Suspect arrested over drive-by shooting drowns while in Police custody

Australian navy says it?s undaunted by China shadowing warships in South China Sea

The Chinese navy?s ?unusual behaviour? in shadowing Australian warships in the?South China Sea?had not deterred operations in the contested waters, Australia?s navy chief said. Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said the ?odd? Chinese tactics had not escalated in recent years, which left him ?reasonably comfortable? that Australian crews were safe. Hammond was speaking to reporters ahead of a multination naval drill Exercise Kakadu starting from the northern Australian port of Darwin on Monday for the

24 Sep, 2022

How Chinese extraction is destroying Gilgit-Baltistan

Pakistan is allowing unlimited extraction and construction in Gilgit-Baltistan by China. The delicate ecology of the region will not be able to survive this exploitation. A toxic ‘friendship’ for Gilgit-Baltistan as its fragile ecology is ravaged. Pakistan?s current-day rulers (who represent the old colonial masters in manner and spirit) are nowhere to be found when locals need help against the ravaging floods and landslides. However, they do react swiftly when ecological disasters disrupt the

24 Sep, 2022

UK provides lifesaving aid for the most vulnerable in Sri Lanka

The UK is providing urgent food and farming support to Sri Lankans hit hardest by the economic crisis, UK Minister of State for the Middle East, South Asia, and the UN, Lord Tariq Ahmad of Wimbledon said. More than one third of people are struggling to eat and are suffering shortages of fuel, power, and medicines. Sri Lanka has the fifth largest food price inflation in the world, up 93.7% last month, with rice costing 150% more than this time last year. At a meeting with Sri Lankan Foreign Min

24 Sep, 2022