Category: World

As a result of ambitious tree-planting programs in China as well as intensive agriculture in both China and India, datafrom US National Aeronautics and Space Agency’s (Nasa) satellites show that the two countries led the way in greening on land. The study, which was published in the latest edition of Nature Sustainability on Monday, showed that at least […]

The Afghan government on Wednesday announced to launched an investigation into allegations that the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan and a separate complaints commission misused their authority during last year’s parliamentary elections. The October elections were marred by chaos, and the full results have yet to be announced. The investigation was announced a day after the […]

Indian security forces on Wednesday killed two Kashmiri youths in occupied Kashmir’s Budgam district, the Kashmir Media Service reported. The two youths were killed during a cordon and search operation in the Chadoora area of the district. The operation is currently ongoing, according to the KMS. A two-day shutdown is being observed in the occupied territory today as a petition […]

Ethnic Uighurs have launched a global campaign to press China for video proof that their missing relatives are alive, turning the tables on Beijing’s use of video to counter claims that a renowned Uighur had died in custody. The social media campaign was launched on Tuesday under the hashtag #MeTooUyghur after China released a video showing a […]

Two lawyers defending former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial misconduct submitted their resignations on Wednesday, their law firm said in a statement. There was no immediate explanation as to why the attorneys, who include lead lawyer Motonari Otsuru, were quitting Ghosn’s defence team. Contacted by AFP, the firm declined to comment on the […]

Forty countries led by Japan and the European Union (EU) but not the United States or China have agreed to require new cars and light commercial vehicles to be equipped with automated braking systems starting as soon as next year, a United Nations agency said on Tuesday. The regulation will require all vehicles sold to […]

WASHINGTON: Defence ministers from 29 Nato countries will meet in Brussels on Wednesday to assure Afghanistan that the world’s most powerful military alliance will continue to support Afghan security forces to “create the conditions for a peaceful solution.” The US defence chief Patrick M. Shanahan also delivered a similar message to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani […]

Islamabad has increased the deployment of female staff officers in its United Nations peacekeeping missions to 15 per cent, the Foreign Office (FO) announced on Tuesday night. UN Peacekeeping had in 2017 set a target for recruiting 15pc women as military observers and staff officers by the end of the year. FO spokesman Dr Mohammad Faisal tweeted […]

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday denied Washington was “covering up” the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and promised further action. “America is not covering up for a murder,” Pompeo told reporters in Budapest when asked about criticism by a senior Democrat. The remarks came after US President Donald Trump missed a […]

Riyadh does not know the location of dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s body, despite having detained the Saudi team that murdered him, a high-ranking foreign affairs official in the kingdom said in an interview broadcast on Sunday. The dissident journalist was dismembered after his murder Oct 2 in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul but his remains have […]