Pakistan: Ex-PM’s aide, TV station staff face sedition charges
A close aide to Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan will face sedition charges, accused of inciting mutiny in the military, the interior minister has said.
The charges were related to comments made by Khan adviser Shahbaz Gill and aired on ARY TV on Monday night, which the minister, Rana Sanaullah, said was a...
China Using Sri Lanka’s Indebtedness to Show Military Muscle
NEW DELHI —
China has dispatched a military ship to Sri Lanka's port city of Hambantota in the midst of the rapidly changing political situation in the island nation. The move has raised questions about whether China is trying to establish a strong military presence on Sri Lanka's Indian Ocean coast.
‘Highly provocative’: China military drills resume around Taiwan
China has resumed its largest-ever military exercises in the waters around the self-ruled island of Taiwan, with the territory’s defence ministry saying numerous warships and fighter aircraft had crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line.
The exercises, which on Thursday included firing ballistic missiles and deploying fighter jets, follow the visit of US House Speaker Nancy...
Ayman al-Zawahiri assassination: The Taliban’s biggest crisis
The drone attack that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has plunged the Taliban into an internal crisis. The group has been humiliated by a unilateral US military action and its relentless claims that it has denied space to “terrorists” have been exposed as lies.
This imperils two core, and contradictory, Taliban goals: Maintaining the...
Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi meets President Tsai to Beijing’s fury
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a visit that has been strongly condemned by China.
Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit Taiwan, said her delegation had come to make it "unequivocally clear" that the US would not "abandon" the island.
China signals it could miss economic growth target
China has signalled that it may miss its annual economic growth target, as Covid restrictions weigh on the world's second largest economy.
On Thursday, the Politburo - the ruling Communist Party's top policy-making body - said it aims to keep growth within "a reasonable range".
It did not mention the...
Ayman al-Zawahiri: Who was al-Qaeda leader killed by US?
Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed by a US drone strike in Afghanistan, was often referred to as the chief ideologue of al-Qaeda.
An eye surgeon who helped found the Egyptian Islamic Jihad militant group, he took over the leadership of al-Qaeda following the killing by US forces of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011.
The EAC Election Observation Mission sets off to Kenya
The East African Community (EAC) officially launched the EAC Election Observation Mission on Monday, the mission is set to observe the upcoming General Elections in the Republic of Kenya which will be led by H.E Dr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, former President of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Dr. Kikwete announced that the mission comprised...
Millions in Pakistan without digital ID card: Rights activists
After three years of repeated attempts to get her digital national identity card, Rubina, a woman from Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, decided to take her battle to court, winning a landmark victory.
Until then, Pakistanis had not been able to get the Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) unless they presented their father’s ID...
Nepal activist’s protest outside UN office over execution of 4 prisoners in Myanmar
Human rights activists and advocates have demonstrated in front of the United Nations Nepal Office against the execution of four prisoners in military-ruled Myanmar.
Dozens of activists held banners and pamphlets decrying the recent execution of four Myanmar activists namely Phyo Zeya Thaw (former lawmaker), Ko Jimmy (writer and activist), Hla Myo Aung (writer...