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At a speech marking the 75th anniversary of India’s independence from British rule, Modi vowed to make India a developed nation by the centenary. Speaking at Delhi’s 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort, Modi said: ‘We have to make India a developed nation…
This month marks three-quarters of a century since the creation of the independent state of India after British rule. Here we look back at some of the key events that shaped the country Continue reading…
Xiao Qian, the Chinese ambassador to Australia, said China would ‘not renounce’ the use of force in Taiwan and would take ‘all necessary measures’ to retain the ‘one China’ principle at the National Press Club on Wednesday.Xiao said Taiwan was ‘not an …
China is using its military drills to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan, the self-governed island’s foreign minister said. Joseph Wu warned that China aimed to control the seas around Taiwan as part of a greater objective to upend the region’s status q…
The US will return to Cambodia 30 looted antiquities, including bronze and stone statues of Buddhist and Hindu deities carved more than 1,000 years ago, US officials have said.The south-east Asian country’s archaeological sites – including Ko…
Amid escalating tensions with the US after the House speaker’s recent visit to Taiwan, China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, described Pelosi’s visit as a ‘contemptible farce’, saying she she shot herself in the foot. Earlier today China declared that it …
Taiwan’s president says her country will not provoke conflicts but will firmly defend its sovereignty and national security. Tsai Ing-wen delivers a video message in response to China’s exercises, in which it fired missiles near Taiwan waters…
Footage shows China launching missiles into the waters off Taiwan. Beijing confirmed military drills had started in six areas encircling the island country. Tensions between the two countries increased after the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, visited …
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has described US house speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a ‘complete farce’ at meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in Cambodia. ‘The irreversible historical trend of Taiwan’s return to …
In her speech to the Taiwan parliament, the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, said she wanted to increase parliamentary exchanges between the US and Taiwan. She called Taiwan ‘one of the freest societies in the world’. …
US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has arrived in Taiwan amid increased tensions between the US and Chinese governments. Pelosi became the highest ranking US official to visit the self-governed island in 25 years. China has however sent numerous stern war…
A US drone strike in Afghanistan has killed the top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Joe Biden announced on Monday. The US president described the death of Zawahiri, who was Osama bin Laden’s deputy and successor, as a major blow to the terrorist net…
US President Joe Biden has announced the top al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. The US president described the death of al-Zawahiri, who was Osama Bin Laden’s deputy and successor, …
A Chinese booster rocket has made an uncontrolled return to Earth. US defence department officials have chided Beijing for not sharing information on the potentially hazardous object’s descent. The Long March 5B rocket re-entered Earth’s atmosphere ove…
North Korea’s first lady, Ri Sol-ju, cried next to her husband, Kim Jong-un, while singing the national anthem during an event marking the 69th anniversary of the 27 July Korean war armistice, footage aired on Thursday from state-run KRT televisio…