Lebanese riot police on Saturday scuffled with student protesters angered by a decision from top universities to adopt a new dollar exchange rate to price tuition – equivalent to a major fee hike. Near the entrance of the American University of Beirut (AUB) in the city’s

The politics in Nepal is witnessing twist and tear as Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday recommended the dissolution of the parliament after he was cornered over an executive order issued last week, reports say. “PM Oli was under pressure to withdraw an ordinance related to

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital Sunday morning killed at least eight people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.  Tariq Arian, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said that more than 15 others were wounded in the attack including a member of

US President-elect Joe Biden told Mexico's president Saturday he was committed to addressing the root causes of poor Latino migrants crossing the border into America. Outgoing President Donald Trump made tightening the southern frontier against what he called the free and dangerous

The University of Kashmir on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a NewDelhi-based innovations firm to undertake joint student-centric engagement and placement programmes.  In a statement the varsity said that the MoU between KU’s Centre for Career

A three-week national hands-on training programme on Machine Learning Technology commenced at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, (SKUAST) Kashmir with an aim to prepare human capital for the tech-driven job market and new-age agripreneurship. 

Pakistan violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Rajouri district on Wednesday evening, a defence official said. Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand, said that Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that even if the country’s government holds early Senate elections, it would not be able to save itself and will be sent home. “If you are not affected by Pakistan Democratic Movement

Calling the India- Nepal ties as "tall as the Himalayas and as deep as the Indian Ocean," Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on Thursday said India's goodwill towards its neighbour comes with "no strings attached", however, without naming China, CDS Rawat

India continues to be in regular touch with authorities in China to resolve the issue of several ships with Indian crew stranded in Chinese waters, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that the bulk cargo vessel MV Jagannath has been on

Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility amid tensions with the United States over its atomic program, according to satellite photos. Iran has not publicly acknowledged any new construction at Fordo, whose discovery by the West in 2009 came in an

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate a Native American to serve as his interior secretary, leading the agency governing public lands, US media say. If confirmed, Congresswoman Deb Haaland will be the first indigenous person to lead the department, which also plays a key role in

More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors. The assault last Friday on a rural school in Kankara, Katsina state in northwest

Known for its dismal record of animal conservation, and "trophy hunting", Pakistan has issued a "license to kill" the houbara bustard, an international protected bird species, whose hunting is banned in the country. Pakistan issued special permits to the Emir of

Launching a scathing attack on the opposition parties for misleading farmers over the three new agricultural laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his government's commitment towards the farmers and said that protecting their interests was its topmost priority.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has long-held aspirations for global power. The CCP’s goals have not been a secret and world powers have started to become vary of the Chinese government's hostile actions. Under President Xi Jinping, the Party and the Chinese government have

Since last year, China has been introducing new policies to promote the centralised and large-scale transfer of ‘rural surplus labourers’ to parts of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), as well as other provinces of the People’s Republic of China in repeated attempts to

France's President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French presidency has said. The 42-year-old took a test after symptoms appeared and will now isolate for seven days, a statement from the Elysée Palace said. Macron "is still in charge" of

A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month. Senator McConnell spoke after the electoral college formally confirmed Mr Biden's victory over Mr

When General Pervez Musharraf stepped down as Pakistan’s president in 2008, many had hoped the nation’s coup-riddled politics were headed in a decidedly more democratic direction. Fast forward to the present, Pakistan has moved from a brief period as a functional electoral