Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year. The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who served only one term. Harris on that day became the country's first

US President-elect Joe Biden's son Hunter has said his tax affairs are under investigation. The investigation is being conducted by federal prosecutors in Delaware. Hunter Biden said he took the case "very seriously" but was confident an "objective review"

In a recent report, Pakistan’s Auditor General has revealed financial irregularities worth over Rs 2.77 billion in Peshawar’s Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) project, considered as one of the best metro bus projects in the country. The AGP report said that the changes made to the

Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has urged the Indian Muslims to play an active role in the nation-building process, like they have been doing for the past many decades. “The dangers that we Indian Muslims face, and I think one of the most important ones, is the temptation of

India’s latest round of Gulf diplomacy is being driven by three high-profile visits: Gen. M.M. Naravane will be the first army chief to visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Wednesday. Later this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be in Qatar and Kuwait, while his

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said if the opposition resigns from parliament, the government will go ahead with by-elections on the vacant seats. Speaking to a group of senior journalists and columnists at the Prime Minister’s House on Tuesday, he said whenever the government

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Tuesday rescued 19 Bangladeshi fishermen who were adrift at sea without food or water for nearly a fortnight.  Their fishing trawler was spotted inside India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by an ICG Dornier patrolling the area late on

China’s shadowy regime of detention camps along the country’s western border appears to be ratcheting up. As the country admonishes Australia over war crimes committed in Afghanistan, China’s own human rights abuses along its border with nearby Kazakhstan are

Almost half of the construction work of north India’s first Industrial Biotech Park being set up in Kathua district’s Gatti has been completed and the work is in full swing to complete the project as soon as possible to help farmers in the region. OP Bhagat, Deputy

Myanmar rice traders plan to seek help from the Ministry of Commerce and Chinese officials after a Chinese trader disappeared without paying for more than 2.6 billion kyats (nearly US$2 million) worth of their rice, according to the rice wholesale center in Muse, Myanmar’s largest

An inquiry into the Christchurch massacre has found a series of failures ahead of the 2019 attack, but concluded the tragedy was unpreventable. The inquiry was launched after white supremacist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people at two mosques in March 2019. It found he had been able

US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin as his defence secretary, US media report. Gen Austin, aged 67, will become the first African-American to lead the Pentagon. Gen Austin, who led US Central Command during the Obama administration, would need a

Indian officials say China is assisting rebel groups that have stepped up attacks on its border with Myanmar in recent months, opening another front in the conflict between two nations already engaged in a deadly standoff in the Himalayas. Armed groups in Myanmar -- including the

The Sri Lankan authority on Sunday (December 6, 2020) arrested four people from the Marawila Thoduwawa area and seized Rs 2.5 billion worth of drugs originated from the Chinese-controlled Gwadar.  They were transporting heroin and crystal methamphetamine (ice) to the Sri Lankan

Even as China has tried to hide its activities in the Xinjiang region and is advocating its narratives of things, pressure has been mounting on China as dozens of countries have called on it publicly to respect the human rights of its Uighur Muslim minority.  Countries including

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is being treated in hospital. The president wrote in a tweet: "Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!" Mr Giuliani, who has led the Trump campaign's legal challenges to

US intelligence shows that China has conducted "human testing" on members of the People's Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with "biologically enhanced capabilities," the top US intelligence official said Friday. John Ratcliffe, the director of

The UK, France and Germany are among at least nine countries to issue statements this year rejecting Beijing's extensive claims in the South China Sea, as concerns about China's maritime expansionism spread beyond its immediate neighbors. China has claimed "historical

As calls for his government to step down louden, a rattled Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan ruled out the possibility of the government granting permission to the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) for holding anti-government rallies and warned that police cases will be lodged against

Crucial negotiations to secure a post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and the EU are to resume later. UK chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost will meet EU counterpart Michel Barnier in Brussels to try to bridge the two sides' "significant differences". A UK source told