The new Indian Air Force chief has warned that the country has fallen behind China on defence technology and equipment and says it needs to “catch up”. Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh made the remarks at a press briefing in New Delhi on Friday, days after taking up the role and ahead of the…
At least 10 people were hurt after a convoy from the Port Qasim Electric Power Company was attacked near Karachi airport. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan has said at least two of its citizens were killed and a third injured after their convoy was attacked near Karachi airport. The embassy said the attack took place…
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A massive blast outside Karachi Airport in Pakistan on Sunday killed two workers from China and injured at least eight, officials from both countries said. Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest. A Chinese Embassy statement said that a convoy carrying Chinese…
At least two people were killed and 10 injured in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Sunday night, local broadcaster Geo News reported. A Home Ministry official said it was an attack on Chinese nationals. Separatist militant group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said in a statement…
Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in an address in Tehran, called the missile attack on Israel “legal and legitimate”. He had a rifle by his side as he spoke, days after Iran’s missile attack on Israel. In other news, India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend the Shanghai…
The Golden Age of exploration is long gone – or so we tend to think. All that’s left to investigate on our long-suffering planet are the murky depths of our oceans – and perhaps a few scraps of jungle. In this, the era of the sat nav and Google – when everything is accessible at…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After a day filled with hopes of a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, the U.N. General Assembly meeting Friday was a harsh reality check. Israeli Prime Minister BENJAMIN NETANYAHU shut down the idea in a morning speech that he said he didn’t initially intend to make. He said he had not…
With senior American officials meeting their Chinese counterparts last week to discuss the effects of China’s manufacturing “overcapacity” on the US economy, it is worth pausing to consider both the significant benefits and concerns over Beijing’s massive and unprecedented expansion of clean energy technology. China’s leadership across all facets of decarbonisation, including research and development,…
Egypt’s reported purchase of Chinese fighter jets is a sign of Beijing’s increasing leverage in the Middle East as the region tries to diversify its military procurement to rely less on the United States, analysts have said. According to Bulgarian defence news portal Bulgarian Military, the Egyptian defence ministry reportedly placed its first order for…
Published on Sep 21, 2024 07:08 AM IST A deadly terror attack was reported in Pakistan on the intervening night of Sep 19-20. PTI report said six security forces personnel were killed and 11 others injured in the attack. Tehreek-e-Taliban has reportedly claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. Watch for more. News / Videos…