Yangon: A total of 98 aftershocks have hit Myanmar since a devastating earthquake struck the country, according to the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology Tuesday. These tremors ranged in magnitude from 2.8 to 7.5. The death toll from the 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has...
Rawalpindi: As Pakistan intensifies mass deportation of Afghan refugees, the businesses owned by Afghans in the commercial centres of Rawalpindi city and cantonment areas have started to shut down. As the deadline of March 31 arrived, thousands of Afghan refugees were deported back to Afghanistan,...
Sanaa: The US military conducted 22 airstrikes targeting several Houthi sites across northern Yemen Tuesday, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV and residents reported. The strikes hit areas east and south of the capital Sanaa, the Island of Kamaran in the Red Sea, and areas both north...
Seoul: South Korea will hold a snap presidential election June 3 to replace recently ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's acting leader Han Duck-soo announced Tuesday. The announcement came days after the Constitutional Court removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his ill-fated...
New York: President Donald Trump has threatened China with an additional 50 per cent tariff that would take the total levies to more than the value of products, while doubling down on the global reciprocal tariffs. He wrote on Truth Social on Monday that “if...
Moscow: The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov criticised the United States Monday for its sweeping tariff hikes, accusing it of undermining global economic stability. "We are closely monitoring the current situation, which remains highly volatile and emotionally charged," he said during a daily briefing Monday. The...
Washington: President Donald Trump threatened additional tariffs on China Monday, raising fresh concerns that his drive to rebalance the global economy could lead to a trade war. Trump's threat, which he delivered on social media, came after China said it would retaliate against US tariffs...
New York: The US Supreme Court has rejected 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's appeal seeking a stay on his extradition to India, moving him closer to being handed over to Indian authorities to face justice. Rana, 64, a Canadian national of Pakistani origin,...
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba spoke with US President Donald Trump on the telephone Monday night to discuss new US tariffs, local media reported. Ishiba told Trump that they should seek cooperation that can benefit both nations, not tariffs, as he expressed concern that...
Beijing: The unilateral imposition of "reciprocal tariffs" by the United States effectively deprives countries, particularly those in the Global South, of their right to development and is certain to face widespread opposition from the international community, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. Recently,...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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