Category: Asia

Fri 20 December 2024: China today called on the US to close the Guantanamo detention facility and end its “illegal occupation” of Cuba. The US has “long unlawfully occupied part of Guantanamo Bay, and carried out arbitrary detention and used torture to extort confessions at the detention facility there,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said […]

Fri 20 December 2024: The 102 refugees, including 25 children, were taken to Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation by Sri Lanka’s navy, bringing them safely to port. The 102 people, including 25 children, […]

Thu 19 December 2024: At least 50 people killed in accidents on the same highway in Ghazni province between Kabul and southern Kandahar city. Two bus crashes in central Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more, according to officials. The accidents took place on the same highway in Ghazni province between […]

Thu 19 December 2024: At least 100 North Korean soldiers have been killed fighting against Ukraine, the South Korean spy agency claimed on Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said approximately 1,000 other soldiers were also injured during the combat between Russian and Ukrainian forces as the conflict has continued now well past the 1,000th […]

Tue 17 December 2024: China has expanded its visa-free transit policy, extending stays and travel options for citizens from 54 countries, officials announced Tuesday. The permitted stay for eligible travelers has been increased to 10 days, or 240 hours, up from the previous limits of 72 and 144 hours, according to the National Immigration Administration. […]

Mon 16 December 2024: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has released a “list of targets” in case of a potential attack involving the US, a report claimed on Monday. The PLA’s electronic warfare unit has released the list targeting the presumed US aircraft carrier strike groups. It was revealed in the latest issue of […]

Sun 15 December 2024: With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office next month, the United States is moving toward enforcing stricter immigration policies. Recent data from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicates that 18,000 undocumented Indians are among the 1.45 million individuals at risk of deportation.   India ranks third in the […]