Category: International

There were protests in southeastern Iran on Friday, according to images shared by human rights groups. People took to the streets in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Balochistan province, as sweeping anti-government demonstrations in the country enter their fourth month. Sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September, unrest in Iran has morphed into one […]

France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Paris has restored normal consular relations with Morocco following a year-long dispute linked to France’s decision to slash the number of visas for Moroccans visiting France. The announcement on Friday comes two days after France and Morocco played each other in the football World Cup semifinals in Qatar. France […]

The Supreme Court on Saturday dismissed a petition filed by Bilkis Bano seeking to review the May 2022 judgement which held that Gujarat had the appropriate jurisdiction to decide on the premature release of 11 men convicted of gangraping her and murdering her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bar and Bench reported. The […]

WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Friday launched its long-planned “China House” unit, an internal reorganisation to help expand and sharpen its policymaking toward its top geopolitical rival. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in May announced the creation of China House, calling it a department-wide, integrated team that would coordinate and implement US policy across […]

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk said Saturday he would reinstate the Twitter accounts of several journalists who were suspended after he accused them of endangering his family. Musk had drawn anger and warnings from the EU and UN after suspending the accounts of more than half a dozen prominent journalists from the New York Times, CNN […]

Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has accused former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa of controlling the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), saying he blocked the conclusion of corruption cases against “thieves” during his government’s tenure. “NAB would tell us that the cases were matured but they were not being allowed to […]

The UK, France and UAE on Wednesday (local time) extended support for India’s permanent membership at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Dame Barbara Woodward, the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations said, “The Security Council must as others have said become more representative of the world today and the UK has long called […]

As Pakistan is already undergoing a wave of multiple crisis, the announcement of the end of ceasefire by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan—also known as TTP—and besides this its leadership’s order to its fighters to launch terror attacks across the country make the already fragile nation further vulnerable to being annhilated. Moreover, the militants’ backtracking on the […]

The terrorist attack on a Chinese-run hotel in Kabul on Monday has again raised safety concerns for China’s business community in Afghanistan. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kabul Longan Hotel, known as the “go-to” hotel for Chinese visitors to the Afghan capital. Local media reported shots and explosions coming from the […]

At least 31 people have died and several others hospitalised in India’s Bihar state after drinking toxic alcohol, authorities and local media said. The deaths happened mainly in two villages in the impoverished eastern state, where the sale and consumption of liquor were banned in 2016 after women’s groups campaigned against poor workers splurging their […]