London: The British and Japanese prime ministers signed what Downing Street called a "hugely significant" new defence deal that could see troops deployed to each others’ countries as the pair met in London. Rishi Sunak and Fumio Kishida signed the agreement at the Tower of London,
Washington: Aides to United States (US) President Joe Biden have discovered at least one more batch of classified documents in a location separate from a think tank office he used after serving as vice president, according to unnamed sources. Biden aides have been searching for additional
Islamabad: The World Economic Forum (WEF) sees Pakistan facing a huge threat of hunger and distress amid a prevalent cost-of-living crisis, warning that it may be further aggravated by extreme weather events and constrained supply. For the past 17 years, the WEF's Global Risks Report has
Kyiv: Russia’s war in Ukraine has wrought a devastating toll on civilians and shattered civilian life in much of the country, Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2023. Russian forces have committed apparent war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, summary executions, and
Moscow: Russia said that it would send a rescue capsule on February 20 for three crew of the International Space Station (ISS) after a meteorite damaged the spacecraft that was due to return them to Earth. "The Soyuz MS-23 launch is on February 20, 2023, in
Lima: Peruvians in the southern region of Puno carried coffins through the streets of the 17 civilians who died in protests in the area earlier this week, the worst outbreak of violence the Andean country has seen in over 20 years. Even as families mourned their
Tehran: Iran has sentenced a former deputy defence minister who holds dual Iranian-British citizenship to death on charges of spying for Britain, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. Britain described the death sentence on Alireza Akbari as politically motivated and called for his immediate release. Akbari was
London: Ending illegal occupation of Kashmir by India dominated a debate at Foreign Affairs Committee at the British parliament with participants questioning double standards on human rights and rule of law – a step in the right direction, said a Kashmiri diaspora leader. “The participants became
Ladakh: Ladakh’s leadership has rejected Modi-led Indian government’s committee and made it clear to India that people of Kargil and Leh region were better off with occupied Jammu and Kashmir before it was stripped of its special status on August 5, 2019 and divided in
Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) ) has criticized India’s proposal to hold the G-20 summit in Srinagar and urged the group’s participants to concentrate on the economic recovery rather than politicking the pertinent issue In a statement issued in Srinagar, the APHC leadership said