The first passenger flight to return to Hong Kong from the Middle East on Wednesday night amid the escalating conflict in the region was made possible by safe corridors in United Arab Emirates (UAE) airspace, an aviation expert has said, outlining the challenges of flying over conflict zones. Captain Steven Dominique Cheung, chairman of the…
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Islamabad said on Sunday it carried out strikes on seven sites along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, targeting Afghan-based militant groups it blames for recent suicide attacks. The ministry said the strikes were in response to a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad two weeks ago. (Representative Image/Reuters) In a statement, the Ministry of Information…
Group links attack to China’s ‘crimes’ against Uighurs. Beijing urges Taliban government to protect its nationals. Published On 20 Jan 202620 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share ISIL (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a Chinese restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people. The group…
Explosion occurs in downtown Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood, thought to be one of the most secure areas of Kabul. Published On 19 Jan 202619 Jan 2026 | Updated: an hour agoUpdated: an hour ago Click here to share on social media share2 Share An explosion has torn through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily…
Hongkongers hold the world’s 15th most powerful passport, up three places from last year, according to an index measuring visa-free access. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport offers visa-free access to 171 destinations, according to this year’s Henley Passport Index released last week. Singapore retained the top ranking for the third consecutive year, granting…
Analysts in China described Venezuela’s air defences – which rely largely on Russian technology – as “full of flaws and slow to react” amid the modern surveillance, cyber, and electronic warfare displayed by US forces in Saturday’s operation in Caracas. The operation could serve as a further case study for China, which has been a…
Tensions are flaring along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border in Central Asia with the Tajik government reporting multiple armed incursions this month, straining its fragile relationship with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders. More than a dozen people have been killed in attacks by men whom Tajik authorities call “terrorists” and the resulting clashes with Tajik forces, officials in Dushanbe…
It has been a turbulent year for the fraught US-China relationship. In the fourth part of a series looking back at the events of 2025, we examine the impacts of Trump’s foreign policy on global geopolitics. As the administration of US President Donald Trump ends its first year, expect the unabashed disrupter to continue applying…
In fresh flare-up between Afghanistan and Pakistan, four civillians and one solider was reportedly killed on the Afghan side in an an overnight exchange of gunfire and shelling. A man sits next to the blood-stained floor inside his damaged house in Chaman on December 6, 2025, following overnight cross-border fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan.(AFP) Track…