New Delhi: Myanmar’s government-in-exile, the National Unity Government (NUG), has asked Myanmarese citizens, who have been “temporarily sheltering” in India due to the military crackdown in that country, to stay away from local political matters and ethnic-based conflicts.
The NUG government’s advisory to the displaced citizens is significant because it...
Kabul , July 9: After schools and universities closed, many students in war-torn Afghanistan turned to training in tailoring, and have called on the Taliban to reopen schools.
Some of these girl students demanded that the de-facto authorities reopen the colleges and universities that were closed to female students in...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , July 10: In the Khyber province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a group of tribal clerics has once again took matters into their own hands by enforcing a ban on transgender people dancing and playing music during weddings.
The decision was made by a group of 26 clerics on Friday, who also ruled that clergy would not...
BEIJING, July 10: A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China's Guangdong province on Monday, killing six people and injuring one, triggering an outpouring of concern about violence against children at school.
Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county in the southern province was a stabbing. The...
Amid soaring tensions between the United States and China, Beijing has firmly opposed the meeting of Joe Biden administration's top official on human rights, Uzra Zeya, with Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in New Delhi.
Strongly objecting to the meeting, Beijing has asked Washington to stop meddling in the...
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...
European Union officials are working to narrow the scope of export controls that China announced this week on two key metals used in semiconductors, solar panels and electric vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter.
The EU wants to make sure that export restrictions on the two metals are based on clear...
ISLAMABAD: British airline Virgin Atlantic stopped flight operations to Pakistan as its last flight from Islamabad International Airport, VS379, flew to London Heathrow.
Virgin Atlantic commenced operations at Islamabad Airport in December 2020 with seven weekly flights. It initially operated four flights to Manchester and three to London Heathrow.
Later, the...
ISLAMABAD: The government is compelled to increase electricity prices, despite the fact that circular debt continues to inflate and the state is unable to control it.
The circular debt is increasing on a daily basis, sucking precious financial resources and forcing Pakistan to seek financial help from the International Monetary...
