China is using Pakistan as a tool to contain India, so the redeployment of an aircraft carrier, warships and nuclear-powered submarines to North Arabian Sea is a clear signal to Beijing, rather than Islamabad, analysts told RT. Despite the heated tensions around the Kashmir region, “India does not base its defense preparedness on what Pakistan does […]
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Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi summoned resident Australian Ambassador Gary Quinlan on Monday in response to the uninformed comments of a right-wing Australian senator over last week’s mosque shootings in New Zealand. A white supremacist shooter, believed to be Brenton Tarrant from Australia, opened fire on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday, live-streaming the […]
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A leading Indian political YouTuber says he was banned from posting to Facebook during the crucial month leading up to the country’s general election. Dhruv Rathee, a YouTube creator who makes Hindi-language videos analysing controversial political issues, tweeted today (March 18) that Facebook banned him from posting for 30 days. The first phase of India’s election falls on […]
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. and India are working on development of a small, air-launched unmanned system that could be launched from cargo aircraft, according to Pentagon acquisition head Ellen Lord. The systems are part of a broader technology effort known as the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, or DTTI, which seeks opportunities for co-production and development […]
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Bangladesh authorities jailed a senior member of football’s world governing body on Saturday, hours after she was arrested for allegedly defaming the country’s leader. Mahfuza Akhter, a FIFA council member since 2017 and national chief of women’s soccer, had told a TV talk show last month that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had neglected football in […]
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An overnight Taliban assault on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops, after some 100 Afghan forces fled a similar assault in the country’s west last week and tried to cross into neighboring Turkmenistan, officials said Sunday. The two battles mark the latest setbacks for the country’s battered security forces, who come under daily attack […]
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NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said. At one stage, India threatened to fire at least six missiles at Pakistan, […]
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A 26-year-old woman was brutally gangraped by her husband and his brother-in-law on the first night after her wedding. The woman was allegedly gangraped by the two over the dowry. The incident happened in Muzaffarnagar town of Uttar Pradesh. The in-laws of the woman locked her room from outside and she lay bleeding all night. […]
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Army spokesman says Indian quadcopter had came 150 meters inside Pakistan Pakistan claimed to have shot down an Indian spy drone on Saturday along the Line of Control — the de facto border that divides Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan army troops shot down an Indian spying quadcopter in Rakhchikri Sector along Line of Control,” army […]
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The floods in Sentani, near the provincial capital of Jayapura, were triggered by torrential rain and subsequent landslides At least 42 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, an official said Sunday, as rescuers raced to find more victims of the disaster. The floods in Sentani, near the provincial capital […]
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