Beijing: China on Wednesday rejected the Dalai Lama’s succession plan, insisting that any future heir must receive its seal of approval, adding a new chapter to Tibetan Buddhism’s decades-long struggle with the Chinese ruling Communist Party. The Tibetan spiritual leader on Wednesday said the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue and only the Gaden…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s deposed prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was on Wednesday sentenced to six months in prison by the International Crimes Tribunal in a contempt of court case, according to media reports. A three-member panel of the tribunal-1 (ICT), led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order after reviewing a leaked phone conversation involving…
Washington: The Quad grouping has called for bringing the perpetrators, organisers, and financiers of the Pahalgam terror attack to justice without any delay and urged UN member nations to extend cooperation for it. The foreign ministers of the four-nation grouping condemned the April 22 attack in the strongest terms that claimed the lives of 26…
New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio during which they discussed bilateral partnership and shared perspectives on regional and global developments. Jaishankar is visiting the US from June 30 to July 2 at the invitation of Rubio. “A pleasure meeting US @SecRubio this afternoon, on…
Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, saying the recent decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague showed that the agreement was still “valid and operational”. India has never recognised the proceedings at the Permanent…
United Nations: An exhibition hosted by India, highlighting the human cost of heinous terrorist acts perpetrated across the world — from the Pahalgam terror attack to 9/11 — was unveiled at the United Nations headquarters on Monday. External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar inaugurated the solemn exhibition titled “The Human Cost of Terrorism”, organised by…
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday urged the global community to unite in ensuring that terrorists face no impunity, are not treated as proxies, and that there is “no yielding to nuclear blackmail”, as he asserted that India’s response to the Pahalgam attack underlines a message of zero tolerance towards terrorism. Jaishankar,…
Islamabad: Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir has described terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir as a “legitimate struggle”, saying his country would always stand by the people of Kashmir in their struggle. Field Marshal Munir also warned India of a “befitting response” in case of any future attack, weeks after the two nations briefly locked horns…
Khartoum: A partial collapse of a traditional gold mine has killed 11 miners and wounded seven others in war-torn Sudan’s northeast, the state mining company said on Sunday. Since war erupted between Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, both sides’ war efforts have been largely funded by Sudan’s…
Islamabad: A moderate-intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Sunday (June 29), leaving at least five people injured and damaging multiple houses. The tremors were reported around 3:54 am, with the epicentre near Barkan town, according to paramilitary Levies official Tauqeer Shah. Among the injured were a couple whose…
