TAIPEI: Taiwan has announced a new regulation under which civil servants in the country would have to pledge not having residency in China besides also not possessing any Chinese ID, including national identification, a residential certificate, or a passport.

ISLAMABAD: Several people are believed to have lost their lives and dozens injured in a suspected suicide blast during Friday prayers that ripped through Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akhora Khattak area near Nowshehra city of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.

NEW DELHI:Terming the ongoing visit of the European Commission President and the College of Commissioners to India as "unprecedented", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that it will elevate the India-European Union multifaceted partnership to new heights.

NEW DELHI: Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for hosting the European Union (EU) College of Commissioners - a first in India-EU partnership - Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on Friday said that the delegation's visit symbolises how much the EU values its partnership with India.

SEOUL: Tens of thousands of people are expected to hold large-scale rallies for or against South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment on Saturday, police said on Friday, as the nation is still reeling from the political fallout of Yoon's failed bid to impose martial law on December 3.

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Bangladesh next month to participate in an Iftar with Rohingya refugees in Cox Bazar, according to his Spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric.

PARIS: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi has laid a wreath at the war memorial in Neuve-Chapelle, France, honouring the supreme sacrifice of Indian soldiers who fought during World War I.

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has directed that service members and recruits with gender dysphoria be separated from the US military in accordance with an executive order issued a month ago by President Donald Trump.

NEW DELHI:After US President Donald Trump's threat to hit the European Union (EU), a 27-member bloc, with 25 per cent tariffs, a meeting between the top leadership of India and the EU on Friday is expected to give fresh push to efforts to seal an ambitious free trade agreement (FTA).

JERUSALEM: Israel's Attorney General has ordered a criminal investigation into the allegedly suspicious ties between officials with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office and Qatar.