India FM’s Pakistan visit a ‘good beginning’: Nawaz Sharif

The visit of India’s foreign minister to Pakistan earlier this week was a “good beginning” that could lead to a thaw in relations between the two rivals, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was quoted as saying by Indian media yesterday. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was in Pakistan on Tuesday and Wednesday for a […]

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All eyes on Modi, Xi at BRICS summit as Delhi and Beijing announce visits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia from October 22-23 at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday. This will be the Prime Minister’s second visit to Russia this year — he visited Moscow for a bilateral […]

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After Sinwar’s death, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before US election

US President Joe Biden is expected to use Sinwar’s killing to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wind down the war in Gaza. But the Israeli leader may prefer to wait out the end of Biden’s term and take his chances with the next president. The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind […]

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In Modi’s Delhi, Indian Muslims segregate to seek security

Reuters interviewed about two dozen people, who described how Muslims in the Indian capital have been congregating in enclaves away from the nation’s Hindu majority, seeking safety in numbers following the deadly 2020 riot and an increase in anti-Muslim hate speech. In February 2020, Nasreen and her husband Tofik were living in Shiv Vihar, an […]

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Taiwan details record surge in planes in China’s war games, flags risk to region

China said the one-day drill, designated “Joint Sword-2024B”, was a warning against “separatist acts” after a national day speech last week by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te that Beijing had denounced. Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Tuesday it had detected a record number of 153 Chinese military aircraft participating in China’s war games around the island […]

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Yahya Sinwar, the new head of Hamas, is rumored to be dead

Yahya Sinwar, the new head of the Palestinian armed group Hamas, is rumored to be dead. Several Israeli media reported on Thursday that Sinwar had been killed. Three photos of a Palestinian fighter who looks like Sinwar have also gone viral on social media. An Israeli security official told news agency AFP that the military […]

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Israel stops processing key commercial food imports to Gaza, sources say

Between 1-16 October, the overall flow of shipments to Gaza – including both aid and commercial goods – fell to a daily average of 29 trucks, according to Cogat statistics. Israel has stopped processing requests from traders to import food to Gaza, according to 12 people involved in the trade, choking off a track that […]

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China says it will not renounce use of force over Taiwan

China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, staged a day of large-scale drills around the island on Monday it said were a warning to “separatist acts” following last week’s national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te. China will not promise to renounce the use of force over Taiwan but this is […]

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Israel-US plans to attack Iran leaked

Israel wants to target military installations in Iran instead of oil or nuclear installations. This is what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration. Israel’s secret promise to the US has been leaked. Aljazeera reported this news by citing media such as Washington Post, Wall Street Journal. On October 9, Joe Biden and Netanyahu […]

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