Updated on: Oct 25, 2025 11:58 pm IST The Ansar Allah security forces detained the two female workers of the World Food Programme from their Sanaa homes. Yemen’s Houthi rebels intensified their crackdown against the United Nations in the country on Saturday, detaining two additional workers connected to the world body in the capital Sanaa….
China can sustain annual growth of 4.5 to 5 per cent over its next five-year plan period, former finance vice-minister Zhu Guangyao has said, just days ahead of a key Communist Party conclave to roll out the 2026-2030 blueprint. “We have full confidence that we will accomplish the economic development goal this year. The economic…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels stormed the United Nations compound in the capital Sanaa and detained staff on Saturday in the latest attack against humanitarian workers in the country. Houthi rebels storm UN compound in Yemen’s Sanaa, staff detained(REUTERS file photo) The incident is the latest in a long-running Houthi crackdown against the UN and other international…
Lawmakers from Brussels and Beijing clashed on Russia and Taiwan, during their first official talks for seven years in the Belgian capital on Thursday. EU lawmakers and other people present said delegates from the National People’s Congress (NPC) echoed Russian narratives on the cause of the three-year war in Ukraine, as they visited the European…
CAIRO (AP) — Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the dead, in the key exchange of the breakthrough ceasefire after two years of war. Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held by Israel. U.S. President Donald Trump was arriving in…
Coral reefs around the globe have for years suffered publicly in warming oceans, periodically making headlines when iconic underwater landscapes lose their colors and wither during repeated mass bleaching events caused by climate change. Now, reefs are the first environmental system on Earth to pass a climate “tipping point,” according to a new report by…
Asia-focused NGO Redress has partnered with the United Nations Fashion and Lifestyle Network to call on the global fashion brands to work toward attaining UN Sustainable Development Goals. At a panel discussion held in New York City last week, representatives from both groups discussed the challenges in sustainability and social responsibility that must be addressed…
TAIPEI (Reuters) -The United Nations resolution that led to Beijing assuming China’s seat from Taipei was about switching representation and did not mention Taiwan, the EU said, commenting on an escalating dispute over the interpretation of the key document. China says that 1971’s U.N. resolution 2758, which led to Beijing taking over representing China from…
East China Sea — Over the deep blue waters of the East China Sea, a Canadian military aircraft surveys the vast expanse below. The CP-140 Aurora, a maritime patrol aircraft operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force, is designed primarily to hunt enemy submarines — but this crew is on a different mission: tracking North Korean…
Some never learn from their failures and Pakistan is one such entity that thinks that by brazenly repeating a lie year after year it can give its incredulous Kashmir charade a semblance of legitimacy. Furthermore, by making an unending string of palpably false allegations regarding Kashmir related issues it rightly invites New Delhi’s ridicule, but…