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The European Union called Taliban's home searches a "crime" and called for an end to the operation that kicked off last week. Taliban security forces have been searching homes, in the guise of mopping up illegally-held guns by civilians and criminals. EU Ambassador to Afghanistan, Von Brant, has said the world is watching the...

Amid the growing economic woes and international isolation forcing over-reliance on China, Pakistani officials are ready to scrap the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), if the US could offer a similar deal, local media said. Pakistani authorities who remain predisposed to the West have even offered to scrap or sideline the CPEC if Washington could...

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan has worsened the terror situation in the country. In 2021, terror incidents increased by a massive 42 percent over the last year according to the Islamabad-based Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), reported The New York Times on Tuesday. A significant surge in incidents was recorded...

Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, exchanging views on the current Ukrainian situation. Xi stressed China supports Russia and Ukraine to solve the issue through negotiation. Noting the recent situation in eastern Ukraine has changed dramatically, causing great concern in the international community, Xi told Putin...

Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN)Ukrainian troops held the capital Kyiv for the third day on Saturday, despite Russia's stronger military power, after a night of fierce fighting that punctuated the city with sounds of explosions and gunfire.The country's President Volodymyr Zelensky remained defiant. Despite being a prime target in the invasion, he turned down a US offer of evacuation,...

Journalists in Pakistan have vowed protests, including a sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against a recently promulgated ordinance introducing controversial amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA). The Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) announced a protest outside the Parliament House on March 1 against the PECA amendments, reported The Express...

Australia is demanding China investigate the alleged use of a laser to "illuminate" an Australian jet in waters off the country's north coast in an incident that threatens to worsen relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Monday he'd called on the Chinese government to explain the "dangerous" and "reckless" act allegedly carried...

India and France have announced plans to enhance scientific cooperation in marine science and technology and also exchanges of students and researchers with aims to monitor, protect and sustainably use marine living and non-living resources and the biodiversity of the seas and ocean. The two countries have agreed on a roadmap on blue economy...

India has rejected as “baseless and unwarranted” allegations of judicial harassment of journalist Rana Ayyub, saying that the country upholds the rule of law and “no one is above the law”. Reacting strongly, the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva said in a tweet that India expects Special Rapporteurs of the Office of the...

U.N. human rights Chief Michelle Bachelet will be visiting Xinjiang after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced earlier on Saturday despite UN Human Rights Chief unwelcome to carry out investigations. The UN Human Rights Chief had sought access to western China’s region to investigate accusations of abuse against ethnic Uyghurs. The...