Taipei [Taiwan]: Nearly 90 per cent of the Taiwanese oppose Beijing's 'one China, two systems' policy and its diplomatic oppression of Taiwan, a poll released by Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) informed. The poll reflected that 83.9 per cent of the respondents

Manila [Philippines]: Amid China's growing military assertiveness, the Philippines has promised that it will ignore Beijing's amended maritime law, which now requires foreign vessels sailing in the South China Sea to report their information to Chinese authorities. "Our stand

Kabul [Afghanistan]: The Taliban have rejected a claim by a high ranking Pakistani minister that trade between the two countries would be in rupees under a currency swap arrangement, local media reported on Sunday. Ahmadullah Wasiq, a member of the cultural commission, said the

Berlin [Germany]: The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) held a protest rally in Hanover, Germany against the " fake encounters " in Baloch istan province staged by Pakistani forces. According to release by the movement, the protest began at 2:00 pm German time in front of the

North Korea has tested a new long-range cruise missile capable of hitting much of Japan, state media said on Monday. The weekend tests saw missiles travelling up to 1,500km (930 miles), the official KCNA news agency said. It suggests North Korea is still capable of developing

Slamming the Biden administration's handling of US drawdown from Afghanistan, a top Russian security official said the system that Washington established in the troubled country could not survive without their support and US military construction efforts turned to dust after their

Washington DC [US]: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with Philippines Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and reiterated their commitment to supporting the security, stability, and prosperity of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Pentagon informed on Saturday.

Japan can now give defense equipment and technology to Vietnam under an agreement signed Saturday, as the two countries step up their military cooperation amid worries about China's growing military influence. Japan's Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said the deal elevates their

Twenty years after hijacked passenger jets crashed into New York City’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon outside Washington, DC, people in the United States have come together to honour the nearly 3,000 lives lost on September 11, 2001. Saturday’s ceremony at the

WASHINGTON -- Gen. John Raymond, the chief of the U.S. Space Force, says that the security of the final frontier faces a "full spectrum of threats" from China that needs to be countered by allied cooperation. The Chinese have built and are building "everything from

Dominant Communist Party of Maoist era risks stifling growth and innovation A stunt by Chinese fans to mark the birthday of a young celebrity elicited a harsh rebuke from Beijing that for some evoked uncomfortable echoes of the Cultural Revolution. A Chinese fan club for the pop

European Union's Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara on Wednesday expressed concerns over human rights and enforced disappearances in Pakistan before the renewal of GSP Plus that is going to expire by the end of 2023. Kaminara said that the protection of human rights, press

The UN has condemned the Taliban for what its "increasingly violent response" to dissent, weeks after the group's rapid takeover of Afghanistan. Taliban fighters killed four people during recent protests, the UN said. Demonstrations have taken place across Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden has urged unity as his country remembers the victims of the 2001 11 September attacks. In a video released on the eve of the 20th anniversary, he paid tribute to the 2,977 people who lost their lives. "We honour all those who risked and gave their lives

Landing an unmanned aircraft flying at above five times the speed of sound on a standard air strip is not easy, but Chinese military researchers say they have found a way to make it safer, potentially bringing applications for hypersonic flight a step closer. The technology has

As the Taliban insurgents overran Afghanistan, some from the Muslim community in India celebrated the prospect of a hardline Islamic nation's rebirth after two decades. But thinking minds of the same community in India are red-flagging such outpourings as meaningless, irrelevant and

Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban, which unveiled a caretaker government on September 7, less than a month after seizing power in Afghanistan, has been acting as expected. A day after assuming the role, education minister and Taliban leader Sheikh Molvi Noorullah Munir questioned the

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has apologised to the people of Afghanistan after fleeing to take refuge in the United Arab Emirates. "Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life," he said, adding that he was sorry he "could not make it end

Kabul [Afghanistan]: After the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, its decision to ban co-education has resulted in the partition of university classrooms. "Partition in University classrooms after Taliban announced that male and female students should not attend one

Chinese students have been experiencing delays in getting UK visas, which was caused by an increasing volume of visa applications, said the British Embassy in Beijing. Meanwhile, insiders noted that Chinese students' perspectives have changed when it comes to applying for schools