Boost to the Tourism Sector in India
Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism was one of the most important sectors in the world economy contributing to nearly 10% of global GDP and providing employment to over 320 million people...
Category: Asia
Taiwan reports new large-scale Chinese air force incursion
Taiwan on Sunday reported the largest incursion since October by China’s air force in its air defence zone, with the island’s defence ministry saying Taiwanese fighters scrambled to warn away 39 aircraft in the...
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Herat, Afghanistan
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, it said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. At least six people were killed when a...
China, Russia block US push for UN sanctions on N.Koreans: diplomats
China and Russia on Thursday blocked a US push to impose United Nations sanctions on five North Koreans in response to recent missile launches by Pyongyang, diplomats told AFP. China’s block came before a...
N.Korea suggests it may resume nuclear, missile tests; slams ‘hostile’ U.S.
North Korea will bolster its defences against the United States and consider resuming “all temporally-suspended activities”, state news agency KCNA said on Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on testsof nuclear weapons...
Japan, French ministers to discuss deeper Indo-Pacific cooperation Thursday
Foreign and defence ministers from Japan and France will discuss further security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific on Thursday, Japanese officials said, as the region faces China’s growing military might and North Korea’s missile development....
China says it warned away U.S. warship in South China Sea, U.S. denies
Chinese forces followed and warned away a U.S. warship which entered waters near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea, the country’s military said on Thursday, but the U.S. Navy denied the ship...
Taiwan VP to make sensitive U.S. stopovers in visit to Honduras
Taiwan Vice President William Lai will transit in the United States when he visits Honduras next week, Taiwan’s presidential office said on Thursday, amid tensions with China which always complains to Washington about such...
China’s Games app has security flaws, researchers say
A smartphone app built by China to monitor the health of attendees at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month contains security flaws that makes it vulnerable to privacy breaches and hackers, according to a report released...
Kazakhstan has lessons for the Gulf
Russia’s intervention in Kazakhstan contains a cautionary message for Gulf foreign ministers visiting Beijing this week. The intervention to stabilize the government of Kazakh President Kassym-Johart Tokayev, following mass protests, cemented Russia’s primacy when...
