Andrew Korybko Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov are visiting India and Pakistan this week. The visit is extremely important because it concerns much more than just the Afghan peace process and preparing for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s planned
Jakarta: Security forces in Myanmar have killed 564 people since February’s military coup, a civil society organization working to secure the release of political prisoners confirmed on Monday. In a written statement, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said it had documented seven additional deaths
Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has drawn up a new proposal for peace with the Taliban ahead of an international conference aimed at jump-starting faltering talks between the two warring sides, official sources said. It comes after the United States -- backed by Russia and other
Cairo: A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo to a new museum home where they can be displayed in greater splendour. The convoy transported 18 kings and four queens, mostly from the New Kingdom, from the Egyptian
New York: The Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations Jean-Pierre Lacroix strongly condemned an attack by suspected militants on a camp of peacekeepers in Mali. Friday’s attack in Aguelhok, in Kidal region, killed four peacekeepers from the Chadian contingent and left 19 others injured. “I
Amritsar: Strongly opposing the move to suppress minorities in India, including the Sikhs, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the apex body controlling gurdwaras, passed a resolution condemning the alleged moves made by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) to make the country a “Hindu rashtra”. It
Islamabad: Indian so called fake corona vaccine is a major threat to the entire world because it does not meet Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements and is extremely harmful to humanity. While commenting on the efficacy of Indian COVID-19 vaccine medical experts said that Brazil’s refusal
New Delhi: In the biggest incident of its kind in years, at least 22 Indian security personnel were killed and 32 wounded in a major Maoist attack in the central state of Chhattisgarh, a senior police official confirmed on Sunday. Ashok Juneja, the director-general of Anti-Naxal
Alyssa Yamamoto Two weeks after the tragic slaughter of eight people, including six Asian women, in Georgia—President Joe Biden announced several initiatives to respond to the surge in anti-Asian violence in America. These include a COVID-19 Equity Task Force subcommittee focused on anti-Asian xenophobia; a Department
Brussels: The United States and Iran will open indirect talks next week in Vienna as the European Union spearheads efforts to bring President Joe Biden s administration back into a nuclear accord. Participants in the accord over Tehran s nuclear ambitions -- including China, France, Germany,