Washington: The United States has imposed new harsh sanctions against companies linked to the Iranian petrochemical sector. The US Treasury Department took this action against companies in China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is the third instance in the last ten days of the United States imposing sanctions against individuals and companies linked […]
United Nations: China has obstructed the action of the United Nations against Abdul Rehman Makki. He is facing serious charges of raising funds for terrorist activities, turning youth into extremists and using them for terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. India and the United States had jointly proposed action on Makki at the Security Council. […]
Washington: The US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, said that the United States would provide maximum assistance to Ukraine in the conflict against Russia. The United States will continue to support negotiations along the battlefield. We believe that the Russia-Ukraine conflict must end diplomatically. Earlier, Senior US Diplomat Henry Kissinger, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and […]
Berlin: European countries are predicting instability in Balkan countries due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Germany has announced redeploying its troops in Bosnia over the stability concerns. The deployment will be under the peacekeeping mission of the European Union. With this, Germany will be deploying its forces in Bosnia after a decade. In the last decade, […]
Moscow: The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will go on for a long time, and the conflict could lead to the separation of the economies of Russia and the West from each other (decoupling), warned Fyodor Lukyanov, a senior Russian expert. “When launching a military campaign in Ukraine, Russia and the West were under the […]
Tokyo/Sydney: Japan and Australia have decided to enhance their defence cooperation against China’s increasing military and economic influence in the Island nations of the Pacific Ocean. The Australian Defence Minister visited Japan to extend the bilateral defence cooperation. Also, Australia adopted an aggressive stand by announcing to patrol in the South China Sea. Moreover, the […]
Washington: The US Federal Reserve announced a historic increase of 0.75% in the interest rates on Wednesday. This is the highest interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve since 1994. Following the United States, the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank also announced interest rate hikes. Asian stock markets collapsed along with the […]
Cairo: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Israel, Egypt and the European Union. According to this, Israel will be supplying natural fuel gas to the European Union with assistance from Egypt. The Israeli Energy Minister said that this is a historic development and that his country was creating its place in the global energy […]
Khartoum: Over 125 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the ethnic violence that flared up in the Darfur province of Sudan. The Arab rebel groups launched fierce attacks on nearby villages after a dispute over the ownership of a land parcel in the city of Kulbus. Nearly 20 villages were torched and more […]
Geneva: 47 countries have united to question the Chinese regime on the oppression and atrocities on the Uyghur community in the Xinjiang province of China. They have told the United Nations that they have credible evidence of China committing inhuman atrocities on the Uyghur Minority. These countries also demanded that the human rights organisation publish […]