Washington , August 6: China imposed sanctions on US lawmaker Jim McGovern accusing him of frequently interfering in Beijing's "internal affairs.
McGovern has hit back at China saying that he will wear the sanctions "as a badge of honor."
The statement by the US lawmakers intended to call on the Chinese...
Moscow, Dec 14: Russian President Vladimir Putin began his end-of-year news conference Thursday vowing that his goals in Ukraine remain the same and that there would be no peace until they're achieved.
The Russian president, who has held power for nearly 24 years and announced recently he is running for...
Israel's envoy in Taipei said on Thursday that Taiwan has been a "good friend" whose support Israel has appreciated, but China's response to the attack by Hamas has been "disturbing".
Israel, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Chinese-claimed Taiwan. But Taiwan views Israel as an important democratic...
Islamabad , September 11: An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the Richter Scale jolted Pakistan on Wednesday, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.
According to NCS, the epicentre of the earthquake was located in Pakistan at a depth of 33 kilometres at around 12:58 pm (IST).
In a post on...
Sri Lanka has been caught in a tug of war between India and China. Most recently, a Chinese maritime research vessel, Shi Yan 6, was expected to enter Colombo for research in purposes, in collaboration with Sri Lanka’s National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency (NARA).
NARA had earlier indicated...
There is large-scale violation of basic human rights in Sindh, as per Pakistan vernacular media Pahenji Akhbar.
Pahenji Akhbar is a Sindhi newspaper in Pakistan.
Sikandar G. Soomro writes for Pahenji Akhbar that, on one hand, while government and non-government bodies make peoples’ lives hell, on the other hand, criminals and...
Assuming Xi Jinping and Joe Biden finally sit down together next week in San Francisco after a year of posturing, accusations, backchannel signalling and wayward surveillance balloons, the results will be underwhelming.
There is so little trust – a week before the expected meeting, the Chinese had still not formally...
TAIPEI: China has launched a misinformation campaign that includes news reports Taiwan's president has an "escape plan" in the event of a Chinese invasion, aiming to sap morale as Beijing presses the island to accept its sovereignty, Taiwan officials said.
Taiwan is on high alert for what it sees as...
As Pakistan’s caretaker government takes over from the previous government under Shahbaz Sharif, security challenges paint a gloomy picture for the country.
Last year saw the highest number of terror incidents in Pakistan, Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) and Baloch separatists being the main outfits responsible for the attacks. The return of the...
