A US-based Uyghur rights organisation has called for international action over reports of alleged mass detention and abuse of members of China's Uyghur Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region.
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), based…
More than 100 towns across Sri Lanka have joined a campaign to discourage smoking by voluntarily boycotting the sale of cigarettes, as the government steps up efforts to make the country tobacco-free.
The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that…
The US Treasury Department has announced a fresh round of sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to Russia and North Korea, accusing them of helping circumvent existing US and international restrictions.
In one announcement, the…
The United States has welcomed newly elected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s remarks stressing the importance of maintaining peaceful relations with both India and Afghanistan, a senior US State Department official said.
Alice Wells,…
Indian Navy warship INS Khanjar has arrived at Yangon Port in Myanmar, highlighting the growing maritime cooperation and friendly relations between India and Myanmar.
The naval vessel reached Yangon on Saturday and was scheduled to remain in…
The Taliban has renewed its call for direct negotiations with the United States, arguing that the presence of US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan remains the central cause of the country’s prolonged conflict.
In a statement issued on…
Bangladesh is planning a major expansion of its electricity imports from India, with the neighbouring country aiming to eventually source up to 10,000 MW of power from India, a senior Bangladeshi official said on Friday.
Bangladesh currently…
Former cricketer and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan was elected Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister on Friday, three weeks after his party emerged as the largest group in the country’s general election.
The 65-year-old…