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Workers wait to collect deliveries for a lockdown community in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China returns to mass shutdowns as COVID-19 cases surge

Meanwhile, an outbreak of the omicron variant in Shanghai saw schools shuttered again

13 March 2022 3:07 PM IST

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (AFP file image)

China says friendship with Russia is 'rock solid'

Cooperation between the two countries brings benefits and well-being to the two peoples, said Chinese Foreign Minister...

7 March 2022 1:58 PM IST

Beijing has poured billions of dollars into defence modernisation in recent years as it aims to transform its huge military into a world-class force. (AFP)

China says military spending to grow 7.1 percent in 2022

Some 1.45 trillion yuan ($230 billion) has been set aside for national defence, according to a government budget report

5 March 2022 11:32 AM IST

Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan. (Photo:PTI)

Pakistan likely to remain on FATF's grey list for four more months:...

Pakistan has been on the grey list of the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force since June 2018

4 March 2022 2:32 PM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in a meeting of ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 26, 2022. (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite

A spy satellite is among an array of sophisticated weapons systems that Kim Jong Un vowed to develop under military...

28 Feb 2022 9:58 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks in a meeting of ruling Workers Party of Korea in Pyongyang. (Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea blames US for Ukraine crisis

North Korea, in a muted response issued in the form of a commentary, said the US was to blame for the unfolding disaster

27 Feb 2022 11:44 AM IST

China is attempting to impose its agenda in Southeast Asia by establishing its Confucius Institutes (CIs). (Photo: ANI)

China using 'cultural appropriation' to expand soft borders: Report

Cultural appropriation happens when someone from one culture adopts another culture's style

25 Feb 2022 12:33 PM IST

Muslim women gather to participate in a march against banning Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in Karnataka, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pakistan summons Indian Charge d'Affaires over hijab controversy

The official was conveyed Pak's deep concern over alleged religious intolerance, negative stereotyping and...

10 Feb 2022 11:57 AM IST

New Delhi sought appropriate action by Hyundai and said there would be no compromise on the matter as it involved the territorial integrity of India. (Image credit: Twitter)

South Korea regrets Hyundai Pak's offensive post as India erupts

India on Tuesday said it had summoned the South Korean ambassador and conveyed to him New Delhi's displeasure on the...

9 Feb 2022 9:36 AM IST

This video frame grab taken from footage recorded in mid-June 2020 and released by China Central Television (CCTV) on January 20, 2021 shows Chinese (foreground) and Indian soldiers (R, background) during an incident where troops from both countries clashed in the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Galwan Valley, in the Karakoram Mountains in the Himalayas. (Photo by - / CCTV / AFP)

China suffered higher losses Galwan Valley clash than reported: Report

The report said it also showed the extreme lengths Beijing has gone to silence discussion about the battle

3 Feb 2022 10:08 AM IST

This picture taken released from North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency on January 28 shows what North Korea says is a surface-to-surface tactical guided missile test-fire conducted by the Academy of Defence Science of the DPRK at an undisclosed location. (AFP)

North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017

Pyongyang tested hypersonic missiles twice this month, as well as carrying out four launches of short-range ballistic...

30 Jan 2022 10:38 AM IST

India has already announced to send 50,000 tonnes of wheat and medicines to Afghanistan by road transport through Pakistan. (AFP file photo)

India's wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil to begin in...

Pakistan last year allowed India to send 50,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan by using its land route

29 Jan 2022 1:02 PM IST