Ottawa, July 18 — Pakistan's recent mediation between the US and Iran reflects a strategy shaped by its own vulnerabilities, aimed at avoiding entanglement in a wider conflict. Amid Islamabad’s defence commitments to Saudi Arabia, the country sought to secure its 900-kilometre border with Iran, and…
Stressing that achieving self-reliance requires a robust ecosystem for research, development, and innovation, led by start-ups, MSMEs, and young innovators, the Defence Minister described Aatmanirbharta in defence as the most significant initiative undertaken by the PM Modi-led government, said an o
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent six-day visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6 to 11 was more than a series of high-level diplomatic engagements. It underscored India's growing resolve to shape the strategic and economic landscape of the Indo-Pacific amid an increasingly fra
New Delhi/ Canberra, July 18 — The Cocos Keeling Islands (CKI) complement India's Andaman and Nicobar Command, which faces the Bay of Bengal and the approaches to the Malacca Strait. Given its location in the eastern Indian Ocean, CKI provides India with a more distributed maritime outlook of the…
Cape Town, July 18 — South African police said on Saturday that 69 people were arrested after an anti-immigrant protest turned violent in the Eastern Cape Province, with at least 23 foreign-owned spaza shops looted during the unrest.In a statement, the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the…
Tehran, July 18 — Iran has suspended its commitments under the recently-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States, country's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, Kazem Gharibabadi, announced on Saturday."We were in negotiations, and unfortunately, the…
Dhaka, July 18 — The roots of Bangladesh's youth employment crisis lie well before young people enter the labour market, with an education system failing to equip students with quality learning and job-ready skills, a report has stated.Public spending on education has remained below 2 per cent of…
Washington, July 18 — India's rejection of the latest award issued by the “illegally constituted” Hague-based Court of Arbitration (CoA) under the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) as "null and void" is based on its interpretation of the treaty's own dispute resolution procedure. While New Delhi's…
“On June 30, 2026, there were reports of cross-border drone activity between Afghanistan, which is under Taliban control, and Pakistan, centred on the alleged hideouts of the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), also known as ISIS-K or Daesh Khorasan. Such incidents have become more frequent in r
They further stated that it is unlikely that the CJP will be granted permission for the march, given that it is on the same day as the beginning of the Monsoon Session of Parliament."Permission for the Parliament march has not yet been sought by the CJP. Even if the CJP were to seek permission for t
This latest incident comes against the backdrop of a growing wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province.Citing reports, the Baloch Voice for Justice (BVJ) said that Fazal Baloch, central leader of the student body Baloch Student Front (BSF), was taken from his res
Islamabad, July 18 — Following Islamabad's air strikes on the Afghan provinces of Kunar, Paktia, and Paktika in late June, India emerged as the only country to denounce the strikes publicly. New Delhi still continues to condemn Pakistan's cross-border strikes in Afghanistan at the United Nations, a…
Islamabad, July 18 — The life imprisonment handed down to Baloch human rights defender Mahrang Baloch last month extends beyond the fate of one activist in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. It has raised a larger question confronting Islamabad: whether a state can effectively defeat violent…
Moscow, July 18 — Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei's first international contact could be a telephone conversation or meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, local media reported on Saturday."Russia is a country close to us, and His Excellency [Vladimir] Putin is a close friend of…
Islamabad, July 18 — Despite the systematic persecution of Ahmadis, Pakistan has rarely faced the sustained international pressure that such state-sponsored discrimination would ordinarily invite. The discrimination, embedded in the country's constitution, penal code, electoral system, police…
Canberra, July 18 — India has emerged as a valuable partner for ASEAN by focusing its cooperation on areas where the regional bloc seeks support, while remaining least concerned about dependence. When disaster strikes maritime Southeast Asia — whether a typhoon across the mainland, an earthquake in…
Touts are already identifying illegal immigrants present in these two states and are trying to quickly shift them to other parts of the country, security officials have learnt.An official said that identifying and deporting illegal immigrants is a massive exercise. Years of neglect have allowed the
According to security sources, the Pakistan Army has brought together Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) under a coordinated arrangement to counter the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in Balochistan and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
The remarks came following political consultations between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Miao Deyu and Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister Berris Ekinci in Beijing on July 16.According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, during the talks, Beijing called for deeper “law enforcement and security” cooperation
This order will remain in effect across the entire Pune Police Commissionerate area from 12:01 A.M. on July 21 to 12:00 A.M. (midnight) on August 3.According to the order issued by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) Prashant Amrutkar, these restrictions have been imposed to maintain publ
The survey by the US-based Pew Research Centre this year showed that 45 per cent of Indians had a favourable view of the US, down from 54 per cent last year.Among Indians, 31 per cent had a negative view of the US, the report published this week said.Not surprisingly, only 18 per cent of Indians app