ISLAMABAD: Amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, Pakistan's top military brass Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday extended "diplomatic, moral and political support of the Pakistani nation" to Palestinians, reported The Express Tribune. They further expressed deep concern about the latest developments in the Gaza-Israel conflict as human cost has been...
China is emerging as a crucial supporter of Taliban-led Afghanistan, with Beijing increasing its footprint in the neighboring country and taking a more proactive tone in its engagement with the regime. Experts say that China's reinvigorated policy in post-U.S. Afghanistan could be to "establish an anti-American and anti-West puppet state...
The Five Eyes countries’ intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft and using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the nations, in a rare joint statement by the allies. The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – known...
The Biden administration is refining rules aimed at keeping advanced chips and manufacturing gear out of China, seeking to close loopholes that might help its geopolitical rival gain cutting-edge technologies. The latest regulations are an attempt to streamline export curbs announced last October, according to people familiar with the matter....
A senior Bangladesh Army officer, Maj Gen Chowdhury Mohammed Aizizul Haque Hazary, on Monday said there is no space for militancy on the soil of Bangladesh and the country has never been a safe haven for militants. Hazary, the General Officer Commanding of 17 Division and the Area Commander of...
Sri Lanka's diplomatic failure to secure a concrete debt relief framework from China, its largest bilateral lender, is blocking access to desperately needed cash under a $3 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. A visit by IMF officials last month highlighted once again the bankrupt South Asian nation's slow...
(New York) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres should press Chinese President Xi Jinping to end Chinese authorities’ crimes against humanity in Xinjiang and other serious rights abuses in China during his upcoming visit, Human Rights Watch said today. Guterres is expected to attend the third Belt and Road Forum...
NEW DELHI: Nepal's very expensive Pokhara international airport is shaping up to be an economic albatross for the cash-strapped nation and has saddled it with debt to creditors in Beijing for years to come. The fate of the airport strongly parallels that of Gwadar Port in Pakistan which was built under China's Belt and...
A new report from a leading expert on the Chinese government's policies in the Xinjiang region reveals a new program that combines "re-education" with forced labor, aimed at erasing the cultural identities of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. The article is the latest from German anthropologist Adrian Zenz, whose past...
MUMBAI: India has outpaced China not only in economic growth but also in its stock market performance in recent years. With Indian markets outperforming most peers, the MSCI India index has grown 7.5% this year, while the MSCI China index has declined 7.6%. The gap is wider over five years:...