Category: World

WASHINGTON: A failure to reintegrate Taliban fighters and their families into Afghan society could undermine any peace agreement that the United States and the militants might conclude, warns an official US report to Congress. In its annual report to Congress, office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) identifies three risks that might […]

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has warned that politicising the UN counterterrorism machinery would only compromise the integrity of the regime, as China also warned against “forcefully moving” a resolution in the UN Security Council. Speaking in a Security Council debate on “Preventing and Combating the Financing of Terrorism” on Thursday afternoon, Pakistan’s Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said that […]

WASHINGTON: US and Chinese trade negotiators will reconvene in Washington next week following “candid” and “constructive” talks in Beijing, but it may take time for the economic superpowers to settle a bruising tariffs battle. The officials are working to find a binding agreement to address President Donald Trump’s complaints about the years of unfair treatment […]

GENEVA: United Nations-backed talks to prevent an arms race in outer space ended without agreement on Friday, delivering another blow to global disarmament diplomacy. Twenty-five nations — including major space-faring powers such as China, Russia and the US — held two weeks of negotiations that aimed to lay foundations for a treaty ensuring peace in […]

BERLIN: Thousands of students skipped school in Berlin on Friday as part of a growing worldwide youth movement demanding faster action against climate change. Carrying signs with slogans such as “I want snow for Christmas” and “The climate is changing, why aren’t we?”, the demonstrators gathered in a park near the capital’s main train station […]

ALGIERS: About one million people took to the streets of Algiers on Friday to demand the resignation of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, police officers at the scene said, in the biggest demonstration since unrest erupted six weeks ago. In at least one location, police opened fire with tear gas and rubber bullets, chasing and beating demonstrators, […]

Youtube star Lilly Singh is riding a wave of success. It was recently announced that the comedian will be getting her own daily late-night show, taking over Carson Daly’s spot. But she’s not done representing women of colour. In her latest video titled ‘If Bollywood Songs Were Rap’, the super woman remixed ‘Choli Pe Peeche Kya Hai’, […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched his party’s general election campaign on Thursday with a rally in India’s most populous state, promising development with national security in seeking votes for another term. A coalition led by Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to retain power in a staggered election beginning on April […]

China on Thursday hit back at criticism from the United States’ top diplomat who called its treatment of Muslims “shameful hypocrisy” after speaking with a former prisoner from a Chinese detention camp. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the comment after meeting with Mihrigul Tursun, a member of the Uighur ethnic group who has […]

A legal restriction that bars non-residents from owning property in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir is “constitutionally vulnerable” and discriminatory, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday Repeal of the measure adopted in 1954 to safeguard the special status of the Indian-occupied Muslim-majority state has support from many in the Hindu-dominated region of Jammu, where Prime […]