New Delhi: Incessant rains across north India have paralysed normal life, leading to at least 40 reported deaths, landslides, devastation and flood-like situations in even the biggest of cities, including the national capital.   As of the evening of Monday, July 10, the Times of India reported 17 deaths from the...
Fears over the prospect of an invasion from China is twice as high among Australians when compared to the Taiwanese, new research suggests.  An Australian Institute survey of 1,000 people each in Australia and Taiwan found one in 10 Australians believed China would invade their country “soon” compared to one...
Chinese flood victims in hard hit areas of northern China have taken aim at a key Communist Party official, saying he sacrificed their safety to protect President Xi Jinping’s flagship projects.   A hashtag playing off a comment by Ni Yuefeng, the Communist Party boss of Hebei province, had more than...
France is preparing to evacuate its citizens from the West African nation of Niger because of anti-French sentiment following last week's coup.   It has said it will also help other European nationals to leave.   The coup has prompted demonstrations against the former colonial power, with the French embassy coming under attack.   It...
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...
Washington DC: The United States has said that it would be "closely monitoring" the results of the Pakistan Elections 2024. The recent reports of intimidation and suppression of votes have raised concerns with the US Government. "We're concerned, and we share our concerns about some of the reports that we've...
China is no longer set to eclipse the US as the world’s biggest economy soon, and it may never consistently pull ahead to claim the top spot as the nation’s confidence slump becomes more entrenched. That’s according to Bloomberg Economics, which now forecasts it will take until the mid-2040s for...
Ever since the illegal occupation of Gilgit-Baltistan by Pakistan, the people of the region have been facing difficulties. The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have never been granted the rights they deserve, as successive governments in Islamabad have continued to treat them unfairly. However, in the past few years, the common people...
Kabul , April 10: Afghanistan is ranked fourth on the list of countries with the highest crime rate in 2023. The country has the fourth-highest crime rate. More than 76 crimes are committed in Afghanistan for every 100,000 people. The crime has various forms, including corruption, assassinations, drug trafficking, kidnapping and money laundering. Afghanistan in...
Islamabad , November 13: The Islamabad Accountability Court has issued arrest warrants for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman and former Pakistan PM Imran Khan in the Toshakhana and 190 million pounds Al-Qadir Trust cases, Samaa News reported on Monday. The Toshakhana reference case was a landmark decision by the Election Commission of...