Category: World

At least 44 Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed on Thursday in occupied Kashmir in the deadliest attack on security forces since 2002, police said. According to The Hindu, however, paramilitary officials in Srinagar have officially confirmed only 37 deaths so far. The attack, surpassing one in 2016 when 19 soldiers died, saw explosives packed inside a van rip […]

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit China next week, Beijing’s foreign ministry said on Friday, as part of a swing through Asia in which the monarch is expected to sign an investment package with Pakistan. The Saudi Arabian leader will visit next Thursday and Friday and will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping […]

Two people were sentenced to death by a Myanmar court on Friday for the murder of a Muslim lawyer and Aung San Suu Kyi adviser, after a drawn-out trial backlit by allegations of impunity with a main suspect still at large. Ko Ni, whose work and faith made him a target of hate speech online […]

The majority leader in the US Senate Mitch McConnell announced on Thursday evening that President Donald Trump would soon declare a national emergency, empowering him to build a wall on the Mexican border without congressional approval. Senator McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said he spoke with the president in the afternoon who told him that he […]

ISLAMABAD: As the Inter­na­tional Court of Justice (ICJ) formally commences public hea­­ring on the conviction of Indian spy commander Kulbhushan Jadhav from Feb 18, Pakistan’s delegation for oral arguments will depart for The Hague on Friday (today). Attorney General Anwar Man­soor would lead the Pakistani delegation whereas Director General South Asia Dr Mohammad Faisal would […]

India on Friday announced the withdrawal of Most Favoured Nation status for Pakistan. The move followed a cabinet meeting during which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed on a recent attack on Indian security forces in occupied Kashmir, in which 44 paramilitary soldierswere killed, Indian media reported. Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a press briefing said […]

LONDON: Global energy demand will surge by a third over the next two decades on advancing prosperity, but Indian demand growth will eclipse that of flagging giant China, Britain’s BP forecast on Thursday. “The demand for energy is set to increase significantly driven by increases in prosperity in the developing world,” BP said in its […]

NEW DELHI: The United States and India plan to boost bilateral trade in energy, aerospace, defence, pharmaceuticals and healthcare as part of a continuing commercial dialogue, officials from both governments said on Thursday. They have set up seven working groups of chief executives with top US and Indian firms that will focus on financial trade […]

WASHINGTON: Between 2006 and 2016, armed forces personnel as a share of the labour force trended downward in every region except South Asia, says a US State Department report released on Thursday. In 2006, South Asia had about 2.62 million personnel in the armed forces, which was 0.18 per cent of its total population and 0.43pc of […]

The Mideast conference in Poland starting on Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to flaunt in public what he has long boasted about happening behind the scenes his country’s improved relations with some Gulf Arab nations. Several Gulf dignitaries are expected to attend in a potential show of force against uninvited Iran. […]