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Beijing has poured billions of dollars into defence modernisation in recent years as it aims to transform its huge military into a world-class force. (AFP)

China says military spending to grow 7.1 percent in 2022

Some 1.45 trillion yuan ($230 billion) has been set aside for national defence, according to a government budget report

05 Mar 2022 11:32 AM

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI/File)

Pakistan likely to remain on FATF's grey list for four more months: Report

Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force since June 2018

04 Mar 2022 2:32 PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in a meeting of ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 26, 2022. (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite

A spy satellite is among an array of sophisticated weapons systems that Kim Jong Un vowed to develop under military modernisation plans

28 Feb 2022 9:58 AM

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in a meeting of ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea blames US for Ukraine crisis

North Korea, in a muted response issued in the form of a commentary, said the US was to blame for the unfolding disaster

27 Feb 2022 11:44 AM

China is attempting to impose its agenda in Southeast Asia by establishing its Confucius Institutes (CIs). (Photo: ANI)

China using 'cultural appropriation' to expand soft borders: Report

Cultural appropriation happens when someone from one culture adopts another culture's style

25 Feb 2022 12:33 PM

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pakistan summons Indian Charge d'Affaires over hijab controversy

The official was conveyed Pak's deep concern over alleged religious intolerance, negative stereotyping and discrimination against Muslims

10 Feb 2022 11:57 AM

New Delhi sought “appropriate action” by Hyundai and said there would be “no compromise” on the matter as it involved the territorial integrity of India. (Image credit: Twitter)

South Korea regrets Hyundai Pak's offensive post as India erupts

India on Tuesday said it had summoned the South Korean ambassador and conveyed to him New Delhi’s displeasure on the Hyundai post

09 Feb 2022 9:36 AM

The eastern Ladakh border row escalated after the Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, 2020. (AFP)

China suffered higher losses Galwan Valley clash than reported: Report

The report said it also showed the extreme lengths Beijing has gone to silence discussion about the battle

03 Feb 2022 10:08 AM

This picture taken released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on January 28 shows what North Korea says is a surface-to-surface tactical guided missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location. (AFP)

North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017

Pyongyang tested hypersonic missiles twice this month, as well as carrying out four launches of short-range ballistic and cruise missiles

30 Jan 2022 10:38 AM

India has already announced to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan. (AFP file photo)

India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in early February

Pakistan last year allowed India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route

29 Jan 2022 1:02 PM

Most people will be asked to first use rapid test kits available at public health offices, testing stations and pharmacies and receive PCR when those tests are positive. (AP Photo)

S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR tests

26 Jan 2022 11:48 AM

The released fishermen, arrested for illegally entering into the Pakistani waters and fishing without permission, were escorted to Lahore by road by the Edhi Foundation. (PTI file photo)

Pak to hand over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah border

The fishermen, kept in Karachi's Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday on humanitarian grounds

24 Jan 2022 11:32 AM

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of animal-to-human transmission is low, whilst low authorities have cited the need to protect public health. (Representational Image: ANI)

Nine hamster samples test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

A total of 2,581 small animals were seized from local pet stores during the past week, Hong Kong Free Press said citing government figures

23 Jan 2022 12:37 PM

Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. (AP/Ng Han Guan)

China media say foreign parcels suspected in new COVID infections

China has repeatedly emphasized the danger of infection from packaging, despite only trace amounts of the virus being found on such items

18 Jan 2022 1:14 PM

Men stand next to a tank at a storage facility of oil giant ADNOC in the Msaffah industrial district in the Emiarti capital Abu Dhabi (AFP)

Two Indians, one Pakistani killed in UAE drone attack

The suspected audacious terror attack sent shock waves through the region

18 Jan 2022 7:12 AM

Last year, Chinese authorities extended the policy further to allow couples to have three children. (AFP file image)

China's birth rate at record low in 2021: official

Beijing has been grappling with a looming demographic crisis as it faces a rapidly ageing workforce, slowing economy

17 Jan 2022 11:21 AM

This photo provided on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, by the North Korean government shows a missile test from railway in North Pyongan Province, North Korea (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea fires more suspected missiles, flouts new sanctions

The launches come at a delicate time in the region, with North Korea's sole major ally China set to host the Winter Olympics next month

17 Jan 2022 10:38 AM

A worker wearing a face mask to help protect against the coronavirus walks past a display of the Winter Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon, left, and Winter Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen near the Olympic Green in Beijing. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Winter Olympics

With the success of the Games and China’s national dignity at stake, Beijing is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance' COVID-19 policy

13 Jan 2022 12:55 PM

A woman receives a booster shot of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a third dose vaccination campaign at a South Tangerang Regional General Hospital in Tangerang, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesia starts COVID boosters for elderly, others at risk

The government hopes to provide 21 million booster shots in January to people who received their second jabs at least six months ago

12 Jan 2022 10:54 AM

People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, 2022, after North Korea fired a "suspected ballistic missile" into the sea, South Korea's military said, less than a week after Pyongyang reported testing a hypersonic missile. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

North Korea fires second suspected missile in less than a week

The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met to discuss last week's test of what Pyongyang called a hypersonic missile

11 Jan 2022 10:58 AM

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