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Imran Khan, the cricketer turned philanthropist and then politician, has been dislodged from power in Pakistan after several days of tumultuous political drama. Khan had managed to assume power in the 2018 general elections with backing from the country’s powerful military and due to the public appeal of his promised “tsunami of change,” which was meant to...

Kenya's military delegation has visited the Indian Military Academy, as part of measures to strengthen Indo-Kenya ties and defence cooperation. The delegation was led by Maj Gen FG Ahmed, Commandant who was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising five members from Kenya Military Academy.Maj Gen FG Ahmed is the first woman to hold the rank...

Afghanistan has been listed top in countries most affected by terrorism last year. This is according to the Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). In 2021, Afghanistan was the least peaceful country in the world as it was most affected by terrorism, local news reported. 1,426 deaths from...

A group of 67 MPs and Lords have called on the government to ban the sale and use of Hikvision and Dahua surveillance equipment in the UK. Supporters range across the parties and include Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and four ex-Conservative ministers. Reports have linked the two companies with...

Learning institutions in Afghanistan have lost more than 60 per cent of students due to an escalating humanitarian crisis. Rights groups said children are staying away from schools as well as university and college students in what is blamed on a crisis in the country since August last year when the Taliban took over leadership.

At least six people have been killed and 11 others injured after multiple explosions rocked a high school and educational center in western Kabul on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear how many of the dead were students, but seven injured children were taken to a hospital run by the NGO Emergency, the organization...

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has issued a grave warning about China’s attempts to reunify the east Asian nation. The comments come amid growing military activity near Taiwan and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s intentions to reunify the two nations despite the Taiwanese resistance. Speaking exclusively to Sky News Australia host Peta...

GENEVA, May 10 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet will visit China by the end of the month as part of a long-awaited trip that is expected to include the Xinjiang region, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. "(The advance team) is preparing for the High Commissioner's visit. It is anticipated that...

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...

The United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East and leave a vacuum to be filled by Russia, China or Iran, US President Joe Biden has told a summit in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. He also told the summit on Saturday that the US is committed to ensuring Iran...