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
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
NEW DELHI: Indian Congress has accused Union home minister Amit Shah of attempting to change India’s criminal law structure in a “clandestine, hidden and opaque manner”. In a statement, Congress general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala said Shah had sought to lie and
MIRPUR (AJK): Kashmiris living in Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday observed India’s Independence Day as a black day to mark protest against long forced and illegal occupation of a large part of Jammu and Kashmir State by