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Japan is “crying thief” over China’s defense budget, a Chinese Ministry of Defense spokesperson said Wednesday. Jiang Bin, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, said Japan is looking for a pretext for its own military expansion. China’s defense spending accounts for less than 1.5% of its GDP – significantly lower than that of major military powers like the US, and below the global average and NATO’s 2% benchmark, Jiang said in response to a recent statement made by Japan’s chief cabinet secretary on China’s 2026 defense budget. By publicly disclosing the size, composition, and allocation of its 2026 defense…

The first volume of Selected Works of Xi Jinping on Economy, along with two volumes of Xi Jinping and University Students, made their debut in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Wednesday. All three books were published in traditional Chinese characters, and a seminar was held to mark their launch. The book on the selected works of Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on economy brings together his most important and fundamental pieces on economic development between November 2012 and December 2024. It is an authoritative publication that offers a comprehensive and systematic…

China and Turkmenistan should expand the scale of cooperation in the natural gas sector, and elevate trade and investment levels, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi made the remarks when meeting with National Leader of the Turkmen People and Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, adding that the two sides should expand cooperation in non-resource fields, including connectivity, agriculture, artificial intelligence, digital economy and clean energy. China’s Two Sessions were successfully held not long ago, during which the outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) for national economic and social development was approved,…

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has announced the temporary suspension of its flights to Fujairah due to the evolving security situation in the region. According to an official statement issued by the airline, the decision has been taken in light of heightened security concerns in Gulf countries. As a precautionary measure, flights to Fujairah have been immediately suspended for the next 48 hours. A spokesperson for PIA confirmed that operations to Al Ain will continue as per schedule. For the time being, Al Ain will remain the only destination in the United Arab Emirates where PIA flights are operating. The airline…

President Asif Ali Zardari has approved a summary to cancel the Pakistan Day military parade and all related celebrations scheduled for March 23. According to details released by the Presidency, the decision has been taken in light of the ongoing Gulf oil crisis and the government’s austerity measures aimed at reducing expenditures. The approval was granted by the president on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. In a statement, President Zardari emphasized the importance of responsible and careful use of national resources, stating that it is the duty of every citizen to ensure prudent spending during challenging economic times.…

The Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express luckily averted a big tragedy as an explosion destroyed a portion of the rail track. The incident happened near Shikarpur in Sindh province on Tuesday night. The train was carrying passengers from Quetta to Peshawar. Few minutes after the train passed the site of the blast, the bomb went off, damaging rail track in Sultankot area of Shikarpur. According to Pakistan Railways officials, the Eid special train traveling from Quetta to Punjab was stopped as a precaution. Sindh Interior Minister Zia-ul-Hasan Lanjar contacted the SSP of Shikarpur and sought details of the explosion. According to the…

The 13th death anniversary of the 1965 war hero Muhammad Mahmood Alam, popularly known as M.M Alam, is being observed today (Wednesday). Alam is considered a national hero for Pakistan, most significantly, for his remarkable show of brilliance in the 1965 Pak-India war when he was posted at Sargodha. During this war he was involved in various dogfights while flying his F-86 Sabre fighter. He downed nine Indian Hawker Hunter fighters in the aerial fighting, and damaged two others. In one mission on Sept 7, 1965, Alam downed five Indian aircraft in less than a minute, the last four within…

 The US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after ​a fire on board, US officials said on Tuesday, the 18th day ‌of the war with Tehran. The carrier, America’s newest and the world’s largest, is currently located in the Red Sea. It is expected to temporarily go to Souda Bay on the Greek island of Crete, the two officials said. The warship has been deployed for nine months, including taking part in operations against Venezuela in the Caribbean ⁠prior to arriving in the Middle East. The length of the deployment…

Iran targeted Tel Aviv with missiles carrying cluster warheads in what it said was retaliation for Israel’s assassination of Iran’s security chief Ali Larijani, Iranian state television reported on Wednesday. Israel has said that Iran has repeatedly used cluster warheads, which disperse into multiple smaller explosives mid-air and spread over a wide area, making them difficult to intercept. The attack on densely populated Tel Aviv overnight on Tuesday killed two people, bringing the death toll in Israel from the war to at least 14. In Iran, a projectile hit an area near the Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday evening,…

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he expected to travel to China in a bit over one month, after postponing the trip slated for the end of March due to his war on Iran. “We have a very good working relationship with China, so we’re making it in about five or six weeks,” Trump told reporters in the White House. Trump sought to play down the significance of the delay and said he had a strong relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We’re working with China. They were fine with it,” Trump said of the delay. “I look forward to…