Wynne (US), April 3: Residents across a wide swath of the US raced Sunday to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, killing at least 32 people.
The storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital...
BEIJING: Foreign companies are shifting investments and their Asian headquarters out of China as confidence plunges following the expansion of an anti-spying law and other challenges, a business group said Wednesday.
The report by the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China adds is one of many signs of growing...
China's foreign minister called on the US on Tuesday to do what it can to host a cooperative meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in November, criticising those who seek to play up a confrontation between democracy and authoritarianism.
Wang Yi said the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in...
Citing the arrest of 6 prominent Uyghur figures in Turkiye, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), a global Uyghur rights body raised concerns over China's repeated violation of human rights and repression of the Uyghur community. The WUC cited media reports while slamming China on the attempts to prosecute its...
The interim Bangladesh government of Mohammed Yunus is falling short in implementing its challenging human rights agenda a year since tens of thousands of people took to the street to successfully depose their authoritarian government, Human Rights Watch said today.
Some of the fear and repression that marked Sheikh Hasina’s...
Washington DC , December 3: Former US President Donald Trump has called US President Joe Biden a "destroyer of American democracy," The Washington Post reported.
While addressing thousands of supporters in Iowa, Trump said, "Biden and his radical left allies like to pose as defenders of democracy."
He said, "But Joe...
India and the US today sought to signal a reset in their strained ties as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his American counterpart Marco Rubio held frank discussions on thorny issues such as trade, visas, energy security, cross-border terrorism and the implications of the West Asia conflict.
Rubio, who...
Moscow sent 96 drones and a guided air missile into Ukraine overnight into Sunday (November 3, 2024), Ukrainian officials said.
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, 66 drones were destroyed during the overnight barrage, along with the missile. A further 27 drones were “lost” over various areas, it said, likely having...
The leaders of Belarus and Iran signed new agreements on Wednesday to boost bilateral ties in key areas including defence, the two governments said.
Presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Masoud Pezeshkian signed a package of 13 documents in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
Both governments have been placed under heavy sanctions, limiting potential...
Myanmar may not be able to hold its next election nationwide, the country’s junta chief admitted in comments published Monday, as the military struggles to contain escalating violence against its rule.
The military has made numerous pledges to hold elections since it seized power in February 2021, but has repeatedly...
