LONDON: Afghans have seized control of people-smuggling operations into Britain via the English Channel this year, with previously dominant Kurdish and Albanian organized-crime gangs losing business, The Times reported on Wednesday. From January to July this year, 2,891 Afghans arrived in Britain on small boats, with
BEIJING: Chinese and Indian military commanders pledged to “maintain the peace and tranquility” along their disputed border, China’s Defense Ministry said, in an apparent effort by the sides to stabilize the situation after a rise in tensions. China’s Defense Ministry issued a joint statement on social
NEW YORK: A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate sanctions on Russia by going to work, after he retired, for an oligarch he once investigated. Appearing before a federal judge in New York City, Charles McGonigal, 55, said he was “deeply
UNITED NATIONS: North Korea denounced US-led plans for an open Security Council meeting on its human rights record as “despicable” and only aimed at achieving Washington’s geopolitical ambitions. Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong called the United States a “declining” power and said if the council
ISLAMABAD: The relationship between Pakistan and India further deteriorated as the nuclear-armed neighbours did not keep up with the tradition of exchanging formal greetings on their respective independence days for the first time during peacetime. Pakistan celebrated its 77th Independence Day on August 14 whereas India
By Abdul Mussawer Safi The human rights situation in Punjab, India, has alarmed the world community, particularly the Sikh diaspora and the U.S. Congress. The U.S. Congress Committee on Appropriations issued a report titled "State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill 2024," which voiced concern
LONDON: Pro-Khalistan secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has announced it has raised £250,000 For Khalistan Referendum voting in Scotland in 2024 in response to the Indian government’s push to crackdown on Sikh Khalistani activists in the United Kingdom. SFJ made the announcement within 3 days
NEW YORK: Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York have confirmed that July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record, and it was likely due to human activity. Overall, July
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blames the “criminal gangs” facilitating small boat Channel crossings for the “horrific” weekend deaths of at least six migrants, his spokesman said. French authorities said one person could still be missing. The identity of the six was still being investigated,
WASHINGTON: The United States, Japan and South Korea are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation on ballistic missile defenses and technology development in the face of growing concern about North Korea’s nuclear program when the countries’ leaders gather at Camp David for a