BEIJING: China has uncovered a Chinese national suspected of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), its state security ministry said on Friday, highlighting what it said were the risks and dangers of Chinese citizens being recruited abroad. The Chinese national surnamed Zeng, who had
MOSCOW: Russia launched its first moon-landing spacecraft in 47 years on Friday in a bid to be the first nation to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole, a region believed to hold coveted pockets of water ice. The Russian lunar mission, the first
LONDON: The number of migrants to have crossed the English Channel into the UK by small boat since 2018 reached 100,000 people this week, driven in part by refugees fleeing from Afghanistan and the Middle East. At least nine boats were intercepted by the Royal National
NEW YORK: Under Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dogmatic rule, the targeting of minorities — particularly Muslims — by right-wing Hindu extremists is now a way of life in many states, as India degenerates into a conflict zone of sectarian violence, according to an article
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi easily defeated a vote of no-confidence taken by the opposition over his handling of a deadly ethnic conflict in Manipur, and in a two-hour speech dismissed the move as a vain attempt to "defame India". More than 180 people
SRINAGAR: The High Court of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir upheld illegal detention of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Dr. Abdul Hameed Fayaz under black law Public Safety Act. A bench of Justice M. A. Chowdhary while dismissing a petition filed by Dr Fayaz’s wife, seeking quashing of
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut Thursday came under attack after a protester threw a Molotov cocktail at its building, which the local authorities said could be a reaction to dozens of Quran desecrations in the Scandinavian country. "We confirm that there was
UNITED NATIONS: The United States and its allies vowed Tuesday to keep Syria’s failure to account for its chemical weapons program in the spotlight at the U.N. Security Council every month despite opposition from Russia and China. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the council Syrian President
KYIV: Ukraine announced a “humanitarian corridor” on Thursday to let dozens of cargo ships trapped in its ports since the outbreak of war last year sail into the Black Sea, where shipping routes are under scrutiny since Russia quit a deal to allow grain exports. At
NEW DELHI: Lashing out at Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for grave human rights violations, atrocities and annexation of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) by revoking its special status in 2019, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that the “Butcher of Gujarat” will