Kathmandu, Jan 10 (IANS) Nepal's former King Gyanendra Shah on Saturday blamed the country's political leadership for adopting an increasingly imbalanced foreign policy and conduct which is seriously affecting the country's national interests.
Islamabad, Jan 10 (IANS) Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province - a hub for hydropower, cross‑border energy corridors and emerging critical mineral prospects - and Balochistan - home to large‑scale copper‑gold, coal, and coastal energy infrastructure - are facing persistent violence that threatens the very backbone of Pakistan's resource‑driven growth, a report said on Saturday.
New York, Jan 10 (IANS) US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make human rights abuses by Chinese authorities a central focus of his China visit scheduled for January 13-17.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) Taliban leader Mufti Noor Ahmad Noor's reported arrival in New Delhi to take over as Charge d'Affaires at the Afghan Embassy has been drawing few criticisms, while some coverage terming it a diplomatic move.
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) The arrest of two California based drivers of Indian origin in the United States after authorities found over 300 pounds of cocaine hidden in a semi-truck in Indiana, has added a new and controversial dimension to an already heated debate over public safety, immigration policy and the future of the US trucking workforce as legal challenges and federal reviews continue, a report said on Saturday.
Islamabad/New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) More than poverty, lack of proper documents, fear, marginalisation, and gender are holding women in Pakistan away from accessing healthcare, according to a media report.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The government in Pakistan is actively feeding 'paper growth' sectors that may bring some GDP growth but do not stimulate commercial investment -- like real estate where the rich park their wealth and let it grow, according to a new report.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) India's primary challenge lies in balancing its foreign policy priorities between the US and BRICS, particularly as several members of the bloc are under increasing scrutiny from Washington. While India views BRICS as a means to uphold the multilateral world order, other members, such as Russia and China, consider it a geostrategic tool to counterbalance the USA, a report detailed on Friday.
Sydney, Jan 10 (IANS) That Pakistan is fast becoming the next fertile ground for Hamas to rejuvenate and converge with other deadly terrorist groups operating in South Asia and the Middle East has been proven once again with recent viral videos showing a senior Hamas representative sharing stage with operatives of banned Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) during a public event in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The European Union (EU), beyond tariffs and sanctions, set to continue on its trajectory of diversifying its trading relationships away from China and sharpening its trade defence armoury, developed with China in mind, but Beijing “doesn’t seem much to care”, according to a new report.
