BEIJING: On his maiden visit to Beijing, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during which the two leaders agreed to strengthen the all-weather friendship and the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Shehbaz arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night on a two-day visit. This is his first visit […]
London: A new Indian visa centre has been set up in central London to boost capacity for processing applications alongside other measures, such as a doorstep service and document verification facility, to address high travel demand from the UK. Indian High Commissioner to the UK Vikram Doraiswami inaugurated the new India Visa Application Centre (IVAC) […]
KABUL: A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban administration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people. “Due to a blast on a mini bus from the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development, seven have been injured,” said Khalid Zadran, Kabul’s police spokesperson, adding the explosion was caused by a […]
SEOUL: North Korea fired at least 23 missiles into the sea on Wednesday, including one that landed less than 60 km (40 miles) off South Korea’s coast, which the South’s President Yoon Suk-yeol described as “territorial encroachment”. It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near the South’s waters since the peninsula was […]
NEW YORK: Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, three former Afghan generals told The Associated Press. They said the Russians want to attract thousands of the former elite […]
SEOUL: North Korea’s Foreign Ministry criticized the United States for expanding joint military exercises with South Korea that it claims are practice for a potential invasion, and it warned Tuesday of “more powerful follow-up measures” in response. The statement from the ministry came as the U.S. and South Korea conduct aerial drills involving more than […]
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will become the first pontiff in history to visit Bahrain, in a trip this week that is hoped will cement ties with Islam but is also marked by accusations of human rights abuses in the Gulf state. The Thursday-to-Sunday visit — the 39th international trip of Francis’ papacy — comes three […]
Washington: People who feel that they lack personal control are more likely to prefer a culture that imposes order, a new study has found. Further, according to the study published by the American Psychological Association, these “tighter” cultures, in turn, perpetuate their existence by reducing people’s sense of personal control and increasing their sense of […]
Johannesburg: A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, according to a media report. The deceased was identified as Kuntaj Patel. Police constable Elioda Gumizamu, 21, from the Field Force Unit (FFU) has been charged with murder after he was apprehended and handed over to […]
Geneva: The U.N. labour agency warned Monday that job vacancies and employment growth are expected to decline worldwide in the fourth quarter as the war in Ukraine and multiple and overlapping crises have led to shrinking wages, higher debt and yawning inequality. Gilbert Houngbo, the new director-general of the International Labor Organization, called on governments […]