Hangzhou Asian Games kicks off with innovative, spectacular opening ceremony

HANGZHOU: On Saturday, the day of Autumn Equinox, one of the traditional Chinese solar terms, the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony began...

Polish PM tells Ukraine’s Zelenskiy ‘never to insult Poles again’

WARSAW: Poland's prime minister told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday not to "insult" Poles, maintaining harsh rhetoric towards Kyiv after the...

Asian Games carry aspirations for peace, solidarity and inclusiveness: Xi Jinping

HANGZHOU: Chinese President Xi Jinping extended a warm welcome to international dignitaries attending the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at...

India confiscates properties of top Sikh leader in Punjab

NEW DELHI: India’s top investigation agency confiscated on Saturday the properties of a prominent Sikh separatist and close ally of Hardeep Singh...

US presses India to cooperate on Canada killing probe

WASHINGTON: The United States of America (USA) made clear on Friday that it expected the Indian government to work with Canada on...

Canada has Indian diplomats’ communications in Sikh leader’s murder probe: report

The Canadian government has amassed both human and signals intelligence in a months-long investigation of a Sikh activist’s murder, which it has...

Xi, Assad announce China-Syria strategic partnership

HANGZHOU: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday jointly announced the establishment of a China-Syria strategic partnership, as...

UNGA: China for upholding true multilateralism, improve governance for world peace

NEW YORK: While the US has been hijacking the ongoing United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and turning it into a platform for...

Zelensky wins Biden support but faces US skeptics

WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington Thursday to appeal for help fighting Russia, winning warm words of support and weapons from...

PLA’s new armed recon drone likely to join drills around Taiwan island

BEIJING: The newly unveiled KVD002 armed reconnaissance drone of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army has likely participated in patrols and...

Xi to attend opening ceremony of 19th Asian Games, kicking off major diplomatic event

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony of the highly expected 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou...

Israel, Saudi Arabia close to normalizing diplomatic relations

NEW YORK: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) have hinted at the possibility of...

Words ‘secular’, ‘socialist’ found removed from India’s Constitution

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government of India plans to make the country a Hindu polity, or so it is being feared. Reportedly,...

Chinese scholar says Modi’s suppression against minorities expands from India to abroad

ISLAMABAD: Prominent Chinese scholar, Prof Cheng Xizhong, has said that the serious diplomatic incident between India and Canada that has occurred in...

Sikh community protests against India over leader’s killing in Canada

LAHORE: The Sikh community staged a protest in Lahore on Wednesday against the Indian government in response to the killing of a prominent...