A Pakistan court handed former Prime Minister Imran Khan a 10-year jail term on Tuesday for leaking state secrets, the former premier’s media team said, his second conviction in recent months and just 10 days before the country’s general election. The case pertains to allegations that Khan had made public contents of a secret cable […]
Read MoreThree years after the military launched a coup, Myanmar’s ever deteriorating human rights crisis is now in freefall, with insufficient world attention paid to the misery and pain of its people, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Tuesday. “Amid all of the crises around the world, it is important no one […]
Read MoreEmbattled Chinese development company, Evergrande, has been ordered to liquidate by a Hong Kong court after an 18-month long hearing. Evergrande, which holds the ignominious title of the world’s most indebted property developer with about $300bn in liabilities, failed to convince the court that it had a viable restructuring plan, after having been given seven […]
Read MoreNorth Korea fired several cruise missiles on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a series of tension-raising moves by the nuclear-armed state. The launch comes just days after Pyongyang fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, which it said was a first test of a new generation of strategic cruise missiles. Pyongyang has […]
Read MoreJapan said it is joining other countries in suspending funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees following Israeli charges that some UNRWA staff took part in Hamas’s October 7 attack. The agency has fired several staff over Israel’s accusations and promised a thorough investigation into the claims, which were not specified, while Israel has […]
Read MoreHungary and Kyrgyzstan have greeted Sheikh Hasina on her re-election as the prime minister of Bangladesh. “We greatly appreciate the development of Bangladesh in the past period and the responsible policy with which you contribute to the stability of your region. I am sure that the renewed confidence of the people of Bangladesh in you […]
Read MoreSEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea and China agreed to strengthen tactical cooperation and defend common interests, the North’s official KCNA news agency said on Saturday, reporting on Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong. On Friday, China said the two countries pledged to strengthen strategic communications “at all levels” and […]
Read MorePakistani cricketing legend turned world leader Imran Khan is wildly popular in his constituency and ancestral homeland of Mianwali, but the political posters that line the streets do not bear his face and flags do not fly his colours. A relentless crackdown widely attributed to Pakistan’s powerful military has seen him and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]
Read MoreKUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is looking into extending the stay of giant pandas Xing Xing and Liang Liang at Zoo Negara, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said. Datuk Seri Anwar said he will reach out to Chinese President Xi Jinping as soon as both pandas are due to be returned. “I will take it up […]
Read MoreTAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense tracked 33 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels between 6 a.m. Friday (Jan. 26) and Saturday at the same time. The defense ministry said that 13 of China’s aircraft entered the southwestern and northern air defense identification zone (ADIZ). It did not provide details of […]
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