Chinese nationals have started occupying several of their model “Xiaokang” border defence villages across India’s north-eastern borders which the country has been building along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since 2019, has learnt. Senior officials familiar with the matter said the Chinese, in the last few months, have started occupying a couple of these villages built...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi. BAPS represents a socio-spiritual Hindu faith rooted in the Vedas, pioneered by Bhagwan Swaminarayan in the late 18th century and formally established in 1907 by Shastriji Maharaj. The proposal of the Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi came during the first...
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s suggestion of a ceasefire in Ukraine to freeze the war was rejected by the United States after contacts between intermediaries, three Russian sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. The failure of Putin’s approach ushers in a third year of the deadliest conflict in Europe since World War Two and...
Jordan’s King Abdullah II meets US President Joe Biden at the White House for talks Monday on resolving the Israel-Hamas conflict, as fears grow of an offensive in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. Amman is a key player in the region and the king is also visiting Canada, France and Germany, amid mounting international efforts...
Far more Americans trust Donald Trump to handle the US economy than Joe Biden despitemonths of strong growth, a new poll has found, underscoring the president’s difficulty inconvincing voters his policies are improving their financial wellbeing. The survey for the Financial Times and the University of Michigan Ross School of Businessfound that 42 per cent...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) began disclosing results of the 2024 Pakistan General elections in the early hours of Friday, 9 February, as former Premier Nawaz Sharif sought talks with Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and his Pakistan People’s Party. Numbers started trickling in more than 17 hours after polling stations closed. Voting was held on...
In a damaging report ahead of the November 5 polls, a special US counsel has said that President Joe Biden “willfully” mishandled classified documents as a private citizen but concluded that it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an “elderly man with a poor memory”. The special counsel report said...
Pakistani authorities shut mobile internet services across the country as millions headed to the polls on Thursday for an election in which old dynasties are vying for power while the country’s widely popular former leader languishes behind bars and militants ramp up deadly attacks. The much-anticipated vote, already delayed for months, comes as the country of 220...
An appeals court ruled that Mr Trump is not immune from criminal prosecution for acts committed while he was president. The time it took to issue that decision, however, has indefinitely delayed Mr Trump’s federal trial related to the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol. So while Mr Trump did not successfully assert...
The type of cancer has not been revealed – it is not prostate cancer, but was discovered during his recent treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King began “regular treatments” on Monday and will postpone public duties during it, the Palace said. The Monarch, 75, “remains wholly positive about his treatment and looks forward to...