BRUSSELS — A group of Chinese universities with military ties known as the "Seven Sons of National Defense" are involved in European Union-funded research projects, POLITICO has found.
The EU over the past decade has funded at least 14 projects for €26 million that worked with Chinese universities deemed "high-risk"...
Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) have struck a midnight deal to form a new alliance, leaders from both parties confirmed.
With this, the new government formed on March 4 is set to collapse and a formal announcement is expected soon.
As per the agreement signed in...
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said that it detected 30 Chinese military aircraft and 8 naval vessels operating near its territory from 6 am (local time) on Wednesday and 6 am (local time) on Thursday.
According to Taiwan's MND, 19 of the Chinese military aircraft crossed the median...
ISLAMABAD: Cash-strapped Pakistan witnessed the highest-ever single-year increase in tax exemptions or concessions, surging by 73.24 per cent or Rs1.64 trillion in the outgoing fiscal year.
The Pakistan Economic Survey 2023-24, released by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Tuesday, showed that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) doled out a...
After the Chinese government’s lengthy delay in releasing an economic and technical package promised nine years ago, the government of Nepal has now said “No, thanks” and is using its own resources to upgrade the Araniko Highway, according to a lawmaker and several officials.
When then-President Ram Baran Yadav was...
Senior Biden administration officials on Monday conveyed a mixed message about negotiations with Beijing to ban the use of artificial intelligence in both American and Chinese nuclear arsenals.
The US had sought “a strategic dialogue with China for years on nuclear matters”, according to US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt...
A senior Maldivian minister on his maiden visit to China on Wednesday spoke of President Mohamed Muizzu's recent visit to New Delhi and the importance of India to his country's tourism-dependent economy.
The comments by Minister of Economic Development and Trade Mohamed Saeed came as Male seems to have re-oriented...
NEW DELHI: Hundreds of Indians have been duped into working for cyber fraud cells in places like Myanmar, where they are tortured for resistance or have to pay lakhs of rupees to return home.
25-year-old Sagar Chauhan from Lucknow recounts how he was hoodwinked, along with two other friends Ajay...
China's fiscal revenue slipped 2.7% in the first four months of 2024 from a year earlier, after a 2.3% slide in the January-March period, in a further sign of an uneven economic recovery.
Fiscal expenditure rose 3.5% in the first four months, versus a 2.9% gain in the first quarter,...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) postponed its protest on Friday in Islamabad after the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision to reserve its verdict on PTI's petition requesting permission to hold the protest.
On Monday, PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub Khan urged everyone to participate in the peaceful protest across the country. He...
