ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers has urged the government of Pakistan to consider reviewing the proposed 26th constitutional amendment. In a letter to the federal government on Oct 14, Margaret Satterthwaite feared that the proposed constitutional package may pose a real risk to judicial...
WASHINGTON — Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) is opening an investigation into the Department of Energy (DOE) after uncovering new information that suggests America’s most advanced scientific institution, Los Alamos National Laboratory, is using machinery linked to the Chinese military. According to recent evidence...
There has been no new arrival this year of students to the Tibetan Children Villages owing to China's cross-border movement policies, a member of the NGO has said. Tibetan Children's Villages, or TVC, is a non-profit organisation that takes care of the education of orphans, destitute, and refugee children from...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday accused China of helping Russia in dragging out the ongoing war in the country, citing “clear intelligence data.” “Unfortunately, we are receiving signals that China is still actively helping Russia drag out this war. And we have clear intelligence data,” Zelenskyy told the EU...
Rising Indian influence in the Arctic serves as a counterbalance to China’s, which meets both Russian and Western interests... The Russian-Indian joint working group on the Northern Sea Route (NSR) through the Arctic Ocean, which is expected to become one of the world’s most important trade routes, just held its...
Leaked details of an August 27 meeting between China’s special envoy to Myanmar, Deng Xijun, and the powerful United Wa State Army (UWSA) reveal the armed group was told to employ the “four cuts” strategy against the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army...
Six FTC-2000G fighter jets from China arrived in Myanmar in August, coinciding with the military junta's intensifying airstrikes against armed rebels of various ethnic groups. This followed high-level meetings between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, signalling Beijing's continued support for Myanmar's military, even...
A recent report titled ‘China’s ‘New Great Wall’ Casts a Shadow on Nepal’—reveals some telling and concerning facts about China’s ongoing expansionist activities in the Himalayas, particularly along the Nepal-China border. The report highlights the alarming case of Humla, a frontier village in Nepal now confronted with Chinese barbed...
The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener, accusing both of being involved in the use of forced labor from China's far-west region of Xinjiang. The action broadens the scope of...
The demonstration coincided with the 75th anniversary of China's National Day, a significant event in the Chinese calendar, and was aimed at condemning China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region. Led by Hidayet Oguzhan, President of the International Union of East Turkestan Organizations (IUETO), the protest drew support...