“[The] UK decides gora certificates [and] vaccines are okay but most non-gora vaccine certificates [and] Chinese vaccines are not. This is despite widespread evidence of fake certificates in [the] US [and] Europe," said Asad Umar in a tweet.

Oil trade between Iran and South Korea witnessed a drop as the US slapped sanctions on Iran. Moreover, as per Iran, South Korea took delivery of oil but did not pay for it. Therefore a row between Iran and South Korea is intensifying, with Tehran threatening legal action.

Democratically ruled Taiwan has sought support from other democracies, especially the United States and its allies, amid the growing military and political pressure from China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory and frequently carries out air force incursions.

The South Korean JCS in its annual parliamentary audit report said that Seoul is enhancing its attack and missile defense capabilities. As the North provokes the South by test-firing missiles, South Korea will further develop the Korea-U.S. tailored deterrence strategies.

Chiu, a retired army general, warned that Beijing will “have the ability to mount a full-scale invasion of Taiwan by 2025.” The predictions come amid soaring tensions as China sent warplanes nearly 150 times into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in the past few days.

As the UK undergoes a massive fuel crisis, PM Boris Johnson vowing a far-reaching overhaul to improve UK's economy. British businesses will have to invest in their workers and in technology to push the country towards a high wage, high skill, high productivity economy.

President Biden says that he spoke with China's President Xi about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the "Taiwan agreement." Biden also said that he made it clear that China should not be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement.

Pakistan’s trade statistics for the first quarter of FY22 present a mixed picture of the country’s economic trajectory. The figures for imports and exports as reported by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics are a potent indicator of the effectiveness of the government’s trade policies and the direction of the economy.

The exports of services during July-August (2021-22) were recorded at $1008.31 million against the exports of $799.94 million in July-August (2020-21), showing growth of 26.05 percent. The imports from the country also increased by 31.42 percent.

Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s former ambassador to the US, said during an appearance on ‘Axios on HBO’ on Sunday that not only does she believe many in her country do not trust the US government and Biden’s administration, but she doesn’t, either.

Fearing a crackdown on music by the country's new leaders, a total 101 members of Afghanistan's top musical institute landed in Doha on Sunday evening. The group, about half of them women and girls, plan to fly to Portugal with the support of the government there.

Iran's nuclear activity will be at the center of talks between US and Israeli national security teams in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said that the new round of discussions could begin by early November.