China has passed sweeping changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city. The number of directly elected seats in parliament has been cut almost by half, and prospective MPs will first be vetted by a pro-Beijing committee to ensure their loyalty

Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd's head and neck for 4 minutes and 45 seconds as Floyd cried out for help, stayed on his neck as Floyd flailed and had seizures for 53 seconds, and then remained on a non-responsive Floyd for another 3 minutes and 51

ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR: A judge in the Pakistani city of Peshawar ordered police on Friday to open an investigation into the organisers of a march marking International Women's Day over allegations they committed blasphemy. Police in Islamabad had previously refused to open a case,

YANGON: Myanmar security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since the military coup on Feb. 1. Mourners fled the shooting at a service for

Firefighters in Indonesia are working to put out a massive fire that has broken out at one of the country's largest oil refineries. The fire broke out at the Balongan refinery, run by state oil firm Pertamina, at 00:45 local time on Monday (17:45 GMT Sunday). At least five

The US has said that it is "horrified" by the killing of scores of anti-coup protesters in Myanmar on Saturday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the military of "a reign of terror" that was "sacrificing the lives of the people to serve the few".

At least 32 people have been killed and 165 injured in a train crash in central Egypt, officials say. Carriages derailed and overturned when two passenger trains collided near the city of Tahta, Sohag province. Emergency brakes were activated on the train in front by "unknown

Myanmar's military leader has promised to "safeguard democracy" as the regime warned anti-coup protesters against taking to the streets. Min Aung Hlaing, speaking on national TV to mark Armed Forces Day, again promised elections but gave no date. State TV warned in a

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president. Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles, considered threatening weapons, under UN Security Council resolutions. Both Japan

New Delhi: India and Pakistan on Tuesday here began the annual meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC). The meeting is being held after a gap of more than two-and-a-half years. A delegation from Pakistan reached New Delhi on Monday to hold talks with India under the 1960 Indus

Iran’s ambassador to India Dr Ali Chegeni on Monday appreciated the efforts by India to provide Covid-19 vaccines to other countries and said that India is “now famous” in helping all the countries in the world. “This initiative by India is appreciated by

RIYADH — Presided over by its Chairman Eng. Abbas Bin Ahmed Hadi, the Shoura Council's Saudi-Indian Parliamentary Friendship Committee held a meeting here with Indian Ambassador Dr. Ausaf Sayeed here Sunday. In remarks, Eng. Hadi stressed the importance of bilateral relations

Several Western countries have imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group. China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region of Xinjiang, where allegations of torture, forced labour and sexual abuse have

A gunman has killed 10 people, including a police officer, following an hours-long stand-off at a grocery market in the US state of Colorado. The attack in Boulder ended with police detaining an injured, shirtless suspect at the King Soopers market. The shooting was live-streamed by

Stating that there has been zero infiltration on the Line of Control (LoC) this year, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbagh Singh Saturday said that no fresh ceasefire violation was reported after the recent peace agreement between Indo-Pak officials. “So far there is zero

Estonia has convicted a maritime scientist who also worked at a Nato facility of spying for China, officials and media reports said on Friday, in the country’s first intelligence case not linked to Russia. Tarmo Kouts was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison by Harju

Islamabad: A man has been held by police officials as he attempted to attack Pakistan's French embassy, media reports said. The suspect snatched a weapon from the police but was detained by Pakistani security forces, reports WION. He was quoted as saying by WION that he was

Kolkata: Politically, it's a double-barrel Sunday in Bengal today - both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in the state campaigning for BJP. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will address three separate rallies herself. The show-stealer, though, could

Srinagar: A 6 day Entrepreneurship Awareness Programme highlighting ‘entrepreneurship approach, skill and challenges’ organised by division of Veterinary Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Science of SKUASTKashmir in collaboration with Entrepreneurship Development institute

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said it was time for New Delhi and Islamabad to “bury the past and move forward”. Bajwa was speaking at the Islamabad Security Dialogue when he said that stable Indo-Pak relations were the key to