US considers Greenland vital for its national security as Russia, China presence have grown Donald Trump has pledged to remove the “Russian threat” from autonomous Greenland territory as the US President becomes more determined in buying the Arctic territory for the sake of American national security. According to the Trump administration, Denmark has failed to…
BEIJING: China’s birth rate fell last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth year running despite authorities’ efforts to curb the decline. There were just 7.92 million births recorded last year, Chinese officials said Monday, a rate of 5.63 births per thousand people. It…
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers in Alaska to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of large protests against the government’s deportation drive, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday. The U.S. Army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the midwestern state escalates, the officials…
Washington: A US magazine ‘Foreign Affairs’ has revealed that India’s claim of being a strong strategic partner of the United States is weakening after recent developments. According to Kashmir Media Service, the ‘Foreign Affairs’ in its recent analysis said relations between Washington and New Delhi have been under their most severe strain in history since…
ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia ranked second globally and first in the Arab world among donor countries for humanitarian aid in 2025, leading in contributions to Yemen with 49.3% of total aid and ranking second for aid to Syria, according to the United Nations Financial Tracking Service. A recently released 2024 report on development assistance indicates that…
ISLAMABAD: Pak-Turk Maarif International Schools & Colleges have officially announced the launch of MAGIS 2026-1 (Maarif Entrance Exam) — a merit-based admission and scholarship programme aimed at identifying talented and high-achieving students across Pakistan. MAGIS is a competitive entrance examination designed to provide deserving students access to quality education, financial support, and international learning opportunities….
SEOUL, South Korea: Italy’s prime minister called US President Donald Trump’s threat to slap tariffs on opponents of his plan to seize Greenland a “mistake” on Sunday, adding she had told him her views. “I believe that imposing new sanctions today would be a mistake,” Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told journalists during a trip to…
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists who had vowed to march on a neighborhood where many immigrants live on Saturday, stoking tensions in a city on edge after the killing of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent 10 days ago. Waving signs and screaming chants that…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland, escalating a row over the future of Denmark’s vast Arctic island. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said additional 10% import tariffs would take effect on February 1…
PARIS: Iranian authorities on Saturday said they had arrested members of the Bahai minority they accused of having been active in what they call “riots”, the Tasnim news agency reported, after the wave of protests that gripped the country. The Bahais, Iran’s biggest non-Muslim religious minority, regularly experience persecution and the Islamic republic has accused…