US President May Use OPCON Transfer to Reduce US Troops in Korea
US President Donald Trump reportedly views the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea as a possible way to reduce or withdraw American troops from the Korean...
MEA Secretary Meets Somali President, Conveys Greetings from PM Modi
MEA Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan met Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying greetings from President...
China Tightens Internet Censorship as Universities Intensify Student Surveillance Measures
China is tightening internet censorship as universities intensify surveillance of students using VPNs to...
Tibetan Leader Accuses China of Interfering in Dalai Lama Succession
Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering has accused China of attempting to control the selection of...
Microsoft Apologises After Major Global Outage Disrupts Outlook and Teams
Microsoft apologised for a major global outage that disrupted services including Outlook, Teams and...
Taliban government of Afghanistan asks Pakistan to avoid provocative statements
Kabul: Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has asked Pakistan government to refrain from issuing provocative and baseless statements.
He said his government desires to establish...
British PM Rishi Sunak promises to tackle inflation & illegal migration
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to tackle the country's most serious problems, from cutting inflation to reducing illegal migration.
In a speech in...
Finland to impose restrictions for Chinese tourists if EU makes no decision: Minister
Helsinki: Finland will impose restrictions for Chinese tourists due to the COVID-19 situation in China if no measures are proposed at the European level,...
Amnesty International calls for restoration of Internet and lifting of section 144 in Gwadar
Islamabad: The internet shutdown in Gwadar, Balochistan following the imposition of an emergency law to quell protests on 28 Dec must be reversed immediately...
Over 130 people killed, 300 wounded by gunfire in US in 2023
Washington: More than 130 people have been killed, and over 300 have been wounded in the United States by gunfire in the first days...
700,000 international tourists Sri Lanka in 2022
Colombo: Sri Lankas tourism ended the year 2022 on a positive note, as the arrivals of international visitors to the country topped the 700,000...
Blasphemy: Bangladesh tribunal jails ex-leader of Hindu group for 7 years
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a former leader of a Hindu group to seven years in jail on charges of blasphemy over a...
China claims Nepal’s Pokhara Airport was built under BRI
Kathmandu: Kathmandu might be saying that there was no project signed under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) between Nepal and China but a...
UN chief deeply saddened at deaths from South Africa gas tanker explosion
New York: The UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres on Monday expressed his deep sadness over the reported death of at least 34 people in South...
Bangladesh: 6 Rohingya robbers held in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka: Bangladesh Coast Guard officials have arrested six Rohingya robbers with 14 domestic and foreign firearms, 486 rounds of ammunition and yaba from Coxs...
China: Former Uyghur Muslim preacher dies in Xinjiang prison
Beijing: A Uyghur Muslim preacher, who was serving a five-year sentence in Chinas far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, has died...
Maoists: Back at the Helm
In a dramatic, though expected, development in Nepals politics, on December 26, 2022, Maoist veteran Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda took the oath as...
Pakistan: JI protest against lawlessness, narcotics in Nowshera
Nowshera: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) recently launched a sit-in demonstration in Pakistans Nowshera region against lawlessness, crimes and narcotics in the district, media reports said.
People from...
Morocco prohibits entry of all travellers from China amid Covid cases’ spike
Rabat/ UNI: The Moroccan authorities have banned all people arriving from China from entering the country, amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the countrys...
