One of Iran's most powerful families founded its largest crypto exchange. It's used by the IRGC to move millionsIran's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Nobitex, is controlled by the sons of the influential Kharrazi family, who concealed their ties for...
02 May, 2026, 06.49 AM IST
US sanctions target Iran's UAV, ballistic missile programsThe United States has sanctioned six entities and two individuals from Iran, the UAE, and China for their involvement in procuring componen...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.21 AM IST
US imposes visa restrictions on Chinese officials over reciprocal access to Tibetan areasUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has imposed visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for limiting access to Tibetan areas, in r...
01 Apr, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
Status of Chinese citizen journalist who reported on COVID unknown on day of expected prison releaseChinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan's whereabouts post-release from a four-year prison term for Wuhan pandemic reporting remain unknown. ...
14 May, 2024, 10.13 AM IST
Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 yearsTwo offices of Wuhan's public security bureau did not provide a phone number of their information office or answer any questions. Phone cal...
30 Apr, 2023, 04.04 PM IST
China denies pressuring companies like TikTok to spy for ChinaAt a news conference, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning, said China "has never and will not" ask companies or individuals t...
25 Mar, 2023, 10.08 AM IST
Human Rights Watch slams China's 'appalling year' of violationsA Chinese court last month handed down a four-year jail term to a citizen-journalist who reported from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus be...
13 Jan, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
Pompeo urges release of Wuhan citizen journalist, slams China 'lying'"We call on the PRC government to release her immediately and unconditionally," Pompeo said of former lawyer Zhang Zhan, who was convicted ...
29 Dec, 2020, 10.35 PM IST
EU criticises China for jailing citizen-journalist who reported on COVIDThe EU called for Zhang's immediate release, as well as for freedom for jailed human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, and several other detained ...
29 Dec, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
Australia flies journalists out of China after questioningThe correspondents for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Australian Financial Review (AFR) sought shelter in the embass...
08 Sep, 2020, 10.59 PM IST
US announces new visa restrictions on China over access to Tibet; Beijing vows to retaliateBeijing has continued systematically to obstruct travel to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas by US diplomats and ...
08 Jul, 2020, 09.41 PM IST
US announces new visa restrictions on China over access to TibetBeijing has continued systematically to obstruct travel to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) and other Tibetan areas by US diplomats and ...
08 Jul, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
Donald Trump signs bill on Tibet into law despite China protestThe White House said that Trump signed into law the 'Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2018' which promotes access for diplomats, officials...
20 Dec, 2018, 01.57 PM IST
Tibet visa legislation to help restore measure of reciprocity to US' ties with China: LawmakersThe legislation, passed unanimously, comes amidst the Trump administration imposing massive trade import duties on China that has started i...
14 Dec, 2018, 11.51 AM IST
US lawmaker seeks visa restrictions against Chinese officialsWhile the Chinese enjoy broad access to the US, the same is not true for US diplomats, journalists or tourists going to Tibet - including T...
09 May, 2017, 07.37 PM IST
- British corporate investigator, wife on trial in China
The court in the microblog account claimed that Humphrey did not generally dispute the accusations.
08 Aug, 2014, 05.12 PM IST
- Conference ponders Beijing Olympics challenge for journalists
Reprimands or perhaps even expulsion for writing about topics sensitive for the Chinese Communist Party. Big Brother propaganda apparatchik...
19 Apr, 2008, 05.56 AM IST