China has started military exercises around Taiwan. China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported that China’s People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command began the exercise at 7:45 a.m. local time on Thursday around the island under its control. It is known that China is conducting this exercise in the Taiwan Strait, north, south and east […]
Read MoreTaiwan’s newly elected president, Lai Ching-tae, said Taiwan only wants to follow the path of peace. Therefore, China should respect the wishes of the Taiwanese people. Stop making military and political threats to Taiwan. He made the call to Beijing in his first speech since being sworn in as Taiwan’s president on Monday. At this […]
Read MoreThe India and Mongolia Defence Ministries organised the 12th Joint Working Group (JWG) meeting on May 16-17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and reviewed the progress on various bilateral defence cooperation initiatives and identified means to further enhance cooperation between the two countries. The meeting was co-chaired by the Joint Secretary (International Cooperation), Ministry of Defence Amitabh […]
Read MoreBeijing has accused new Taiwanese leader William Lai Ching-te of sending “dangerous signals” that seek to provoke independence and undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. A statement released by the mainland’s Taiwan Affairs Office about five hours after Lai’s inauguration speech on Monday said the new president had fully exposed his true nature […]
Read MoreTaiwan President Lai Ching-te asked China on Monday to stop its military and political threats, saying in his inauguration speech that peace is the only choice and that Beijing had to respect the choice of the Taiwanese people. Lai, addressing the crowd outside the Japanese-colonial-era presidential office in central Taipei, repeated a call for talks […]
Read MoreTAIPEI, May 18 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s next president, Lai Ching-te, will pledge to secure stability by maintaining the status quo in the island’s relationship with China in his inauguration speech on Monday, an incoming senior security official said. Lai, who succeeds President Tsai Ing-wen after having been her vice president for the past four years, […]
Read MoreParliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Saturday urgently called on the United Nations, ASEAN, and the wider international community to take immediate action in order to prevent the mass killing of Rohingyas who are under siege by the Arakan Army in northern Rakhine State. “We are extremely alarmed and concerned by reports that the Arakan Army […]
Read MoreBy Shola Lawal India has signed a 10-year agreement to develop and operate Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port as New Delhi aims to boost trade ties with landlocked Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, bypassing ports in its western neighbour and arch foe Pakistan. “It [the port] serves as a vital trade artery connecting India with Afghanistan […]
Read MoreRussian leader Vladimir Putin was in the northeastern city of Harbin on Friday, the final day of a visit aiming to promote crucial trade with China and win greater support for his war effort in Ukraine. Putin arrived Thursday on his first trip abroad since his March re-election, meeting President Xi Jinping for talks in […]
Read MoreMore than 1,000 fighters of the Palestinian independence armed group Hamas are being treated in various hospitals in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. Besides, he termed the activities of Hamas against Israel as a ‘resistance movement’. Erdogan spoke at a press conference after meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday (May 13). […]
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