Govt forms high-powered body to break deadlock over Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline amid penalty threats
With millions of dollars in potential penalties looming, the government has constituted a high-powered committee to find a “mutually acceptable” way out of the decades-old impasse over the Pakistan-Iran gas…
Xi urges all-out rescue, relief efforts after mudslide hits border port in Xizang
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out efforts to search and rescue people who are missing after a mudslide in Nepal caused casualties at Gyirong border port in southwest China’s…
Malta joins international condemnation of Israeli West Bank settlement plan
Malta has joined an expanding group of nations condemning Israel’s plans for a major settlement project in the occupied West Bank. Malta and Denmark were added as signatories to a…
Xi’s vision of civilization inspires China-Egypt exchanges
“Wherever I go on my overseas visits, what fascinates me the most are the civilizations created by people of different countries and ethnic groups,” Chinese President Xi Jinping once said.…
US religious freedom panel urges sanctions against India’s RSS during chief’s US visit
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – A U.S. panel on religious freedom has expressed concern about a visit to the U.S. by the chief of the Hindu nationalist group that is…
Aircraft and drones help ensure autumn grain harvest in China’s Heilongjiang
An agricultural aircraft conducts aerial application on a soybean field of a farm under the Beidahuang Group in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 25, 2026. As the top grain-producing province…