Biden eyes China with memorandum to combat illegal fishing
US President Joe Biden on Monday signed a national security memorandum to fight illegal fishing, part of pledged efforts to help countries combat alleged violations by fishing fleets, including those of China.
The White House said in a statement that it would also launch an alliance with Canada and the United Kingdom to “take...
Fury in Iran as young woman dies following morality police arrest
A 22-year-old Iranian woman has died days after being arrested by morality police for allegedly not complying with strict rules on head coverings.
Eyewitnesses said Mahsa Amini was beaten while inside a police van when she was picked up in Tehran on Tuesday.
Police have denied the allegations, saying Ms Amini...
India to continue buying oil from Russia as ties deepen
India will continue buying Russian oil as it is advantageous for the country, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said during his first visit to Russia since it invaded Ukraine, in a move counter to Western efforts to cripple Russia’s economy with sanctions.
Jaishankar met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Moscow on Tuesday accompanied by...
Ayman al-Zawahiri assassination: The Taliban’s biggest crisis
The drone attack that killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has plunged the Taliban into an internal crisis. The group has been humiliated by a unilateral US military action and its relentless claims that it has denied space to “terrorists” have been exposed as lies.
This imperils two core, and contradictory, Taliban goals: Maintaining the...
UN: Afghans need $4.4bn to have enough to eat
The head of the United Nations has said that Afghanistan needs $4.4bn to avoid a food crisis in the country, as he launched the UN aid office’s biggest-ever funding drive for a single country.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that some Afghans have resorted to “selling their children and their body parts” to...
Pakistan Court Holds State Responsible for Enforced Disappearances
The Islamabad High Court has provided a glimmer of hope for hundreds of victims of enforced disappearances in Pakistan.
In a landmark decision last Thursday, Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued an order saying that “When there is sufficient evidence to conclude that it is, prima facie, a case of ‘enforced disappearance’ then it becomes an obligation of the State...
How Imran Khan’s removal affected civil-military ties in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan – Imran Khan is once again trying to bend the arc of Pakistani politics to his formidable will.
Recently removed as prime minister, Khan has quickly returned to his political roots and is rallying his supporters against what he calls a rigged system.
And his supporters are responding.
At a rally...
China releases jailed Taiwanese activist, sends him home
A Taiwanese activist jailed in China returned to Taiwan on Friday after completing a five-year sentence.
Li Ming-che, a community college lecturer and activist at a human rights non-governmental organisation in Taiwan, disappeared while visiting China in 2017.
Later that year, a Chinese court found him guilty of subversion in a...
UN Official Says Afghan Taliban Has Stripped Women’s Rights
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet this week accused Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban of stripping women and girls of their fundamental rights and freedoms and rendering them invisible in public life. Her report was submitted Wednesday to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Bachelet told the council that Afghans are experiencing some of the...
Imran Khan: Pakistan police charge ex-PM under terrorism act
Pakistan's police have charged the country's former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, under anti-terror laws.
Their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide.
Mr Khan's supporters gathered outside his house vowing to "take over" if he was arrested. However, he has now been...