Jordan has banned reporting about an alleged plot to destabilise the country, said to involve controversial ex-Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein. The prosecutor general said the ban extended to social media networks. Over the weekend, the government accused Prince Hamzah, 41, of

Soon after giving out a statement on forced labour in Xinjiang, Swedish fashion retailer H&M was forced to close 20 stores in China. Recently, several companies including H&M and Nike are facing pressure after they said that they were concerned about allegations that forced

Japan will offer up to 10 billion yen ($90 million) in a loan to an Indian financial institution in an effort to spur lending to businesses promoting environmentally friendly projects in the fight against climate change. Under an agreement it signed with the Japan International

Nearly all big states significantly scaled up their MGNREGS operations, with Rajasthan emerging as the top state in terms of work, generating 454 million days of work (in person days) followed by West Bengal (414 million). As millions of migrant workers returned home last year after

In a report released on Friday, a rights group has revealed how the lives of minority communities in Pakistan are under siege, and religious minorities are treated as “non-citizens”, one without a voice and any legally protected rights. “Minorities in the Islamic

Bhutan is the last standing Buddhist Kingdom in the world. It has one of the fastest growing economies and is consistently ranked as the happiest country in Asia. It is a small country with a remarkable past and present, but its future is threatened by the aggression of neighboring China.

On March 30, 2021, U.S. State Department published the 2020 Human Rights Report confirming its determination of the atrocities against the Uyghurs as genocide and crimes against humanity and providing further details concerning their findings. The 2020 Human Rights Report provides a

KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked among the worst four countries in the world in gender parity with only Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan faring worse as the country slipped to 153rd out of the 156 countries assessed in a report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Wednesday, saying

The Philippines’ air force has been conducting daily aerial patrols over Chinese fishing vessels which have been spotted near the disputed Whitsun Reef, media reports said. The diplomatic row was touched off earlier this month when some 220 boats were first spotted at the

As part of efforts to boost the education sector in Nepal, a new building for the Shree Rashtriya Primary School in the Chitwan district has been constructed with assistance from India. An Indian Embassy release said that the building was constructed as part of development cooperation

For Hong Kong residents wondering what sort of behaviour might breach the Beijing-imposed national security law, one of the city's top police officers says it is the wrong question to ask. "Do not tempt the law - it's simple," Mr Oscar Kwok, the Hong Kong Police

Pro-democracy supporters in Myanmar have called for the Chinese Embassy in Yangon to be closed, after China again blocked an attempt on Thursday by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose sanctions on the military regime in an attempt to stop the bloodshed in Myanmar.

HANOI: Copper prices fell on Thursday after data showed top consumer China's factory activity growth was weaker-than-expected in small, private and exported-oriented firms amid softer domestic demand. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.2% to $8,765.50 a tonne by

Police in Kathmandu have arrested a Chinese national for allegedly hacking an ATM and illegally withdrawing cash. The 29-year-old man was arrested at Thamel of Kathmandu by a team mobilised by the Metropolitan Police Circle in Darbarmarg and the Metropolitan Police Range in Kathmandu.

In the 2021-22 annual budget recently approved by the parliament, the government has allocated Rs 786 crore to the tourism sector a hike of Rs 509 crore from this year’s budget. The infrastructure that is building road and bridges has been sanctioned Rs 408 crore. Finance Minister

At least four people, including a child, have been killed in a shooting at an office building in southern California, US media report. Police said they were called to the two-storey building on Lincoln Avenue in Orange, south of Los Angeles, at about 17:30 local time (00:30 GMT).

Srinagar:  A sufi conference highlighting the life and works of famous Sufi poet Waza Mahmood was today organized by Kashmir Society International here. Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole, DC Srinagar Aijaz Asad, Chairman KSI Khwaja Farooq Renzushah, Dr Hina Bhat

Vietnam has remained an outlier to China's fanfare COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy campaign in Southeast Asia as either a rejection of Beijing's vaccine diplomacy or a brewing geopolitical game-changer, according to a report published in Nikkei Asia. Vietnam, which recently began

A new pact signed by Taiwan and the United States on coast guard cooperation aims at countering China's expansion, said a Taiwanese analyst. According to Taiwan News, Su Tzu-yun, a senior analyst at Taiwan's Institute of National Defense and Security Research, said that the new

After a week of a protest sit-in outside the Janikhel police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, local tribesmen and relatives of four teenage boys whose bullet-riddled bodies were found last week began a protest march towards Islamabad on Sunday. The tribesmen and