A Vietnamese court has handed prison sentences to 54 officials and businesspeople, including a former deputy foreign minister, in one of the country’s largest ever bribery cases. The defendants were found guilty on Friday of taking part in a scheme in which diplomats and companies took money from Vietnamese citizens abroad who wanted to return […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will continue to extend political, diplomatic, and moral support to Kashmiri brothers and sisters for the just and peaceful settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the United Nations Security Council resolutions. Addressing the weekly news briefing here on Thursday, the Foreign Office spokesperson said, “Pakistan strongly condemns the provocative […]
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China is providing technology and equipment to Russia that is becoming increasingly crucial to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, a newly released report from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence has revealed. The report, titled “Support Provided by the People’s Republic of China to Russia,” also indicated that Beijing is pursuing a variety […]
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While Czechoslovakia was a communist satellite, the buildings were given away for free “under the threat of Russian guns and tanks” but are still used today by Moscow diplomats. The oft-tense diplomatic relations between the Czech Republic and Russia took a turn for the worse when the central European state’s foreign ministry announced it planned […]
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Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq and President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry have expressed deep concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK). In a meeting held in Mirpur (AJK) on Thursday, both the leaders discussed mutual interests, regional developments and the continued oppression […]
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The UK police issued a profound apology to Andrew Malkinson after he spent 17 years wrongly locked up for a crime he did not commit. The Court of Appeal finally exonerated him on Wednesday, thanks to new DNA evidence that linked the actual perpetrator to the rape case. The emotional hearing saw Malkinson expressing his […]
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The Senate on Thursday passed a bill to amend the Pakistan Army Act, 1952 which proposes up to five years in jail for anyone who discloses sensitive information pertaining to the security of the country or the Pakistan Army. The bill, titled “Pakistan Army (Amendment) Act, 2023”, was moved by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. The […]
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Ukraine’s military says it has had success on one of the front lines in southeast Ukraine, as Western officials talk of a major thrust taking place. In a video published by President Zelensky, Ukrainian troops said they had taken the village of Staromaiorske. Earlier, Ukraine’s military said it was “solidifying positions” it had reached in […]
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National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday said the BRICS group could work together on listing terrorists and their proxies under the UN counter-terrorism sanctions regime and underlined that the process should be free from politics and double standards. During the meeting of BRICS National Security Advisors, China’s representative was Wang Yi, a member of […]
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SRINAGAR: Thousands of Shiite Muslims were allowed to hold a religious procession marking the Muslim month of Muharram in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s main city on Thursday for the first time since an anti-India rebellion broke out in the disputed region more than three decades ago. The participants, mostly wearing black clothes, beat their chests and recited […]
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