Jerusalem: – Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi, Israel’s defence chief, said, ‘The possibility of a confrontation with Iran and Iran-backed terrorist organisations has increased. In that case, Israel has accelerated its operational planning and readiness to deal with Iran and the military nuclear threat.’ Israel’s defence minister, Benny Gantz, said that Israel would take ‘unprecedented action’ if […]
Addis Ababa – Rosemary DiCarlo, senior United Nations official, has warned that the conflict in Ethiopia, which has been raging for months, could turn into a civil war. The African Union envoy has also confirmed this, warning that the Ethiopian conflict could have far-reaching effects on the Horn of Africa region. To the south of […]
Islamabad – A Chinese-built mobile network tower in Pakistan’s Waziristan province has been blown up using explosives. Local authorities are claiming that unknown individuals caused the blast. But Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a militant group fighting Pakistan’s military and opposing Chinese investment, is suspected to be behind the blast. Last week there was a massive explosion […]
Tokyo/Taipei: The Japanese leadership has repeatedly said that Japan will fight defence Taiwan if it is attacked in the near future. Japan has also begun preparing vigorously for the eventuality, signalling the deployment of an ‘Electronic Warfare System’ on an island near Taiwan. The Japanese daily has published a report regarding this. A few months […]
Islamabad/Kabul – Pakistan has warned the Taliban that if it does not respect the Durand Line, which divides Afghanistan and Pakistan, border traffic will be closed to Afghans. However, The Singapore Post claimed that the Taliban had rejected the condition put by Pakistan. There was no immediate reaction from Pakistan or the Taliban. But Taliban […]
Kabul/Peshawar: – Hamdullah Mukhlis, a senior commander of the Haqqani network group in the Taliban, was killed in a terrorist attack on a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. This comes as the biggest shock to the Haqqani network, one of the most influential in the Taliban. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry has condemned the attack on the […]
Kabul: – A bomb blast and firing near a military hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, claimed at least 19 lives and injured 50 others. The attack is claimed to have been carried out by IS militants in retaliation for the Taliban’s crackdown on IS over the past few days. The Taliban has not yet […]
New Delhi – Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat indicated a significant change in India’s stance towards China. He also remembered Sardar Patel, the first Home Minister of Independent India as a visionary leader. He recollected a letter written by Sardar Patel to then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru expressing his expectation of Tibet to […]
Kevadia – Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi addressed the nation through a video message on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is also celebrated as Rashtriya Ekata Diwas (National Unity Day). PM Modi said that Sardar Patel desired a strong, inclusive, sensitive, vigilant, humble, and developed India. Sardar Patel always gave importance to […]
Beijing: – The United States and international human rights groups have accused China of massacring people of the Uyghurs clan in Xinjiang. But a leading Australian newspaper has accused China of making billions of dollars from the genocide. According to the newspaper, China earns billions of dollars every year by smuggling the organs of the […]