Dushanbe: Tajikistan said it was ready to accept up to 100,000 refugees from Afghanistan, where the Taliban has claimed huge military gains as US-led troops withdraw. The ex-Soviet Central Asian country is working with international organisations to prepare for an influx of Afghans, the deputy head

Washington: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise human rights issues with officials in India when he visits the country next week, a senior State Department official said on Friday. Dean Thompson, the department's acting assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs, told reporters

Islamabad: The Taliban say they don’t want to monopolize power, but they insist there won’t be peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed. In an interview with The Associated Press, Taliban spokesman, Suhail Shaheen, who

Beijing: President Xi Jinping is on a rare trip to China’s politically sensitive region of Tibet, state media reported, the first such visit by the country’s top leader in more than three decades. Tibet has alternated over the centuries between independence and control by China, which

Washington: A US-based media body has condemned the raids on India’s prominent media group Dainik Bhaskar and TV channel Bharat Samachar by the Income Tax Department and said New Delhi should drop these investigations aimed at “intimidating” news outlets critical of its government. The Committee to

New Delhi: Accusing the government of using Pegasus spyware as a weapon against opponents, Rahul Gandhi alleged that all his phones were tapped and that his security men had been asked to report on everything he said. He also demanded a court-monitored inquiry, which was

Bishnupur/Imphal: On 15 July, eight imas — or mothers in Meitei — from across Manipur commemorated the 17th anniversary of a protest that shook India and transformed the state forever. Three of them held a quiet ceremony in Imphal to mark the day, with two

Washington: US President Joe Biden authorized the use of up to $100 million to address migration emergencies related to the situation in Afghanistan, the White House said. The statement said the money would come from the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund "for the purpose of

Islamabad: National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has told Indian journalist Karan Thapar that talks with India are "impossible" until it revokes the unilateral, aggressive actions it has taken in occupied Kashmir. During an interview with Thapar, published on The Wire on Saturday, Yusuf said the question

Srinagar: An India-based government agency that is also believed to be a client of Israeli company NSO Group reportedly made hacking attempts on phones of over 25 Hurriyat leaders hailing from Indian occupied Kashmir between 2017 and mid-2019. According to leaked record reviews by The Wire,