Geopolitics
Islamabad: The United States (US) Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador Alice G Wells, met Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua on Thursday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. more
Kim Jong Un visits China, meets Xi Jinping

Beijing: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a four-day 'unofficial' trip to China from Sunday to Wednesday, Chinese media reports said.

US has informed UN of decision to expel Russian diplomats

New York: A United Nations spokesman confirmed on Monday that the world body was aware of the announcement by the United States Government of its decision to take action against certain R ...

Trump hints at sanctioning Beijing, experts say US-China trade war could widen

Washington/Beijing: US President Donald Trump has hinted that his administration could impose sanctions against China on Thursday, after reports claimed that Beijing indulges in transfer ...

North Korea says sanctions didn't force it to seek US dialogue

Pyongyang: It was self confidence and not sanctions that pushed North Korea to seek dialogues with the United States of America and South Korea, the state media said on Tuesday.

Encouraged by proposed DPRK-US talks, Guterres reiterates support for peaceful denuclearization of Korean Peninsula

New York: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday said he is “encouraged” by the announcement of an agreement between the United States and the Demo ...

Experts question Kim Jong-un's motive as N Korea inches towards denuclearization

Pyongyang: Following umpteen nuclear tests, which threatened the initiation of a war with the United States of America, Kim Jong-un's North Korea is finally settling down and is ready ...

US-North Korean talks possible?

Pyongyang/Seoul/Washington: The tension in the Korean Peninsula is slowly receding as relation between the North and the South is warming up, following the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

US says North Korean government played active role in Kim Jong-nam's murder

Washington/Pyongyang: The US has concluded that the North Korean government played an active role in the murder of Kim Jong-un's half brother Kim Jong-nam.

Protect the rights of ‘Dreamers,’ UN human rights experts urge US Government

New York, Feb 22 (JEN): With hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived in the United States as children facing possible expulsion, a group of United Nations human rights experts has u ...