'China fuelling Southeast Asia’s narcotic drugs chain'

IANS | January 11, 2026 8:05 PM

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) China has emerged as the dominant supplier of precursor chemicals and technical inputs that sustain the manufacture of synthetic narcotic drugs produced in Southeast Asia, particularly the Golden Triangle region, according to a media report.

Europe marks New Year with fires, riots and attacks on emergency services

IANS | January 11, 2026 7:00 PM

Brussels, Jan 11 (IANS) The New Year, which is meant to mark renewal, exposed a reality that political leaders want to hide in Europe. From Brussels to Amsterdam, from Strasbourg to Berlin, from suburbs in France to cities in Italy, the transition into the New Year followed a similar pattern - fires, riots, attacks on emergency services and neighbourhoods surrendered to mobsters in their majority Muslim immigrants, a report has stated.

HRW urges Canadian PM Carney to raise human rights issue during China visit

IANS | January 11, 2026 6:30 PM

Ottawa, Jan 11 (IANS) US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to make the human rights issue a key focus of his visit to China from January 13-17, asking him to press the Chinese government to end its repression in Xinjiang and ensure full compliance with international labour rights conventions.

Pakistan: AMSO condemns arrest of Afghan journalists

IANS | January 11, 2026 6:11 PM

Kabul, Jan 11 (IANS) The Afghanistan Media Support Organization (AMSO) has criticised the arrest of four Afghan journalists and media personnel by police in Pakistan's Islamabad, including the forced expulsion of one, terming the actions illegal and a serious threat to press freedom, local media reported on Sunday.