Jinping's political vision, where national unity is preferred over a differentiated economy and where the state tries…
Islamabad, Aug 2 — The unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) unfolds as Islamabad is experiencing persistent instability in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), making it part of a wider debate over governance, political representation, and human…
Kabul, Aug 2 — Nearly 140,000 undocumented Afghan migrants have been deported to Afghanistan from Pakistan's Punjab province as part of its campaign against foreign nationals who do not have legal residency documents, local media reported, citing provincial authorities. Punjab's Home Department…
Quetta, Aug 2 — A leading human rights organisation has criticised Pakistani authorities for the military siege and curfew in Noshki district of Pakistan's Balochistan, terming it a "continuation of the state's policy of collectively punishing the Baloch people". It urged the international…
Rome, Aug 2 — A meeting of European Union (EU) Interior Ministers on the emergency migrant crisis going on in Spain's Ceuta enclave has been convened for Tuesday.The meeting was requested in a letter signed by 22 European countries, led by Italy and Denmark, but without France and Portugal, the two…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has sent a strong message to China with the recent events at the 16th Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS), a forum for strategic, political, and economic dialogue comprising 19 countries in Manila, according…
New Delhi, Aug 2 — Pakistan and Bangladesh are among the Asian economies most exposed to the fallout from the prolonged US-Iran conflict, as surging global oil prices threaten to push up inflation, strain public finances and intensify pressure on already fragile economies, according to economists…
Jakarta, Aug 2 — Five people were killed, and 41 others remained missing after the Mutiara Santosa 2 caught fire in the Java Sea north of Madura Island in Indonesia's East Java province, the National Search and Rescue Agency said Sunday.A total of 225 people had been evacuated, the agency said.The…
Beijing, Aug 2 — China's ruling Communist Party has been growing at a slower pace, its members are ageing, and the demographic profile of its members demonstrates the structural challenges faced by Chinese society, as per a report. According to the data released by the Communist Party's…
Islamabad, Aug 2 — Pakistan has remained a beneficiary of the European Union's (EU) GSP+ scheme despite its security forces allegedly firing on peaceful protesters, imposing communication blackouts, conducting mass arrests and denying entry to journalists in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a…
Sydney, Aug 2 — A 25-year-old man was charged after he allegedly assaulted a police officer in Yeronga, a suburb in the city of Brisbane in Australia, on Saturday night, according to a statement released by the Queensland Police Service (QPS) on Sunday. QPS said officers were initially called to…
New Delhi, July 2 — The deployment of AI in China is progressing at a much faster pace, triggering concerns of more job losses in an uncertain labour market, a media report said.Taxi drivers in Wuhan were rendered jobless as driverless cabs were rolled out in the city. There was some relief, and…