Ankara: China on Tuesday slammed the US over its move to assess what Washington termed “security risks” posed by Chinese drones. “China’s national defense policy is defensive, aiming to safeguard national security and prevent war. It doesn’t target any country and is undisputable,” Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman
New York: UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will today brief UN Security Council (UNSC) representatives on the Syrian peace process. Internal UN divergence and conflicting parties’ unwillingness to implement a ceasefire have stymied a mediated solution to Syria’s civil war. Key stakeholders, including Russia—which
Wellington: New Zealand is suspending all high-level contact with Myanmar and imposing a travel ban on its military leaders following last week’s coup, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday. New Zealand will also ensure its aid programme will not include projects that are delivered with,
Yangon: Police fired rubber bullets at anti-coup protesters in Myanmar capital’s on Tuesday as demonstrators around the country defied a military ban on rallies and international condemnation of the putsch grew. Protests erupted for a fourth straight day against last week’s coup to oust civilian leader
Edmonton: What started as a way for a group of friends in Edmonton to keep motivated and stay in shape during the pandemic has turned into a mission to support the farmers' protests in India. Sunny Brar and Kenny Bhullar, both from families of Punjabi descent,
Islamabad: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has demanded an international tribunal to hold trial of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for war crimes in Indian Illegaly Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing two separate webinars organized by Scottish Human Rights Forum and the
Washington: The office-bearers of the National Press Club of the United States have urged India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been unjustly detained for two and a half years. In a statement, the media body said, “Sultan, a writer for
The unresolved question of Palestine underlines the continuing importance of the Palestinian Rights Committee, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said today, during that body’s first formal meeting of 2021, warning that unliteral actions jeopardize the possibility of restarting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. “The year 2021 presents
Governments worldwide should together demand that the Myanmar military respect the results of recent national elections and relinquish power, Human Rights Watch said today. Military authorities are holding dozens of activists and National League for Democracy (NLD) officials incommunicado, raising concerns about their possible mistreatment
Nicosia: Cyprus and Greece will only accept a peace deal to end a decades-old division of the Mediterranean island based on U.N. resolutions, their leaders said on Monday, rejecting a two-state formula supported by Turkey and Turkish Cypriots. The United Nations is set to invite Cyprus’s