International

Washington: The US on Thursday announced new sanctions against China for human rights abuses of Uighur Muslims. President Joe Biden’s administration said it was imposing new sanctions on several Chinese biotech and surveillance companies for human rights abuses in Xinjiang province. The commerce department is targeting China’s Academy of Military …

Washington: In ‘Country Reports on Terrorism 2020: India’ by the US State Department, Indian security agencies have been described as effective in intercepting terrorist threats. However, the report also noted that gaps remain between intelligence agencies and information sharing. Apart from this, it has also been said in the report …

A British woman who joined the terrorist organization ISIS after fleeing seven years ago regrets her actions. British woman Tarina Shakeel, who chose the path of ISIS inspired by Jihad, has admitted that she took the wrong decision. Tarina said that she was taken advantage of in the terrorist camp. …

Kolkata: UNESCO has given a heritage status to the Durga Puja festival of West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed happiness over this announcement of UNESCO. India included in the listUNESCO tweeted on Twitter with a picture of the idol of Goddess Durga, ‘Durga Puja in Kolkata has just …

Vilnius: Lithuania said on Wednesday it had closed its embassy in Beijing and recalled its last surviving diplomat from the Chinese capital. The move comes amid controversy over the EU country allowing Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital, Vilnius. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement …

ISLAMABAD: A former member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and retired judge Wajihuddin Ahmed recently claimed that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s monthly household expenses were borne by former PTI leader Jehangir Tareen. Questioning Imran Khan’s honesty, he has said that many people of the party used to fund Imran Khan to run …

Paddleboarders have seen giant sunfish swimming around. The exact length of the fish is not known, but the length of the paddleboard is 14 feet. Therefore, according to the estimates made from the pictures, the sunfish is likely to be 9 to 10 feet long. Female sunfish can lay up …

Washington. US Senator Robert Menendez said on Tuesday that Pakistan offered safe haven to the Taliban, while its terrorists killed our American soldiers. In such a situation, we need to have a serious dialogue with the Government of Pakistan. Robert welcomed the nomination of Donald Armin Blom as the US …

MUMBAI: There is a saying that love is blind and sometimes such incidents come to the fore which make this proverb come true. Recently, a case came to light in which a 16-year-old Swedish girl met a 19-year-old boy on social media. After befriending the boy, she came to Mumbai …

Scientists are now realizing that reducing carbon dioxide emissions will not be enough to stop climate change. According to a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine of America, 10 billion tons of carbon dioxide will have to be removed from the world every year by the …