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The US communications regulator has voted to revoke the authorization for China Telecom’s US subsidiary to operate in the United States over what it called national security concerns. The decision by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which came in a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, means that China Telecom Americas …

China has urged the United States to stop sending wrong signals in any form to the so-called “independence” forces of the Chinese Taipei after Washington said it attempts to enable the self-ruled island to take part meaningfully at the United Nations. China has sovereignty over the Chinese Taipei, and under …

China’s latest COVID-19 outbreak is increasingly likely to spread further, a health official said on Sunday, as authorities urged all regions to step up monitoring and called for a reduction in travel across provinces. China has largely contained the virus but it is determined to stamp out any sporadic local …

Afghanistan’s Taliban government launched a program to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of people wheat in exchange for labor. The scheme will be rolled out around Afghanistan’s major towns and cities and employ 40,000 men in the capital alone, the Taliban’s chief spokesman said at a press conference in …

China has passed an education law that seeks to cut the “twin pressures” of homework and off-site tutoring in core subjects, the official Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a …

The US envoy for North Korea arrived in South Korea on Saturday amid stalled denuclearization talks and tension over Pyongyang’s recent missile tests. Special Representative Sung Kim’s visit came days after North Korea fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile which prompted criticism from Washington and calls for a return to …

Thousands of supporters of a banned radical party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Saturday departed the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore, clashing for a second straight day with police who lobbed tear gas into the crowd, a party spokesman and witnesses said. The group began their journey Friday with the goal …

Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the Western part of the Pacific ocean on October 17-23, Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Moscow and Beijing, which staged naval cooperation drills in the Sea of Japan earlier in October, have cultivated closer military and …

South Korea said on Saturday that it has achieved its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of its 52 million people, paving the way for a planned return to normal next month. The target, set a month before the country kicked off its inoculation campaign in late February, was reached by …

Authorities are still trying to ascertain the number of displaced and the full extent of damage in the wake of this week’s heavy rains, floods, and landslides in the Himalayan nation. Nepalese authorities have been searching for dozens of people missing in this week’s heavy rains, floods, and landslides, as …

Saad Rizvi, the head of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party, was arrested last year amid demonstrations against France over publishing caricatures of Prophet Muhammad. Thousands of supporters of a far-right religious party have launched their “long march” from the eastern city of Lahore toward Pakistan’s capital, demanding that the government …

The Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has condemned the US atrocities against the Afghan people over the past 20 years, and going on, urging Washington to compensate for its acts of brutality. “There is no point in all this. It is not the first time America has brutally killed the Afghan …

US officials are issuing new warnings about China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence and a range of advanced technologies that could eventually give Beijing a decisive military edge and possible dominance over health care and other essential sectors in America. The warnings include a renewed effort to inform business executives, academics, …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the US has not achieved any of its goals during 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan. “For two decades, the most powerful country in the world has been waging military campaigns in two countries that cannot be compared in any way. It was forced …

More than 100 people have died following several days of massive flooding and landslides in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing. In Uttarakhand in northern India, officials said that 46 people had died in recent days with 11 missings. In Kerala in the south chief minister …

UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan’s children under 5 against polio for the first time since 2018 after the Taliban agreed to the campaign, the World Health Organization says. For the past three years, the Taliban barred UN-organized vaccination teams from doing door-to-door campaigns in parts …

The Taliban is gifting a plot of land and cash rewards to the family members of “heroic” suicide bombers who died after targeting US and Afghan forces, a spokesman for the group’s interior ministry said on Twitter. Writing on social media, Taliban spokesman Qari Saeed Khosty quoted an announcement made …

A volcano erupted in Japan on Wednesday, blasting ash several miles into the sky and prompting officials to warn against the threat of lava flows and falling rocks, but there were no reports of injuries or casualties. Mount Aso, a tourist destination on the main southern island of Kyushu, sent …

Pakistan’s military claims it “detected and blocked” an Indian military submarine from entering Pakistani territorial waters earlier this week. The Pakistani military said in a statement on Tuesday that the attempted incursion by the Indian submarine had occurred on Saturday night. It said the submarine had been “prematurely detected and …

More than 100 people have died in several days of massive flooding and devastating landslides that swept away roads and houses in India and Nepal, officials said Wednesday, with scores more missing. According to reports, in Uttarakhand in northern India, officials said that 46 people had died in recent days …