US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is due in Beijing today (Wednesday) to discuss a range of bilateral, regional and global issues with Chinese officials. “Blinken will travel to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) April 24-26,” the US State Department said in a statement. Blinken will meet senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing More
About 80 earthquakes and aftershocks jolted the eastern coast of Taiwan, including the capital city of Taipei, on Monday night. The biggest tremor had a magnitude of 6.3 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale, the Taiwanese Meteorological Authority announced. Reuters reported the quakes were centred largely on the rural eastern county of Hualien. The aftershocks were felt More
Pakistan and Iran have decided in principle to ban terrorist outfits operating in the two countries and beef up border management cooperation. At a meeting in Islamabad on Monday, interior ministers of the two countries decided to take steps for the prevention of smuggling and drug trafficking. The state-run Associated Press of Pakistan reported Interior More
The NATO chief has ruled out sending combat units to Ukraine although some allies of the bloc have military advisers in the former Soviet republic. “There are no plans for any NATO combat presence in Ukraine, but of course several NATO allies have men and women in uniform at their embassies giving advice,” he said More
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi landed in Islamabad on Monday on a three-day official visit for talks with senior Pakistani leaders. Raisi is the first head of state after the February 8 general elections in Pakistan, where he is due to meet President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and other officials. On arrival at More
At least 58 people have been killed after an overloaded riverboat capsized in the Central Africa Republic’s capital, a media report said on Sunday. Reuters quoted civil protection department head Thomas Djimasse as saying: “We were alerted 40 minutes after the incident and rescuers were able to extract around 50 lifeless bodies.” He said a More
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its deep regret at the failure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to carry out its responsibility towards granting the State of Palestine full membership in the UN. A statement from the OIC said the United States continued to prevent the enablement of the Palestinian people More
The United States has announced slapping sanctions on three Chinese and one Belarus-based companies for supplying items to Pakistan’s Ballistic missile program. The State Department announced the imposition of sanctions on China-based companies Xi’an Longde Technology Development Company Limited, Tianjin Creative Source International Trade Co. Ltd, Granpect Company Limited and the Belarus-based Minsk Wheel Tractor More
A powerful blast has rocked a military base in south of Baghdad city, capital of Iraq, a media reports said on Saturday. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) base in south of Baghdad was hit by a huge explosion late on Friday, and two security sources said it resulted from an airstrike. “The blast has caused More
The Unites States blocked the United Nations from adopting a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the world’s body. The United Nations Security Council met in New York on Thursday to address issues in the Middle East, including the Palestinian bid for statehood. The US move quashed an effort by More
