China: Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai must be released after decade of cruel secrecy

Ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the disappearance of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai, who is currently imprisoned in an unknown location in China on unsubstantiated “spying” charges, Amnesty International’s China Director Sarah Brooks said: “Ten...

Pakistan Embassy in Doha organises Seerat-un-Nabi Conference

The Pakistan Embassy in Doha recently hosted Seerat-un-Nabi Conference where distinguished speakers offered glowing tributes to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), highlighting his exemplary character, compassion, and enduring influence on humanity....

Print and photography weekend set to take place in Dundalk

The Alternative Print & Photography weekend runs from Friday 17 October to Sunday 19 October at Creative Spark Print Studio in Clontygora Drive, Murhevnamor, Dundalk. With a focus on ecological awareness, material experimentation, and community...

Axis Bank’s corporate loan book rises 20% YoY led by mid-corporates, pricing discipline, relationship lending focus

Private lender Axis Bank’s corporate loan portfolio grew 20 per cent year-on-year and 11 per cent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q2 FY26, opposed to the trends seen in recent previous quarters across the industry. The growth, according to Subrat...

U.S. Treasury Yields Drop Amid Ongoing U.S.-China Trade Tensions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Treasury yields declined slightly on Wednesday as investors kept a close watch on developments in the ongoing trade conflict between the U.S. and China. As of 5:55 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell less...

Irish novelist becomes literary star in China

Colm Toibin, one of Ireland’s best known novelists, have just completed a five-city tour of China, where he has become a literary star. During his visit, Archipel Press, Toibin’s main publisher in China, released its 10th book in Mandarin, “Long...

Allies In War, Enemies In Peace: The Unraveling Of Pakistan–Taliban Relations

Once close partners against the U.S. occupation, Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban government now trade accusations of betrayal, revealing deeper crises of mistrust, militarism, and faith across the Muslim world’s most volatile border. October...

'Don't pick sides, be a third pole': Kishore Mahbubani on India's place in US-China rivalry

Amid accelerating US-China rivalry, former Singaporean diplomat Kishore Mahbubani has suggested that India must adopt a strategic position that is neither aligned too closely with Washington nor Beijing. He said India must establish itself as an...

To Plunder the Abyss: Revived US Deep-Sea Mining Ambitions Meet Fierce Pacific Opposition

The US push for deep-sea mining, framed as national security against China, risks permanent environmental damage and ignores the emphatic opposition of the people of American Samoa. — July 1970. The Cold War is thawing, but far from over; the...

History of Japan’s signature beverage sake shared in new book

LAWRENCE — In 2024, the Japanese government successfully petitioned UNESCO to declare the venerable process of sake brewing an “intangible cultural heritage.” But the history of sake itself is largely unknown to most people outside of Japan. “Like...

Bombardier Celebrates Two-Aircraft Order from Sojitz Corporation, Strengthening Trans-Pacific ...

Sojitz Corporation, a general trading company known as one of the leading jet providers in Japan, has placed an order for a Bombardier Global 6500 and a Global 8000 aircraft The aircraft will serve as the foundation for Sojitz’s first large...

Cricket superpowers India and Australia set to pack a punch in series Down Under

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Other Sports Perennial powerhouse Australia entertains a new-look India that has dominated in recent months. India's captain Suryakumar Yadav reacts after playing a shot during the Asia Cup 2025 Super Four Twenty20...

Keir Starmer failed to put a lid on the China spy story at PMQs

Keir Starmer did not go into Prime Minister’s Questions with the intention of resolving the row over the collapse of the Chinese spying case: he merely wanted to avoid the pressure building too much. He announced in a long statement at the start...

UK government under pressure to release collapsed China spy case evidence

Becky MortonPolitical reporter ShareSave Watch: PM quotes Badenoch as previously saying China should not be called a "foe" The government will publish evidence submitted in the now-collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China, Sir...

Starmer to publish China spy case evidence as he battles Tory ‘cover up’ claims

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to publish the evidence submitted by the Government as part of the collapsed China spy case, as he faced claims of a “cover-up”. The Prime Minister said he intends to publish the witness statements prepared by senior...

Government will publish evidence in collapsed China spy case, PM says

Watch: PM quotes Badenoch as previously saying China should not be called a "foe" The government will publish evidence submitted in the now-collapsed case against two men accused of spying for China, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Deputy national...

Keir Starmer commits to publishing statements in collapsed China spy trial

Christopher Cash, 30, a former researcher for a Conservative MP, and Christopher Berry, a 33-year-old teacher, were due to face trial this month on charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act between December 2021 and February 2023, for...

US, China are still committed to global debt efforts, IMF strategy chief says

By Andrea Shalal and Karin Strohecker WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. and Chinese officials will join Wednesday's meeting of the Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable, where a key topic will be the lack of transparency about bank loans that have...

PMQs review: Starmer and Badenoch clash over a Chinese spy scandal that makes no sense

What made the Westminster China spying trial collapse? Today’s PMQs session, the first in over a month thanks to party conference recess, was dominated entirely by this question. Yet after forceful performances from both Keir Starmer and Kemi...

Alumnus pharmacist of MMC from New York urges 'One Nation, One Regulator' to fix India's drug safety flaws

In the wake of the recent cough syrup tragedy linked to Sresan Pharmaceuticals in Tamil Nadu which resulted in the death of more than 20 children, an Indian-American pharmacist and alumnus of Madurai Pharmacy College (MMC), A Manoharan has called...