China cutting citizens' access to foreign online sites: Report

IANS | April 19, 2026 9:36 PM

Beijing, April 19 (IANS) Chinese citizens might be losing access to many foreign online sites which provide academic resources, uncensored news and entertainment, as President Xi Jinping himself is promoting the campaign to remove this access to citizens, a report said.

Pak's mediation may led to US's humiliation rather than victory in West Asia conflict: Report

IANS | April 19, 2026 8:54 PM

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) "By relying on Pakistan to mediate the most acute national security concerns, US President Donald Trump essentially does the equivalent of hiring a child molester to teach in a kindergarten," Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in The Sunday Guardian about Islamabad's mediation in the West Asia conflict.

Chinese undersea device found near Bali: Report

IANS | April 19, 2026 8:54 PM

Jakarta, April 19 (IANS) A Chinese undersea monitoring system was found near an island in a strategically important strait between Indonesia's Lombok and Bali last week, media reports said.