Australia’s digital spy agency has identified China as the major backer of serious hacking against Australian companies and critical infrastructure.
The Australian Signals Directorate, or ASD, Wednesday released its cyber threat report for the past year.
It stated that serious attacks on federal government agencies or critical infrastructure that led to...
China has failed to take on a central role over the war between Israel and Hamas as it pursues other interests in the Middle East such as trying to secure a new military base, the former head of Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency told.
China holds the rotating presidency of...
The version of “Game of Thrones” currently being enacted in the Pakistani political theatre is no less exciting and unpredictable than what the original HBO blockbuster offered viewers the world over.
The fortunes of the dramatis personae—two former Prime Ministers and a general and the supporting cast—have changed dramatically in...
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said he is “alarmed” by reports that Afghan refugees are being abused in Pakistan as the country carries out its policy of forced mass deportation.
In a statement Wednesday, Türk expressed concern at reports that “the arbitrary expulsion of Afghan nationals from Pakistan...
KARACHI: Heavily-armed men have taken three police constables hostage after they attacked a security checkpoint in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials have said. The incident took place on Wednesday at the police checkpoint in Turbat.
The armed men, besides taking three constables hostage, also took away their official submachine guns...
At Pakistan’s main border crossing with northern Afghanistan, the narrow path into an uncertain future runs between two rusty iron fences and ends beneath a black-and-white flag of the Taliban-run government.
Many of the returning Afghan refugees who arrived here last week expected the worst as they stepped onto muddy...
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...
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"...
My neighbour in Ram Vihar, on seeing me all packed and cheerful over my holiday enquired where I was headed. “To escape Delhi’s smog, I am off to Nepal” I replied. “But Nepal is reverberating with earthquakes” he said, referring to two massive tremors (magnitude 6.3 and below) on...
China is using the world's largest-ever disinformation campaign to target US residents, according to a new report as tensions soar surrounding Taiwan.
The Chinese operation has targeted US residents, businesses and politicians, according to reports which reviewed court documents and public disclosures by social media companies.
The attacks - often deeply...
