More than 400 Hongkongers have reported being stranded in the Middle East after major airspace closures triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted dozens of flights between the city and the region. There are no signs yet of when they might return home, even as major transit hubs including Dubai airports resumed limited operations….
The US State Department has called on all American nationals in the Middle East to leave as soon as possible through commercial means days after tensions in the Middle East escalated, following the US-Israel joint attack on Iran. Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Mora Namdar, issued a list of several locations, including the UAE, Saudi…
The Mexican army has killed the drug cartel leader “El Mencho”, delivering a significant blow to what had become Mexico’s most powerful cartel. The killing of the powerful drug lord set off several hours of roadblocks with burning vehicles in Jalisco and other states. Such tactics are commonly used by the cartels to block military…
Beijing’s foreign affairs arm in Hong Kong has “strongly condemned” a group of US senators for pushing what it calls “malicious legislation” that seeks to strip the city’s trade offices in the United States of their special privileges and potentially force their closure. A spokesman for the Commissioner’s Office of the Foreign Ministry in Hong…
The United States has criticised China for aiming radars at Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise, as tensions between the Asian countries continue to simmer. Both Tokyo and Beijing have given differing accounts of the incident which took place last week near Japan’s Okinawa islands. Remarks by Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, about how…
Published on: Nov 02, 2025 05:17 am IST Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a detailed X post, clarified that the country’s constitution protects citizens of all faiths. Hours after being placed on the US State Department’s watch list of “countries of particular concern,” Nigeria dismissed President Donald Trump’s claim that Christianity in the country…
Published on: Oct 09, 2025 09:06 pm IST This is the first of the dismissals for violating a ban on such relationships which had been introduced in 2024 by the Biden administration. The US State Department said on Wednesday that it has fired an American diplomat over his romantic relationship which he admitted having with…
China hit out on Thursday at a US congressional report that accused it of exploiting American higher education institutions for military research. Guo Jiakun, a spokesman for the ministry, told a regular press briefing that the House China committee had long attacked and smeared China for political purposes and had “no credibility whatsoever”. “Certain US…
The United States formally determined in January 2021 that China’s actions in Xinjiang constitute genocide, according to the US State Department. Photo : AP Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Urumqi in late September to mark the 70th anniversary of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, according to Reuters. The trip was heavily publicised by state broadcaster…
Amid growing anger from his political base, US President Donald Trump has defended his proposal to admit 600,000 Chinese students over two years, but analysts warn that the policy reversal may not ease the pathway to American colleges. Reaction to last month’s announcement prompted the administration, which previously “aggressively revoked” visas for Chinese students, to…