Pakistan, Rwanda explore maritime corridors to boost East Africa trade

- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Oct 14 (APP): Pakistan and Rwanda have discussed strengthening bilateral trade through maritime-linked corridors connecting Karachi Port with key East African ports in a bid to boost access to regional markets and...

Myanmar Blocks Indian Navy From Strategic Coco Islands Visit; Rejects Chinese Spy Base Report Near Andamans

India’s neighbors are fast going into China’s embrace. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal have been befriending China for economic and strategic reasons. However, India still has a geographical advantage over China – the Malacca Strait –...

How India ramps up Indian Ocean presence amid global power play

At a time when the Indian Ocean waters in the immediate neighbourhood are seemingly turning murkier, the Indian Navy has displayed new confidence in expanding outreach from the Mediterranean in the west to the South China Sea in the east....

Sea Guardians Abroad: How China-Pak Naval Drills Shape ‘Training’ Offered to Somalia

The Pakistan–Somalia defence arrangement exemplifies a new modality of influence projection, i.e. doctrinal outsourcing. It allows major powers to implant strategic thought systems without formal basing rights or direct agreements. For Somalia,...

ENOC, Masdar showcase unique projects at WETEX 2025

Officials have affirmed that the Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX), which concludes today at the Dubai World Trade Centre, serves as a key platform to showcase pioneering projects and innovative initiatives in clean...

How submarine cables work, why we need them

Being constantly engrossed in wireless communication thanks to the rapid advancement of digital infrastructures for day-to-day operations, it often feels like we are immersed in a sea of online activities and the internet travels invisibly through...

Counting the Cost: Can Pakistan Afford to Mentor Somalia’s Navy?

Can Pakistan Afford to Mentor Somalia’s Navy? Photo : Times Now The question that lies, quiet yet corrosive, beneath the Memorandum of Understanding between Pakistan and Somalia is not of capability but of capacity. Can a state, that is burdened...

Any move to hand over Chattogram Port to foreign firms will be resisted: Anu Muhammad

Economist and rights activist Professor Anu Muhammad has warned that any attempt to hand over management of Chattogram Port to a foreign company will be met with strong public resistance, saying national ports must be operated by national...

Le projet africain de Grande muraille verte peine à verdir au Sénégal

Le projet africain de la Grande muraille verte a débuté comme un plan ambitieux visant à créer une bande d'arbres de 15 kilomètres de large à travers le nord de l'Afrique. L'Union africaine a lancé ce projet en 2007 avec pour objectif de planter...

Jordan: Industrial exports grow 6.6% in 7 months — JCI

AMMAN — The Kingdom’s industrial exports grew by 6.6 per cent during the first seven months of 2025, reaching JD4.801 billion compared with JD4.481 billion during the same period in 2024, according to statistical data released by the Jordan...

News Digest: Foreign Media on Kazakhstan’s Pristine Snow, Dimash Qudaibergen’s Global Triumph, AI Ambitions, and More

ASTANA – The Astana Times has selected articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s foreign media digest features reports on the country’s growing adventure tourism scene, Dimash Qudaibergen’s historic concert at Madison...

Why Great Nicobar project is crucial for India in Indo-Pacific Great Game

On the same day President Trump lamented on Truth Social that “we have lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China”, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, on an official visit to New Delhi, appreciated India’s interest in joint naval...

China’s little known £450 million military base that sits on the Suez Canal

It is estimated that China spent approximately £450 million building its first overseas military base in Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa.The strategically located military base has been under construction since 2016, with reports...

Sanctions-hit Nayara scrambles to sustain operations, with govt's help

Since late August, two or three trains of 50 tanker cars have been shipping fuel each day from Nayara Energy's refinery on the coast of western India to inland depots - more than double its previous usage of railways to move diesel and petrol....

Sanctions-hit Nayara scrambles to sustain operations, with New Delhi's help

NEW DELHI - Since late August, two or three trains of 50 tanker cars have been shipping fuel each day from Nayara Energy's refinery on the coast of western India to inland depots - more than double its previous usage of railways to move diesel and...

New university branches to target region’s skills gaps

EGYPT The Egyptian higher education sector is expanding regionally with the establishment of several new branch campuses across Africa, adding to its existing three, while it also has plans to venture into the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,...

Industrial Exports Grow by 6.6% in Seven Months

Statistical data from the Jordan Chamber of Industry showed that the industrial sector’s exports grew by 6.6% from the beginning of this year until the end of July, underscoring the Jordanian industry’s ability to adapt to and overcome challenges...

Jordan's industrial sector exports grow by 6.6% in 1st 7 months 2025-JCI

Ammon News - The Kingdom's industrial sector exports grew by 6.6% from the beginning of this year until the end of last July, confirming the Jordanian industry's capacity to address challenges and difficulties, statistical data from Jordan Chamber...

Sudan Nashra: ICC convicts 2003 Darfur war criminal | Food crisis worsens after floods amid inaction by Idris govt | RSF, military face accusations of chemical weapons use | PM on trip to Eritrea shows ‘goodwill’

As the war increasingly threatens to converge in Darfur, a region already devastated by decades of violence, a long-delayed measure of justice reached those who endured the atrocities committed there more than 20 years ago. The International...

FOCAC at 25: A partnership delivering results

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Since its launch in 2000, FOCAC has delivered concrete benefits in political trust, trade, infrastructure, education, health, and people-to-people exchanges,...