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More than 1,000 Chinese nationals have had their visas revoked by the United States since June, under a program aimed at graduate students and researchers believed to have ties to the Chinese military. The US State Department said in a statement Wednesday that "high-risk graduate students and...

SEPTEMBER 09, 2020 Late last month, the FBI agents arrested two more Chinese nationals involved in research at U.S. universities in separate incidents. The two arrests come after federal agents caught several other Chinese researchers allegedly stealing information for China. In an Aug. 28 press...

PPL MD says initial estimates show gas volume is close to one trillion cubic feet Amid a growing gas crisis in the country, Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) has stumbled upon what can easily be deemed as fairly decent gas reserves deep in the Balochistan province. The discovery of hydrocarbons...

French President Macron's remarks try "to give lessons by speaking pedantically with old colonial reflexes," says Turkish Foreign Ministry. Turkey has condemned French President Emmanuel Macron over his “arrogant” remarks rooted in “colonial reflexes.” In a statement made on Thursday, the...

Turkey’s Black Sea natural gas discovery is over 1 trillion cubic meter and president Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to announce it gradually a presidential source whom asked not to be named told Straturka. Turkish government last month announced that it discovered 320 billion cubic meter natural...

KHARTOUM - Sudan's transitional government has agreed in principle to separate religion and state after three decades of Islamic rule in the country. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Abdel-Aziz Adam al-Hilu, the leader of the rebel SPLM-North faction, signed a declaration of principles in the...

Dr. John Magufuli, President of the Federal Republic of Tanzania, and a large number of senior Tanzanian officials, Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, and Egypt's Ambassador to Tanzania, witnessed on Saturday 27 July the foundation stone laying ceremony for the...

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash, Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat and US President's senior adviser Jared Kushner hold a meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates August 31, 2020. Ministry of Presidential Affairs/WAM/Handout via...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (SPA) Riyadh - Asharq Al-Awsat Under the patronage of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, the Saudi Authority for Data and Artificial Intelligence (SDAIA) will host in October this year’s Global Artificial...

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Abu Dhabi, UAE (Reuters) Tel Aviv - Asharq Al-Awsat The Israeli government withdrew its objection to the US sale of advanced F-35 jets to the UAE, after severe threats from Abu Dhabi...

Sudan: US conditioning removal from terror list on normalisation with Israel Omer Ismail, Sudan's Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaks during a briefing on Sudan 20 May 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, [DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images] The United States (US) has conditioned Sudan’s...

China – Surprising resilience of august exports amid the global pandemic ANALYSIS | Published Sep 07, 2020 14:58 (+00:00) China's August trade data released by the Chinese Customs Administration came out today, reflecting a surprisingly strong resilience of Chinese exports amid global economic...

The government has decided to set up five dedicated light engineering industrial parks in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Jashore, Bogura and Narsingdi districts to utilise the potential of the domestic light engineering industry for national economic development. At the same time, Light Engineering...

China’s mystery experimental spacecraft ‘could be part of Shenlong space plane project’ Military source says craft that has just completed its first test flight is likely to be linked to the project Details of the mission have not been released, but another source suggested it was similar to...

Iran building new production hall for centrifuges in mountains near Natanz A view of a damage building after a fire broke out at Iran's Natanz Nuclear Facility, in Isfahan, Iran, July 2, 2020. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran/WANA DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has begun to build a hall in “the...

Pakistan-Based Software Company (CSP) Wins Top Place in Global Retail IT Awards Posted 9 hours ago by Sponsored Pakistan-based Computing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (CSP) has won a unique honor for the country – the “Jonathan Scutt Memorial Technical Excellence Award 2020”, awarded annually to only...

Chinese tech giant Huawei is planning to produce around 50 million units of smartphones in 2021, TheElec has learned. This will be a drop of 74% from the company’s expected shipment for 2020. Huawei shared this 2021 target with its South Korean subcontractors, people with direct knowledge of...

To encourage engineering research in the country, a bill was passed in the parliament today. Science and Technology Affairs Minister Yeafesh Osman placed the bill titled 'Bangladesh Engineering Research Council Bill 2020' which was passed by voice vote. According to the proposed legislature, a...

Turkey and Iran vow to target PKK in joint military operations Following a video conference on Tuesday, the two countries agreed on military operations targeting the Kurdish organisation and its affiliates https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/turkey-and-iran-vow-target-pkk-joint-military-operations

hina is the world's biggest shipbuilder, and its ability to rapidly produce new warships would be a 'huge advantage' in a long fight with the US, experts say Ryan Pickrell 1 hour ago A member of the People's Liberation Army Navy stands in front of a warship. Photo by Dickson Lee/South China...