Taipei: The United States has approved the potential sale of $619 million in new weapons to Taiwan, including missiles for its F-16 fleet, as the island reported a second day of large-scale Chinese air force incursions nearby.
The arms sales are likely to further sour already tense ties between Washington...
Seoul: North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters Thursday, hours after the North threatened to launch "fiercer" military responses to the US bolstering its security commitment to its allies South Korea and Japan.The missile fired from the North's eastern coastal Wonsan area at 10:48 am...
China's alleged persecution of its Muslim minorities will surge back up the global agenda when the United Nations' human rights chief visits its troubled Xinjiang region next week.
The May 23 to 28 visit by Michelle Bachelet comes as rights groups pile pressure on her office to release a long-postponed...
China is struggling to fill the ranks with its military branches despite increased efforts to attract new recruits, job ads suggest.
On WeChat, a Chinese do-everything app, recruitment messages seek both young and middle-aged recruits for active duty officer and administrative roles within the People's Liberation Army, promising "better benefits"...
Tel Aviv , November 14: The families of Israelis being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip have started a protest march in Tel Aviv for their release, along with their supporters.
The kin of hostages will be walking to Jerusalem in the upcoming days and will converge on Israeli...
Seeking urgent funds to the tune of $65 billion via infrastructure investment, Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar,on October 20, completed a five-day trip to Beijing. He was also attempting to allay China’s demands regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the ambitious infrastructure project spearheaded by Beijing from...
Elmau (Germany): Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers are set to commit themselves to the long haul in supporting Ukraine as they meet in the German Alps and confer by video link with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The G-7 leaders will begin Monday's session of their three-day summit...
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un doubled down on his arms buildup in the face of what he described as an aggravating security environment as he concluded a major political conference that came as US and South Korean officials say North Korea is pressing ahead with preparations for...
Karachi , November 25: Ten persons were killed and 22 others injured in a fire at RJ Mall on Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi, Dawn reported, citing statements from hospital and police officials.
Karachi Mayor Barrister Murtaza Wahab took to X to confirm the news, saying, "Can so far confirm...
Lhasa , February 27: A press statement Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) released on 6 February in Geneva has come out with a shocking revelation that the Chinese government is running a chain of residential schools where about a million Tibetan children are forcibly lodged in order to wipe out their Tibetan cultural identity and to brainwash...
