BEIJING, March 7: China and India should be partners rather than rivals, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday, Xinhua and Reuters news agencies reported. “We must make sure that our relationship moves forward on the right track,” Wang said. With regard to the border issue left over from history, China has […]
MOSCOW: Russian forces disabled 118 elements of Ukraine’s military infrastructure and neutralised more than 80 military vehicles over the past day, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday, Anadolu news agency reported The elements disabled include 11 military airfields, 13 control points, and communication centres, 14 S-300 and Osa missile systems, and 36 radar stations, […]
Srinagar: Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden have agreed to a summit to be held only if Moscow does not invade Ukraine, reported news agency AFP. According to the news agency, both leaders have said yes in principle to the summit, proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, his office said, with […]
Kabul: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet that the delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by the acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, which arrived in Qatar on Sunday, has begun talks with representatives of the Gulf states in Doha on Monday, Tolo news reported. “A high-level Afghan delegation led by Mawlawi […]
WASHINGTON: After months of waiting, US President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order giving half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan assets to Afghanistan, while keeping the other half for victims of the Sept 11 terror attacks, Dawn reported. The US administration blocked the assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank, known as […]
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the Omicron variant of COVID will not be the last one and the possibility of other new variants is really high, All India Radio (AIR) reported During the latest press briefing, the WHO epidemiologist and technical lead on Covid-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove warned that […]
Kabul: The Islamic Emirate is forming a joint committee comprised of several ministries to address the problems along the Durand Line, officials said on Monday, Tolo news reported. The announcement follows the visit of Pakistan’s National Security Advisor visit to Kabul. The decision for the formation of the joint committee was made in a meeting […]
Srinagar, January 27: The Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA) has said that it has returned the Indian boy from the state of Arunachal Pradesh after quizzing him. The Indian personnel was found by the Chinese border defense troops in a recent patrol in Medog County of Xizang, China, Senior Colonel Long Shaohua, a spokesperson at […]
SAADA: Over 100 people were killed or wounded in an air strike on a prison and at least three children died in a separate bombardment as Yemen’s long-running conflict suffered a dramatic escalation of violence on Friday, news agency AFP reported. According to the report, the Houthi rebels released gruesome video footage showing bodies in […]
Kabul: At least 22 people were killed, four more were seriously injured, and hundreds of houses were destroyed or sustained damage in Badghis province as an earthquake rocked western parts of Afghanistan on Monday, local officials said. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook the western province of Badghis on Monday. Qades district, which was reportedly […]
