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…
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 6th of December, covering the latest developments you need to know. 1. 2026 World Cup groups set; Trump wins first FIFA Peace Prize The 2026 FIFA World Cup draw in Washington finalised the 48-team group stage, placing…
Reuters | | Posted by Yamini C S Published on: Dec 06, 2025 12:23 pm IST Australia has imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four Taliban officials due to escalating human rights abuses in Afghanistan. Australia on Saturday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan’s Taliban government over what it…
An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Thursday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology. Afghanistan has a history of powerful earthquakes, and the Hindu Kush Mountain range is a geologically active area where quakes occur every year.(REUTERS/ Representational) A post on X shared the details, stating that the…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of State has paused all visas for individuals traveling on Afghan passports after an attack in Washington, D.C., Wednesday targeting National Guard members. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national, was charged with first-degree murder among other counts related to the ambush, which has since claimed…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guardsmen just blocks from the White House on the day before Thanksgiving served in an elite CIA counterterrorism unit in Afghanistan, according to new details that emerged Thursday about the suspect’s background. Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, served in Afghanistan with…