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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said on Tuesday that Pakistan was under “pressure” from the United States and other Western powers over his country’s all-weather relationship with China and pledged not to ever bend under pressure. Pakistan and China have a “very special relationship” that spans over 70 …

NEW YORK – The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called on US President Joe Biden’s administration to lift all sanctions against Iran, as agreed as part of a 2015 deal to prevent Tehran from developing a nuclear weapon. In a report to the UN Security Council, Guterres also urged the …

BEIJING – Chinese leaders believe that Russia will develop successfully under President Vladimir Putin, deputy head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Guo Yezhou, said on Monday. “We are certain that the Russian people will be able to achieve all the goals set …

GUANGZHOU – China has administered more than a billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccines, a key milestone in the world’s largest vaccination campaign. As of Saturday, 1,010,489,000 doses had been administered to people in China, according to the country’s National Health Commission (NHC). Over 100 million doses were administered over …

VIENNA, Austria – Negotiators from Iran and six world powers will adjourn talks on resuming their 2015 nuclear deal on Sunday and return to their respective capitals for consultations, as the remaining differences cannot be easily bridged, the chief of Iranian delegation, Abbas Araqchi, said. “We are now closer than …

KABUL – A report of the NATO Defence College in Rome has said in a major new report that Pakistan doesn’t want the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, pushing Taliban to make concessions for a political deal but outside players like India are against an interim government. The 104-page report is …

BEIJING – Chinese state media Global Times published a document revealing People’s Liberation Army pilots claim to be using simulators with artificial intelligence. According to Liu Xuanzun, the training process with artificial intelligence is two-way: the pilot learns to improve his skills, while the artificial intelligence learns from the actions …

KUALA LUMPUR – Tajikistan aims to further strengthen ties with member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), ensure regional peace and stability and promoting economic cooperation during its 2020-2021 chairmanship of the SCO. Tajikistan’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Ardasher Qodiri, said in accordance with his slogan “20 years of the …

BEIJING – China on Tuesday pledged additional help to Southeast Asian countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as it seeks to strengthen its influence in the region where its main geopolitical rival, the United States, is also seeking to strengthen its ties. Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, told …

BURMA – The envoys of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) called on the Myanmar junta to release all political prisoners and discussed the implementation of a regional “consensus” to end the unrest since the February 1 coup, the regional bloc said. Myanmar junta has shown little sign of …