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By Riyaz ul Khaliq ANKARA (AA) – Amid faltering ties with the US, China Monday accused Canada of “acting as an accomplice” of Washington over the arrest of Huawei chief financial officer. Addressing a news conference in Beijing, China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian said: “Canada seriously abused the ...

Offering clues about his broader worldview, the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has spoken glowingly about India. But Mr Biden also made one or two critical comments about the Narendra Modi government’s policies, for instance on Kashmir. All of this had led to much debate in India — most ...

Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a “holy warrior”.His claim to adulation? Gunning down in open court an American accused of blasphemy, a capital crime in the Islamic republic.Khan is charged with murder, which also carries ...

With the US military pull-out from Afghanistan well under way, Beijing and Washington are becoming locked in a fierce competition via the war-torn country for potential new trade and energy corridors linking Central Asia with South Asia and the oil-rich Middle East.The intensity of this connectivity competition has become ...

The US on Thursday provided Pakistan 100 ventilators to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly 6,000 lives and infected over 277,000 people in the country. The US embassy in Islamabad said in a statement that the shipment was handed over to Pakistan’s National Disaster Management ...

Describing the killing of an American citizen in Pakistan’s courtroom as “shameful tragedy”, the US state department has called on Islamabad to take immediate action and bring in reforms to put an end to such incidents in future. The US also extended condolences to the family of the citizen.Tahir ...

The Taliban accused Afghan security forces on Sunday of re-arresting insurgents who had been released as part of a crucial prisoner swap meant to kick-start peace talks.They said the National Directorate of Security (NDS) had detained an unspecified number of insurgents released under the exchange program, warning Kabul would ...

A US court has rejected the USD 1.5 million bail application of Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who has been declared a fugitive by India for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case, describing him a flight risk. Rana, 59, a childhood friend of David Coleman Headley, ...

President Donald Trump’s order on updated export restrictions on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), with the new speed limit of 800 kmph, will not only help its allies in the Middle-East facing the brunt of Chinese armed drones in Libyan theatre but will also help India acquire proven Predator-B armed ...