New York: US President Joe Biden has approved an executive order to impose sanctions on the leaders of Myanmar's coup. The measures will be focused on military leaders, their family members and businesses linked to them. Steps are also being taken to block access by the
Kathmandu: Nepal revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years, officials said. Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami said they reached the top of
Washington: In first telephone call, US President Joe Biden tells Chinese President Xi Jinping to maintain free and open Indo-Pacific, Xi warns that confrontation between two powers would be a ‘disaster’. Biden also underscored his “fundamental concerns about Beijing’s coercive and unfair practices, its crackdown in
Amjed Jaaved India is, currently, in throes of a son-of the soil farmer’s movement. They have been demanding the repeal of three controversial farm laws at different borders of New Delhi since November 26 last. They perceive the laws as a ploy to divest them of
Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” Winston S. Churchill. The disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir stands apart as the most cantankerous of conflicts, with the catastrophic possibility of nuclear devastation. After all India and Pakistan have
Srinagar: Complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the 37th martyrdom anniversary of prominent Kashmiri leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Call for the shutdown has been given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
Srinagar: Businesses and shops closed in many parts of India-occupied Kashmir to mark the eighth anniversary of the secret execution of Mohammed Afzal Guru in New Delhi. Unlike in the past, none of the groups which have long demanded the right to self-determination, called for a
Dhaka: The United Nations has appreciated the professionalism, discipline, dedication and bravery of the Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in different UN peacekeeping missions. It thanked the government of Bangladesh for its enormous contributions to UN peace operations. Bangladesh now ranks as the top troops and police-contributing country
Mali: Around 20 United Nations peacekeepers were wounded, including several seriously injured in an attack on their base in central Mali on Wednesday, a U.N. spokesperson said, offering a provisional toll. Militants attacked a temporary base near Kerena, a village in the war-torn center of the
Max Ferrandino Of the six prizes, the peace prize is the hardest to quantify — Nobel defined peace as the de-escalation of military forces, commitment to government bodies enabling peace and creation of “fraternity between nations.” It is easy to tell when someone has contributed to physical