Beijing: China and India held the 18th round of Corps Commander Level Meeting, a move Chinese experts said showed that the border issue is shifting from a standoff to normalized management. The militaries of China and India held a deep exchange of views on resolving the
Patna: A 113-year-old madrassa library in India’s eastern state of Bihar that once housed more than 4,500 books, including ancient manuscripts and sacred Islamic texts written in beautiful calligraphy has been reduced to ashes by rioters on March 31. Charred pages, mixed with ash of completely
London: Most Britons want to keep the monarchy but King Charles III lacks support from young people, a new poll suggested Monday, less than two weeks before his coronation. Fifty-eight percent of respondents backed retaining the monarchy, compared to 26 percent in favour of an elected
Stockholm, Sweden: Europe’s military spending grew at a record pace in 2022, reaching a level unseen since the Cold War following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global security researchers said Monday. The rise in Europe helped global military expenditures reach an eighth straight record at $2.24 trillion,
London: The UK will conduct its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones set to emit a loud alarm and vibrate at 3:00pm (1400 GMT). The national system, modelled on similar schemes in Canada, Japan, the Netherlands and
Geneva: Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18's across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. Despite recent improvements, “the level of key air pollutants in many European countries
Canberra: Australia's government will prioritise long-range precision strike, domestic production of guided weapons, and diplomacy - key points of a review released Monday recommending the country's biggest defence shakeup since World War Two. The review said that the United States was no longer the "unipolar leader
Bamako, Mali: Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed and 88 jihadists “neutralized” in multiple incidents across Mali, the government said, in a wave of bloodshed it described as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents.” Early Saturday morning, suspected jihadists attacked the Sevare airport area in the
Assam: Amritpal Singh, a Sikh separatist who was arrested on April 22, has been transferred to a jail in Assam under high security, according to Indian media reports. Singh was taken into custody from the Rode village in Moga district, Punjab “on the basis of specific
Wagah: The border forces of Pakistan and India exchanged sweets and expressed good wishes for each other on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. At the Wagah-Attari border, sweets were exchanged between the local commanders of Pakistan Rangers Punjab and Border Security Force (BSF) India. Similarly, the border