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Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese at the Indian community event, in Sydney on Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian Prime Minster Anthony Albanese at the Indian community event, in Sydney. (Image: PTI)

India will open consulate in Brisbane to support Sikh diaspora: PM Modi

Indian PM Modi hails Sikh contribution in Australia despite 'challenging times'

24 May 2023 12:00 AM

Private security personnel clear the way for a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan arriving for court appearance, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Officials from the party of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Khan say he has been arrested as he appeared in a court in the capital, Islamabad, to face charges in multiple graft cases. (Photo: PTI)

Imran Khan arrested from outside Islamabad High Court

Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, was taken into custody by the Rangers when he appeared in court on anti-graft charges

09 May 2023 4:33 PM

In this file photo taken on April 12, 2023 A "No Drone Zone" sign is pictured in front of the Russian national flag atop the Federation Council building, the upper chamber of Russia's parliament, in central Moscow. - The Kremlin said on May 3, 2023 it shot down two drones launched by Ukraine and accused Kyiv of attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Photo: AFP)

Kremlin says Kyiv attempted an assassination of Putin

The Kremlin called it a planned terrorist act and an attempt on the life of the President of the Russian Federation

03 May 2023 6:10 PM

China accuses Washington of trying to block its development

President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development

08 Mar 2023 4:30 PM

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning. (Photo: Twitter)

China accuses US of 'bullying' with new 'illegal' sanctions

The punitive measures were seriously harming China's interests, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning

27 Feb 2023 4:01 PM

The Care the Bear carbon emissions campaign is followed by many companies in Thailand. (Photo By Arrangement)

Phuket becomes an example of organic tourism

The Bio-Circular Green model is a unique amalgam of technology and innovation aimed at rendering the economy environmentally sustainable

13 Jan 2023 6:36 PM

Passengers are seen upon their arrival at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport from other countries, in Shanghai on January 8, 2023. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China welcomes first batch of int'l travellers after scrapping of quarantine norms

First flights under China's new 'no quarantine' rules for international travellers landed at airports in Guangzhou and Shenzhen on Sunday

08 Jan 2023 12:23 PM

The World Health Organization has again urged China to regularly share specific and real-time data on the COVID-19 situation in the country. (AFP file image)

WHO asks China to regularly share data on Covid-19 situation

The global health agency has asked Chinese health officials to share data on genetic sequencing, hospitalisations, deaths and vaccinations

31 Dec 2022 10:33 AM

Covid-19 patients on beds at Tianjin Nankai Hospital in Tianjin on December 28, 2022. - Cities across China have struggled with surging infections, a resulting shortage of pharmaceuticals and overflowing hospital wards and crematoriums. (Noel Celis / AFP)

Global alarm grows over China's COVID-19 surge

Hospitals across China have been overwhelmed by an explosion of Covid cases following Beijing's decision to lift strict rules

29 Dec 2022 11:24 AM

Aviation ground crew wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) working on an aircraft that flew in from abroad at the airport in Yantai in China's eastern Shandong province. (Photo by AFP)

China to reopen borders, scrap quarantine for international travellers from Jan 8

Previously passengers coming from abroad had to mandatorily stay in over two weeks of quarantine in government accommodations

27 Dec 2022 11:49 AM

China stands ready to work with India: Chinese Foreign Minister

This statement came in the backdrop of the December 9 faceoff between the Indian and Chinese soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector

25 Dec 2022 10:44 AM

Workers produce antigen test kits for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a factory in Nantong, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on December 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Over 60% of China's population may get COVID, deaths likely in millions: Expert

Epidemiologist says more than 60 per cent of China and 10 per cent of Earth's population are likely to be infected over the next 90 days

20 Dec 2022 10:37 AM

A worker in protective overalls controls the line outside the fever clinic at a hospital in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Facing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs

Beijing rolls back anti-virus controls that confined millions of people to their homes, crushed economic growth and set off protests

11 Dec 2022 12:32 PM

In this file photo taken on April 22, 2007, Iranian police officers stop a car during a crackdown to enforce the Islamic dress code in the north of the capital Tehran. - Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country's strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

Protest-hit Iran abolishes morality police

The morality police were established under hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to "spread the culture of hijab"

04 Dec 2022 6:27 PM

Pakistan's newly-appointed Army chief General Asim Munir (Image credit: Twitter/@IntelDte)

Ready for war with India if attacked: Pakistan new Army chief Munir

Munir made the remarks during his first-ever visit to troops in the frontline areas in Rakhchikri Sector of the Line of Control (LoC)

04 Dec 2022 11:48 AM

People walking across a street in Haizhu district, Guangzhou city, in China's southern Guangdong province, following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the city. (AFP)

China signals zero-Covid relaxation after protests

Anger over China's zero-Covid policy has sparked protests in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou

01 Dec 2022 11:40 AM

IS's previous leader, Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, was killed earlier this year in a US raid in Idlib province in northern Syria. (Representational Image)

Islamic State group announces death of leader

Speaking in an audio message, the spokesman identified the group's new leader as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi

30 Nov 2022 9:54 PM

China has warned US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India, according to a Pentagon report (PTI file photo)

China warns US officials not to interfere in its relationship with India: Pentagon

China has previously criticised the US for commenting on its border dispute with India

30 Nov 2022 12:44 PM

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident to be tested for Covid-19 coronavirus in Jiayuguan, in China's northwestern Gansu province on November 24, 2022. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

China COVID cases hit fresh record high after weekend of protests

China has stuck with Xi's zero-COVID policy even as much of the world has lifted most restrictions

28 Nov 2022 10:20 AM

This photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter posing with soldiers who were involved in the the recent launch of what it says a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an unidentified location in North Korea. (Korea News Service via AP)

Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force

Kim exhorted the scientists and workers to 'expand and bolster up the nuclear war deterrent of the country at an exceptionally rapid speed'

27 Nov 2022 1:25 PM

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