China sent the most warplanes into sensitive areas around Taiwan since large-scale military exercises in April, a move that follows visits to the democratically run island by US and Canadian lawmakers.   A sortie of 32 planes crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait or the island’s air-defense identification zone...
The Chinese Communist Party and its People’s Liberation Army are in the process of developing weapons that may pose a new kind of biologocal threat to the world. The Chinese army has established itself as the leader in ‘neurostrike’ weapons, which have been designed to attack or even control...
Remittances sent home by Pakistanis working abroad fell to $27bn for the fiscal year 2023, compared with $31.3bn a year earlier, the country’s central bank said on Monday. Remittances for June slumped to $2.2bn from $2.8bn a year earlier, central bank data showed. The remittances were mainly sourced from Saudi Arabia...
Washington DC , July 10: Highlighting religious discrimination in Pakistan, human rights activists raised concern over the decline in the percentage of minorities in Pakistan. Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan said that the population of minorities in Pakistan has come down to 3 per cent from 23 per cent since its independence...
Bakhtiar Semseddin's phone rang incessantly Sunday morning with spam calls as the founder of the Montreal-based International Support for Uyghurs (ISU) got ready to lead a march through the city's downtown. He says this kind of harassment happens every time he organizes an event bringing awareness to the oppression of...
In China, local governments are inspecting businesses weekly to find excuses to fine them. One factory owner said he doesn't keep working capital in nearby banks because the government would use its pull with those banks and force him to grant "loans." China's Ministry of Finance reported that local governments...
Nato leaders and their allies are heading to Vilnius, Lithuania, this week, for two days of meetings starting on Tuesday. Among them is Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president, who will give one of the opening speeches.   The summit will be dominated by discussions about the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine....
KATHMANDU: Nepal Foreign Minister NP Saud has said that China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project has not been implemented in Himalayan country so far. Recently, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Cheng Song said that Pokhara International Airport was built under the BRI project, while Minister Saud clarified that BRI has not...
Bangladesh is all set to settle trade with India in Rupee from Tuesday, a move to cut their reliance on the American currency, which was involved in nearly 90 per cent of global forex transactions in 2022. Bangladesh Bank and the Indian High Commission are expected to announce the news regarding the Indian...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is likely to discuss energy, power and port projects during a presidential visit to New Delhi next week, the foreign minister said on Monday, as India tries to push forward stalled initiatives with its crisis-hit neighbour. India's support was critical for Sri Lanka last year after it almost ran out of...