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China’s policy of strengthening relations with countries in the Global South has accelerated in recent years, and this can be seen in its development of wide-ranging ties with Egypt. Under the umbrella of a comprehensive strategic partnership, China has invested heavily in Egypt, especially in the agriculture, technology, steel, ...

Arshad Malik, Afghanistan director of the humanitarian non-governmental organisation Save the Children, has said that “lives and livelihoods have been washed away” and “children have lost everything”. According to the NGO, 40,000 children are now homeless. The number of dead and displaced is expected to rise over the coming ...

When Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the 2016 G20 summit in Hangzhou, he voiced India’s objections to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) passing through the Pakistan-administered portion of Kashmir, which India also claims.Despite these flare-ups, there have been concerted efforts to foster dialogue and ...

Imagine applying for a job with 67,000 openings. You’d assume that with a fairly decent resume, your chances would be quite high. But, as many young people in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh found out in February, all is not what it seems. Vying for those 67,000 ...

Despite the tense exchange, the recent disclosure of the arrangement by Beijing indicates a potential for improved relations between the two countries if they proceed calmly. China aims to convey to the Philippine public that its actions, such as using water cannons against Philippine vessels allegedly supplying construction materials ...

While food waste is a global problem, it’s particularly of concern in Asia, which ironically is home to upwards of 370 million undernourished people – about half the world total. While not all of them are starving, the 2021 Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and ...

Beyond the BLA’s activities, other terrorist outfits such as Islamic State Khorasan (Isis-K), Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Tehreek-i-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) have also launched attacks, particularly in border provinces like Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Despite denials of any direct ties between the Taliban regime in Kabul and these terrorist outfits, Pakistan has highlighted ...

In the first two years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, attacks rose by 73 per cent in Pakistan, leaving the country in a tailspin. The Taliban’s takeover had a revitalising impact on jihadist groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as well as Baloch separatist groups.Tuesday’s bombing was ...

Despite China’s professed commitment to stability on the Korean peninsula, its tolerance of North Korea’s nuclear programme undermines these claims, leading to criticism that China lacks credibility when advocating for strategic cooperation with the US or discussing security concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.Even when South Korea attempted to attain ...

At the Melbourne summit, the Philippines, which has increasingly been clashing with China over their South China Sea claims, called for a stronger united stand in upholding the maritime rule of law. Malaysia is resisting the pressure to choose sides, however, with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim saying: “We do ...