After the visit of Turkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to Xinjiang (Urumqi and Kashgar) in the first week of June 2024, where he met Uyghurs and shared pleasantries with them, it is crystal clear that the Uyghur issue is no more a “factor” in the China-Turkiye relationship. The issue...
On the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the party is facing severe criticism from human rights organisations and ethnic groups for alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang, also known as East Turkistan.
The Swedish Uyghur Committee highlighted the grim legacy of the CCP on...
After months of intense speculation and official reticence, China has finally confirmed its two former defense ministers who vanished from public view last year had been under investigation for corruption.
Their dramatic downfall has exposed deep-rooted alleged deceit in key sectors of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military modernization drive despite...
The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) is being compelled to revisit its decision not to open an investigation into Chinese cotton imports suspected to have been produced with forced labor.
A London court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) and the Global Action Network (GLAN),...
Japan may host a meeting of Quad foreign ministers later this month, amid escalating tensions in South China Sea and the threat of a military confrontation between China and the Philippines.
Australia, India, Japan and the US are looking to finalise a date in the latter half of this month...
This sharp rise contrasts with the comparatively low influx from other neighbouring countries like the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Myanmar.
Government data reviewed reveals that in 202324 India granted only 1,432 medical visas to Sri Lankans, an 11.7 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) decline. Myanmar citizens received 3,019 medical visas,...
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...
NEW DELHI: India and Qatar on Sunday reviewed their bilateral relationship during a meeting between External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.
"I was delighted to meet the PM and FM of Doha and conveyed...
Amid the brewing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, reports are emerging that Islamabad has commenced the second phase of Afghan deportation. The controversial plan aims to send undocumented Afghan refugees back to their own country.
Pakistan began the second phase of deportation on Sunday. With this phase, the authorities are...
China is grappling with a series of horrific murders of young girls perpetrated by boys as young as 12 years old. However, the way the communist country handles juvenile killers is almost as shocking, often allowing them to avoid jail time and instead sending them to mental institutions for...
