Sun 08 September 2024: Pakistan has invited Indian PM Narendra Modi to he upcoming SCO summit in Islamabad. Modi is unlikely to attend. What would that mean for the grouping? Islamabad, Pakistan – The invitations have all gone out. But when Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit next month, there’s one guest above all […]
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What could Saudi Arabia’s first AAA game be like, following China’s success? Sun 08 September 2024: Last month, China made gaming history with the release of the instant hit “Black Myth: Wukong.” An RPG set in mythological China and loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Journey to the West, it marked the country’s first […]
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Image is for illustration purpose. Sat 07 September 2024: Japan’s defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its forces understaffed amid a build up aimed at countering China’s growing military power. The measures, unveiled in its latest defence […]
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Fri 06 September 2024: As the West shuns the Taliban government in Kabul, countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have increased economic and political cooperation with Afghanistan. News published in the Afghan press in recent weeks suggests that some Central Asian countries have taken significant steps towards recognising the Taliban administration in Afghanistan. According to […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Iran’s Parliament has proposed reducing the foreign national population by 10 percent annually, amid growing public controversy over the increasing Afghan influx. Although the proposal does not explicitly mention any nationality, the term ‘foreign national’ is widely used by Iranian officials and media to target Afghan migrants, who constitute a […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: “Are Muslims not human, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim?” asks Uma, whose 19-year-old son, Aryan Mishra, was killed by men associated with the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal, who suspected the teenager of being a “cow smuggler” and a Muslim. “They shot my son thinking he […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Bangladesh transitional government chief Muhammad Yunus said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must keep silent as her political remarks from India are “causing discomfort” between the two neighboring nations. In an interview to Press Trust of India, Yunus said Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture,” asserting […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Asteroid disintegrates safely in ‘fireball’ flash over the Philippines The asteroid, known as 2024 RW1, is only the ninth to have been spotted before its impact with the Earth’s atmosphere, the European Space Agency said. A small asteroid on a collision course with Earth safely disintegrated in the atmosphere above […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Beijing, China – China will voluntarily and unilaterally open its markets wider for African countries, says President Xi Jinping. Delivering his keynote address at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, Chinese President Xi said China has decided to give all least developed countries (LDCs), which have diplomatic relations […]
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russkiy Islands. [4 September 2024]. Thu 05 September 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Thursday that the country will continue its oil and gas exploration activities in the South China Sea, despite China’s claims of territorial infringement. Speaking from Russia […]
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