Thousands of ethnic minority Muslims surrounded a mosque in southwestern China over the weekend in a last-ditch effort to prevent what they said was an attempt by authorities to remove its dome and minarets, as a crackdown on religious freedoms widens.
The apparent alteration of a mosque belonging to the...
Tel Aviv , November 30: US Secretary of State blinken">Antony Blinken, who arrived in Israel overnight, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office.
US Secretary Blinken is also set to sit in on a meeting of the war cabinet.
Earlier in the day, he also met in...
New Delhi, Jul 1: An article in Foreign Policy, a noted US magazine focused on global affairs, has cited the emergence of India as a “major player” in the Middle East as one of the most interesting geopolitical developments in the region in years.
The write-up highlighted New Delhi’s deep...
China is seeking to create a legal basis for police to collect biological information in cases involving minor offences, which would vastly expand a controversial practice currently used only in investigations related to terrorism, drugs and other serious crimes.
The proposed amendment to the Public Security Administration Punishments Law has...
PARIS — An explosion potentially caused by a gas leak ripped through a building in central Paris on Wednesday (June 21), leaving four people fighting for their lives and causing a wave of destruction, officials said.
Rescue workers were in the evening still searching the rubble for two missing individuals...
Tokyo , March 14: Japanese Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to recognise a sexual crime even in the absence of physical force or compulsion and raise the legal age of consent from 13 to 16.
The amendments would see a sexual offence charge to more clearly state that non-consensual...
Bangkok, Dec 14: China's economy will slow next year, with annual growth falling to 4.5% from 5.2% this year despite a recent recovery spurred by investments in factories and construction and in demand for services, the World Bank said in a report issued Thursday.
The report said the recovery of...
In what seems to be a step to safeguard its waters from China's military aggression, Taiwan's Navy is expected to commission two more domestically-built Tou Jiang-class stealth missile corvettes into service next month.
The Taiwan-based news agency reported citing sources familiar with the matter that the two corvettes, the Hsu...
Moscow November 14: Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, a convicted killer of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin after he fought for the Russian army in Ukraine.
Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin's wars in Chechnya, was shot dead on October...
Naypyidaw , November 28: The ruling Junta in Myanmar has been losing vital military locations and border towns to well-armed ethnic militias that have collaborated with resistance forces to launch massive new offensives in recent weeks, CNN reported.
This is a development that has not been seen in decades when...
