France has urged Middle Eastern countries to end calls for a boycott of its goods in protest at President Emmanuel Macron's defence of the right to show cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The French foreign ministry said the "baseless" calls for a boycott were being

In another move to expand its control over Tibet, China has set its target to 'Sinicise' Tibetan Buddhism, which is modifying the faith under the Chinese influence, according to media reports. At the 7th Central Symposium of Tibet Work held in Beijing in August, Chinese

Kashmiri Apples, considered as one of the delicious fruits is ready to hit the markets and growers are expecting good returns over it in Kashmir. With the help of apt climatic conditions and efforts of the horticulture department, apple growers of the valley are full of joy. "The

The 'Karachi incident' has vindicated former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's "state above state" remark, Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz vice president, Maryam Nawaz said on Friday. According to the Pakistan daily Dawn, Maryam was referring to the incident

The Jamaat-i-Islami has announced launching a country-wide protest movement against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government from Nov 1. JI chief Senator Sirajul Haq, who has called a meeting of the party’s central leadership on Oct 23 to discuss modalities of the movement, said

The death toll from a suicide attack at an educational centre in Kabul has gone up to 24, Afghanistan’s interior ministry said. At least 57 others were wounded in the attack that took place on Saturday, it added. The explosion struck outside the Kawsar-e Danish educational

Gunmen stormed a school in Cameroon on Saturday and opened fire indiscriminately, killing at least six children and wounding about eight more in a region where separatist insurgents operate, officials and parents said. Arriving on motorcycles and in civilian clothes, the attackers hit

Hundreds of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees gathered at Vikram Chowk in the Jammu city under the banner of SOS International (an organisation of PoK displaced persons) to observe Black Day on Thursday. Black Day is observed on October 22 every year to mark Pakistan’s

Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has claimed that Pakistan PM Imran Khan has lost Karachi after a large number of people attended the rally hosted by the opposition alliance in the city. "100s of 1000s attending Karachi jalsa. PTM and baloch leaders

A group of 50 girl students was Monday flagged-off by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Doda, Mumtaz Ahmed for Inter Zonal District level trekking expedition, at Sartingal (Bhaderwah) from here. Chief Education Officer, Tariq Hussain; District Information Officer, Mohammad Ashraf

'Gar firdaus bar-rooh-e zameen ast, Hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast’ This couplet by celebrated mystic, Sufi poet Amir Khusro describes all that can be said about the beauty of Kashmir ‘if there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this’. But

Thailand has revoked an emergency decree it imposed a week ago as it tried to end months of protests against the prime minister and the monarchy. An official statement said the "violent situation" that had led to the decree had eased. The measures, which banned gatherings

US President Donald Trump and his White House challenger Joe Biden clashed over Covid and race while trading corruption charges, in their final live TV debate. On the pandemic, Biden would not rule out more lockdowns, while Trump insisted it was time to reopen the US. Trump cited

Correctly or wrongly, Bonaparte Napoleon is often attributed as saying about China, “There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep, for when he wakes he will move the world.” It is undeniable that China has risen economically, politically and militarily, becoming a strategic

India would drive global trade post the COVID-19 pandemic, said DP World chief Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem adding that he has been impressed and motivated by India as it envisions a more competitive future. "India is poised to take advantage of the supply chain shifts triggered by

For the farmers in the Reasi district in Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmi (J&K), the cultivation of lemon grass has become a new profitable venture as the oil extracted from it has huge demand in the market. The commercial cultivation of the lemon grass is also helping

Floods, landslides, and other natural disasters triggered by downpours have left 114 people dead and 21 others missing in central Vietnam since early October, the country’s Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control said on Thursday. The fatalities, up

Iran is behind threatening, spoofed emails sent to voters, the officials said, but there was no indication that any votes themselves had been altered. Iran and Russia have both obtained American voter registration data, top national security officials announced late on Wednesday,

US President Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Obama, have directed blistering attacks at each other during rival rallies. Campaigning for Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden in Pennsylvania, Obama likened Trump to a "crazy uncle" and said he emboldened racists.

Targeting Pakistan PM Imran Khan, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), one of the main opposition parties of the country, questioned why the Pakistan Islands Development Authority (PIDA) Ordinance has not been laid in Parliament. “Both houses of the Parliament have met but this