Reuters :The Philippines on Sunday accused China’s coast guard of blocking and water-cannoning a Philippine military supply boat in the South China Sea, condemning the “excessive and offensive actions” against its vessels. China’s coast guard countered that it had implemented necessary controls in accordance with the law to deter Philippine […]
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Reuters : Three people were killed and houses set ablaze in fresh violence in India’s Manipur, police officials said late on Friday, as sporadic violence and killings continue in the remote northeastern state. The three people killed belonged to the majority Metei community in the state’s Bishnupur district, a police […]
AFP/UNS: Riot police were patrolling urban neighbourhoods near India’s capital on Wednesday following a second night of sectarian riots that have killed six people so far. The unrest began on Monday when mobs hurled stones at a Hindu religious procession and set cars alight in the predominantly Muslim district of […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday said Pakistan was ready to hold talks with its “neighbour” on serious issues as wars were not an option anymore. “We are prepared to talk to them, provided that the neighbour is serious to talk [on] serious matters … because war is […]
MOSCOW -AFP/UNS: Three Ukrainian drones were downed over Moscow early on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, in an attack that briefly shut an international airport. While one of the drones was shot down on the city’s outskirts, two others were “suppressed by electronic warfare” and smashed into an office complex. […]
UNITED NATIONS -UNS: The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) might be seeking a merger with Al Qaeda to create an umbrella organisation that shelters all militant groups operating in South Asia, warned a monitoring report submitted to the UN Security Council. “Some [UN] member states registered concern that TTP might provide […]
UNS/Reuters :India’s parliament on Wednesday authorised a no-confidence vote against Narendra Modi’s government by an alliance of opposition parties, to force the prime minister to address in detail concerns about ethnic clashes in the northeastern state of Manipur. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a clear majority of 301 members […]
BEIJING -AFP/UNS:China offered no explanation for the sacking of foreign minister Qin Gang on Wednesday while scrubbing mentions of him from a government website. Qin — who has not been seen in public for over a month — was removed from office by Beijing’s top lawmaking body on Tuesday after […]
UNS/Reuters: Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday that passage of a new law in Israel limiting some Supreme Court powers signalled that political tensions will continue and likely have negative consequences for Israel’s s economy and security situation. “We believe the wide-ranging nature of the government’s proposals could materially weaken […]
ISLAMABAD -UNS: Yellow River Tourism Overseas Promotion Season is officially launched in Pakistan by China Cultural Center in Pakistan on their various social media platforms including Facebook Official Page, We chat, Channels, Twitter account of Cultural Counsellor and Director China Cultural Center in Pakistan H.E Zhang heqing. The event will […]
