ISLAMABAD: Acute food insecurity in Pakistan is likely to further exacerbate in coming months if the economic and political crisis further worsens, compounding the effects of the 2022 floods, warns a new United Nations report published on Monday.
The report titled, Hunger Hotspots: FAO-WFP early warnings on acute food insecurity,...
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Space Research Organisation on the successful landing of Chandrayan-3 on the surface of the moon on Wednesday.
Nepal PM took to his social media 'X', formerly known as Twitter, and said, “I congratulate Prime Minister Shri...
The Philippines’ defence chief is pushing for a swift and sweeping modernisation of his country’s navy and coastguard to tackle Beijing’s aggressive tactics in the disputed South China Sea.
National Defence Secretary Gilbert Teodoro said new defence partnerships were needed and security personnel’s skills had to be improved to maintain...
London , April 28: Richard Sharp, the British Broadcasting Corporation's (BBC) chairman, resigned on Friday after it was discovered that he had concealed his role in helping to arrange a loan of roughly USD1 million for former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
As the loan was taken before he was...
Myanmar's ruling military pardoned on Tuesday jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi on five of the 19 offences for which she was convicted but she will remain under house arrest, state media and informed sources said.
The pardons mean six years will be shaved off Suu Kyi's 33-year jail...
U.S. President Joe Biden this past weekend made comments on the Chinese economy that raised eyebrows for the definitive tone.
Xi has "his hands full right now," Biden said during a news conference in Hanoi.
"He has overwhelming unemployment with his youth. One of the major economic tenets of his plan...
WASHINGTON: Suspicions that China is operating intelligence collection outposts in Cuba have renewed concerns over its efforts to establish a global network for power projection amid growing mistrust between Washington and Beijing.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Beijing last week on Sunday and Monday to meet with Chinese...
Environmentalists have stepped up a pressure campaign in East Africa amid reports that China is considering backing a major oil pipeline that runs from the Ugandan oilfields to Port Tanga in Tanzania.
Hundreds of environmental and community demonstrators staged coordinated multi-country protests at the corporate headquarters of various Chinese lenders...
Amid soaring tensions between the United States and China, Beijing has firmly opposed the meeting of Joe Biden administration's top official on human rights, Uzra Zeya, with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in New Delhi.
Strongly objecting to the meeting, Beijing has asked Washington to stop meddling in the...
Islamabad , December 27: Ahead of the 2024 general elections, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued an advisory, instructing government employees, including officers to refrain from participating in political activities.
The ECP issued the advisory on Tuesday, emphasising that government officials were prohibited from engaging in election activities.
Moreover, it...
