Questions raised over virus models that forced lockdowns

When the novel coronavirus began to circulate globally at the beginning of March, scientists turned to statistical models to predict the severity of the...

Hong Kongers rush for British passports as China flexes muscles

Shortly before Hong Kong was handed back to China, Simon Ng applied for a British National (Overseas) passport, a document he never thought he'd...

Zoom kneels to Chinese demands for censorship

Zoom knelt to Chinese demands for censorship of US and Hong Kong activists who gathered on the popular chat app to mark the deadly...

Why did India turn down a travel request for members of the US government panel?

India has turned down a travel request for members of a US government panel seeking to review its religious freedom, declaring foreign agencies had...

Twitter dismantles Chinese disinformation network

Twitter said Friday it had deleted more than 170,000 accounts linked to a Chinese government disinformation campaign that targeted Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and...

Malaysia pulls out of Hajj due to coronavirus fears

Malaysia on Thursday pulled out of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca over coronavirus fears days after neighbouring Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation,...

North Korea denounces US only two years after Singapore summit

North Korea denounced the United States and castigated Donald Trump for hypocrisy on Friday, the second anniversary of a landmark summit in Singapore where...

Robert Clive: The Great Looter of Indo-Pak Sub Continent Questioned

Robert Clive was twice governor of Bengal and one of the most famous East India Company's men. During his three visits to India, he...

Republicans to nominate Trump for President in Florida

Republicans are to nominate Trump for the US Presidential Election 2020 in Florida, following a row over coronavirus restrictions with the governor of North...

WHO can’t explain Russia’s low coronavirus death rate

Russia’s relatively low number of Covid-19 fatalities has been labeled “unusual” by Michael Ryan, a World Health Organization (WHO) official. He said the low...

Are Trump and Erdogan becoming friends again?

As the COVID-19 outbreak has devastatingly affected the global economy and international relations, two strong men, President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart, Recep...

Saudi wealth fund ‘shopping spree’ amid economic strain

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund has snapped up around $8 billion worth of stakes in global giants -- from Boeing to Facebook -- in...