THE HAGUE: Myanmar’s military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, Gambia’s Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice on Monday. “It is not about esoteric issues of international law. It is about real people, real stories and a real group of human beings. The Rohingya of […]
Read MoreRIYADH: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Ahmad Farooq has conferred the country’s second-highest civilian award on Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce Majid Al-Kassabi for his role in strengthening ties between Islamabad and Riyadh, Pakistan’s Embassy in Saudi Arabia said. Farooq presented the Hilal-e-Pakistan to Al-Kassabi during a meeting in Riyadh, the Saudi Press Agency reported. […]
Read MoreDHAKA: The International Court of Justice on Monday opened a landmark case accusing Myanmar of genocide against its mostly Muslim Rohingya minority. The Gambia filed a case against Myanmar at the UN’s top court in 2019, two years after a military offensive forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from their homes into neighboring Bangladesh. The […]
Read MoreBy Dannie Peng in Beijing Human migration is as old as history and as current as today’s headlines of law enforcement operations and tragedy. Amid the encounters, the question remains: how do strangers become a single people? Today, more than 90 per cent of China’s population identifies as Han Chinese, despite centuries of migration and […]
Read MoreBy Lawrence Chung in Taipei Taiwan’s legislature is weighing amendments to an anti-infiltration law that would impose a minimum one-year prison term on Beijing-linked influence and infiltration activities, while critics have raised concerns about tighter social controls. The proposed changes to the Anti-Infiltration Act, under review by the legislature’s Interior Affairs Committee on Monday, come […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to push for defense industry cooperation ahead of India’s awaited free trade agreement with the EU. Merz’s two-day trip is his first since taking office in May and he is accompanied by German business leaders. The visit started in Ahmedabad in […]
Read MoreVietnam’s ruling Communist Party will convene its 14th five-yearly congress on 19-25 January to select its top leader and set key targets until 2030. How is the leadership decided? About 1,600 delegates, representing more than 5 million party members, will name around 200 officials to the Central Committee, which then picks the 17-19 members of […]
Read MoreBy Alan Robles and Raissa Robles A Philippine army colonel relieved for his anti-Marcos stance has “voluntarily” returned to his unit and will face charges and psychiatric evaluation, according to his superior. Audie Mongao was on Friday discharged from command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Training Support Group after he publicly withdrew support […]
Read MoreBy Jeoffrey Maitem Japan’s top diplomat is heading to the Philippines this week for talks expected to focus on maritime tensions in the South China Sea and Tokyo’s strategic role in the region. Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi’s stop in Manila on Thursday is part of a nine-day diplomatic tour of the Middle East and Asia […]
Read MoreAmid the trade and tariff tensions, US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor has said New Delhi remains an essential partner for the United States. The Trump admin official also added that the friendship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump is ‘very real’. “No partner more essential than India,” said Gor, […]
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