Category: International

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that he does not “want to contain” China but accused Beijing of “changing the rules of the game.” “Really what this trip is about, it’s less about containing China. I don’t want to contain China,” said the US president after a bilateral meeting with Vietnamese Communist Party General […]

Seven terrorists were killed and six critically injured by security forces in an exchange of fire in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district, according to a press release from the military’s media wing on Sunday. The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said the skirmish took place on Saturday in the district’s general area of Ursoon […]

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his G20 presidency to burnish his image at home and abroad as a steward of national power and prosperity, asserting India’s place in the world ahead of general elections next year. For months, the 72-year-old leader has been a ubiquitous presence across Delhi, looking down from countless roadside posters […]

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he urged U.S. President Joe Biden not to link the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Türkiye with Sweden’s NATO bid, during a pull-aside meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in India over the weekend. On the sidelines of the two-day summit, Erdoğan had bilateral talks with […]

A Canadian digital watchdog warned Apple users on Thursday after discovering spyware linked to the Israeli company NSO that exploits a recently discovered device vulnerability. According to a statement issued by the organization, Citizen Lab discovered that a member of a civil society organization with headquarters in Washington had their Apple device infected with NSO’s […]

ISLAMABAD: The European Union announced on Friday launching of a new project that would contribute to migrant protection in Pakistan covering all phases of migration, including countering and preventing irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and smuggling of migrants. A new migrants resource centre is being opened in Peshawar, joining the existing centres in Islamabad […]

A multinational rail and shipping project linking India with the Middle East and Europe has been announced on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi in a step seen as a challenge to China’s economic ambitions in the region. The corridor, which would include India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel […]

A district and sessions court issued non-bailable arrest warrants on Saturday for murdered journalist Arshad Sharif’s wife Summaiya Arshad and producer Ali Usman. The warrants were issued after the two reportedly failed to appear despite summons from the court. Sharif, a prominent anchorperson, had fled the country in August 2022 to avoid arrest after he […]

KASHGAR, CHINA: Chinese travelers throng the bazaars of old Kashgar, munching mutton kebabs and soaking up heavily commodified Uyghur culture — part of a government push to remold troubled Xinjiang into a tourism paradise. Kashgar, an ancient Silk Road oasis, was more recently on the front lines of Beijing’s sweeping anti-terrorism campaign in the northwestern […]

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in its fact-finding report, expressed deep concern over the human rights situation in northern Sindh. Based on an HRCP fact-finding mission conducted in February 2023, the report titled “Northern Sindh: In Search of Solutions” was launched in Karachi today. The report also shows concerns over rights violations against […]