In 1995, a young Tibetan boy Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama, the second highest spiritual authority in Tibetan Buddhism after Dalai Lama. The United States has urged China to release Tibetan Buddhism’s 11th Panchen Lama, who was taken into captivity at the age of six […]
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WASHINGTON: The US negotiator on Afghanistan blamed the Islamic State group Thursday (May 14) for the shocking attack on a maternity hospital as he urged the government and Taliban to stick to a faltering peace process. Zalmay Khalilzad said the US government had assessed that the Islamic State in Khorasan, […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s police watchdog will release a much-anticipated report on Friday (May 15) following a review of the handling of months of often violent anti-government protests last year that plunged the city into crisis. The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) studied officers’ behaviour in the months after June […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signalled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the world’s second largest economy. In […]
The cold-blooded murders of 24 women, children and babies at a hospital in the Afghan capital was horrific enough. But as Frederic Bonnot made his way through the bullet-riddled maternity unit, he realised something more. Warning: Readers may find details in this story upsetting The attackers had walked straight past […]
A US pharmaceutical firm has signed agreements with drug makers in South Asia to expand supply of the drug remdesivir for treating Covid-19. The agreement between Gilead and five generic pharmaceutical companies in India and Pakistan will help make the medicine for 127 countries. Remdesivir cut the duration of symptoms […]
Prosecutors in Malaysia have dropped charges against Wolf of Wall Street producer Riza Aziz over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Mr Riza, stepson of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, was accused of money-laundering over allegations he received $250m (£221m) from 1MDB – a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund. He has agreed to […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said there is “hard evidence” that she was targeted by Russian hackers in what she called “outrageous” spying attempts. The comments follow reports in German news outlet Der Spiegel that Russian military intelligence had obtained emails from her parliamentary office in 2015. Germany’s intelligence service […]
The first special train from Delhi ferrying over 500 people from Assam, who were stranded in Delhi and other states, reached Assam on Wednesday night. The first special train from Delhi ferrying over 500 people from Assam, who were stranded in Delhi and other states, reached Assam on Wednesday night. […]
President Donald Trump called on governors across the nation Wednesday to work to reopen schools that were closed because of the coronavirus, pointedly taking issue with Dr Anthony Fauci’s caution against moving too quickly in sending students back to class. US President Donald Trump President Donald Trump called on […]