India's national security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday held a meeting with his Greek counterpart Athanasios Ntokos in New Delhi. The meeting, in line with the shared vision of the prime ministers of both countries, delved into a spectrum of pressing issues crucial for global security and bilateral...
Warships from the United States, Australia and Japan have held joint drills in the South China Sea in defiance of Beijing, which claims sovereignty over virtually the entire strategic waterway. The U.S. 7th Fleet that oversees most U.S. Navy operations in the region said the guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 8 February said that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided that the Free Movement Regime (FMR) between India and Myanmar be scrapped. Calling it PM Modi's resolve to secure our borders, Shah said that the decision was taken in order to ensure...
New Delhi: Bangladesh’s new foreign minister Hasan Mahmud Thursday thanked India for “standing” by it despite “many ploys” to undermine the recently-held national elections, and backed New Delhi’s decision to fence the country’s border with Myanmar. Mahmud, who is on a three-day visit to India, from 7 to 9 February,...
An advanced group of Chinese hackers taking aim at critical US infrastructure has been active for as long as half a decade, American and allied intelligence agencies said in a joint statement on Wednesday. The US National Security Agency, US cyber watchdog CISA, the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration...
“Festive fever” is how the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre describes the national mood in the run-up to Chinese New Year on February 10th. A different fever troubles the government of Singapore: how to deal with China’s allegedly extensive influence operations in the city-state. This month a sweeping new law...
KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Nepal sold electricity worth Rs 12.40 billion to India during mid-July and mid-January this year, which was 47.97 percent more than the figure in the same period last year. The records with the Nepal Rastra Bank show that Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) exported electricity worth Rs 8.38...
On February 7, the government cybersecurity and intelligence agencies of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand said the Chinese government has for years been carrying out cyber operations, with state hackers “seeking to pre-position themselves on IT networks for disruptive or destructive cyberattacks” against their...
Guatemala has no intention of breaking diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite seeking closer economic links with China, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Thursday, pledging to boost ties with both players in parallel. Guatemala is one of only a handful of nations that still maintains formal ties with Taiwan. Next-door Honduras...
Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, is “erasing” the suffering of the persecuted Uyghur minority from internet searches in China. Results from the tech giant’s Bing search engine show how its Chinese users are presented with different results from American users. And in the most egregious example, Bing image results for...