Myanmar's military leader has promised to "safeguard democracy" as the regime warned anti-coup protesters against taking to the streets. Min Aung Hlaing, speaking on national TV to mark Armed Forces Day, again promised elections but gave no date. State TV warned in a

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president. Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles, considered threatening weapons, under UN Security Council resolutions. Both Japan

New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Tuesday here began the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC). The meeting is being held after a gap of more than two-and-a-half years. A delegation from Pakistan reached New Delhi on Monday to hold talks with India under the 1960 Indus

Iran’s ambassador to India Dr Ali Chegeni on Monday appreciated the efforts by India to provide Covid-19 vaccines to other countries and said that India is “now famous” in helping all the countries in the world. “This initiative by India is appreciated by

RIYADH — Presided over by its Chairman Eng. Abbas Bin Ahmed Hadi, the Shoura Council's Saudi-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Committee held a meeting here with Indian Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed here Sunday. In remarks, Eng. Hadi stressed the importance of bilateral relations

Several Western countries have imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group. China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region of Xinjiang, where allegations of torture, forced labour and sexual abuse have

A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado. The attack in Boulder ended with police detaining an injured, shirtless suspect at the King Soopers market. The shooting was live-streamed by

Stating that there has been zero infiltration on the Line of Control (LoC) this year, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh Saturday said that no fresh ceasefire violation was reported after the recent peace agreement between Indo-Pak officials. “So far there is zero

Estonia has convicted a maritime scientist who also worked at a Nato facility of spying for China, officials and media reports said on Friday, in the country’s first intelligence case not linked to Russia. Tarmo Kouts was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison by Harju

Islamabad: A man has been held by police officials as he attempted to attack Pakistan's French embassy, media reports said. The suspect snatched a weapon from the police but was detained by Pakistani security forces, reports WION. He was quoted as saying by WION that he was

Kolkata: Politically, it's a double-barrel Sunday in Bengal today - both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the state campaigning for BJP. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address three separate rallies herself. The show-stealer, though, could

Srinagar: A 6 day Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme highlighting ‘entrepreneurship approach, skill and challenges’ organised by division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Science of SKUASTKashmir in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development institute

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said it was time for New Delhi and Islamabad to “bury the past and move forward”. Bajwa was speaking at the Islamabad Security Dialogue when he said that stable Indo-Pak relations were the key to

A recent investigative report has revealed that fresh human placentas continue to be secretly sold in underground markets in China despite a ban. According to a report published on thepaper.cn on Monday, underground dealers buy discarded placentas, with a strong smell of blood, from

French Ambassador in Islamabad, Marc Barety, is facing severe security threats amid deteriorating diplomatic relations between France and Pakistan, and a demand by a radical Islamist political party to expel him from the country. The Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan has refused to retreat on

The alleged murder of a 6-year-old boy in China by a 13-year-old has triggered widespread discussions yet again on the age of criminal responsibility. The younger boy, surnamed Wang, went missing in Mianxian township in Shaanxi province on February 17, Chinese national radio reported.

Myanmar authorities declared martial law in parts of Yangon after several Chinese-owned garment factories were torched on Sunday over Beijing being supportive of the military for the coup thereby threatening the country's fragile economy. At least 38 people were killed on Sunday as

A top United States official working on Afghanistan has warned Congress that a withdrawal of US troops from the country without a peace agreement between the Afghan government and the Taliban would be “a disaster”. John Sopko, the US Department of Defense’s special

Eight people, including at least six Asian women, have been killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia. Police said four people were killed at a massage parlour in Acworth, a suburb north of Atlanta, and four more at two spas in the city itself. South

TEHRAN: Several Iranian coastguard personnel were wounded as protesters attacked their base over the killing of a young man in a confrontation between their unit and fuel smugglers, local media reported Sunday. The incident occurred Friday after smugglers in boats in the Sirik area of