Beijing, 18 August 2023 (People's Daily/Xinhua News) Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and pay a state visit to South Africa from August 21 to 24, at the invitation of President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying...

Kunming, Yunnan, 17 August 2023 (Xinhua) First South Asia Tea Festival kicks off Thursday at the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. showcasing tea culture and promoting tea products. The five-day expo features 15 exhibition halls and 14 activities, covering all South Asian and Southeast Asian countries as well as member...

Doha, 16 August 2023 (GPCA) The 17th Annual GPCA Forum, the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) flagship event, will take place for the first time in Qatar at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), Doha on 5-7 December 2023, welcoming senior industry leaders from the region and the globe. The forum will be held...

Doha, 16 August 2023 (QNA) The heads of news agencies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have tentatively agreed to establish a joint news application project for Gulf news agencies, proposed by the State of Qatar. This project will allow citizens of GCC member states to directly access official news from the news agencies...

Istanbul, Turkey, 16 August 2023 (Anadolu News) By Riyaz Ul Khaliq Issue-based cooperation with international community key for Afghans’ future, says Crisis Group analyst Aug. 15 marks two years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, with the country and its people facing a myriad of challenges. Observers believe Afghanistan’s persisting problems are rooted...

Doha, 16 August 2023 (NHRC-QT) By Ashraf Siddiqui The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has affirmed that Qatar will continue its unwavering approach to constantly improve the conditions of workers through the concerted efforts of all stakeholders, particularly in the field of protection from work-related heat stress. Qatar will also address any gaps that prevent...

Islamabad, 05 August 2023 (APP) Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reiterated that Pakistan rejected all the unilateral and illegal actions taken by India in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK) and vowed to continue extending its unwavering diplomatic, moral and political support to Kashmiris in their just struggle. Marking 4th anniversary of...

Islamabad, 05 August 2923 Imran Khan, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, a former cricketer turned politician and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, political party, has been arrested after an Islamabad trial court found him guilty of corrupt practices in the Toshakhana case (Treasury).  He is kept in over 700 years old Attock Fort on the Indus...

Beijing/Islamabad, 01 August 2023 (Xinhua) When the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched in 2013, Moaaz Awan, a student at the time, hardly anticipated the tremendous change to come. In 2013, the CPEC, under the broader Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), was no more than a line segment on the map from China's Kashgar in...

Ankara, 03 August 2023 (Anadolu News) Türkiye has appointed a woman as an admiral for the first time in Turkish Naval Forces history, following a Supreme Military Council meeting Thursday. Staff Col. Gokcen Firat will become Rear Adm. in the Turkish Naval Forces. The decision came after the closed-door meeting that was chaired by President...