Israel is unlikely to attack Iran now, nor will it turn its guns on Rafah in Gaza, where thousands of Palestinian refugees are camped along with the remnants of the Hamas brigades and of course the Israeli hostages taken last October. Khinvraj Jangid, Visiting Faculty at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, told StratNews […]Read More
Pakistan will be seeking a three year multi-billion dollar loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support its economic reform programme, says Finance Minister Mohammad Aurangzeb. A report in the Pakistani daily Dawn said Aurangzeb is now in Washington DC for discussions with the IMF and the World Bank. Dawn quoted Aurangzeb as […]Read More
“It is my belief that we need to urgently address the prolonged situation on our borders so that the abnormality in our bilateral interactions can be put behind us.” That was Prime Minister Modi on relations with China in his recent interview with Newsweek magazine. It sparked interest among diplomats and China scholars here, given that […]Read More
Was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indifferent to the plight of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas? Did he even undermine efforts to strike a deal with Hamas that would have ensured their release? The Times of Israel, quoted two negotiators identified only as A and D, as saying that there was an atmosphere of […]Read More
If he were president, Iran would never have attacked Israel, claims former President Donald Trump. In a post on his Truth Social app, Trump wrote “Israel is under attack. This should never have been allowed to happen. This would never have happened if I were president.” President Biden had earlier said his country “Will stand […]Read More
“Essentially we are balancing, we are meeting everyone and talking to everybody. But if you look at the substance of the chat that Ukraine’s foreign minister had with our people, nothing significant has changed. You know, it’s not that we are changing our position on Russia.” With that Nandan Unnikrishnan, head of the Russia studies […]Read More
The civil war in Sudan is now a year old with no end in sight to the fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF). According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), nearly two million Sudanese refugees have streamed into neighbouring South Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, Egypt, […]Read More
Jack Ma, co-founder of the Alibaba conglomerate is back, or at least he’s made a return to the public eye with a memo to his employees. Reports said he commended the leadership of CEO Eddie Wu and Chairman Joe Tsai and lauded the decision to split his company into six divisions that has enhanced decision […]Read More
Four months into 2024 and the 11th case of an Indian student dying mysteriously in the US has been reported. According to various reports, he has been identified as Mohammad Abdul Arfath of Hyderabad, who had come to Cleveland University last year. Confirming his death, the Indian Consulate in New York tweeted “Anguished to learn […]Read More
More than 90 people were reported drowned when an overcrowded fishing vessel capsized off the coast of Mozambique, authorities were quoted as saying. The tragedy took place in NAMPULA province in northern Mozambique, more than 2000 km from the capital MAPUTO in the south. –The vessel was on its way to an island with reportedly […]Read More
“Let it be known that if anything happens to me or my wife, it’ll be him who is responsible.” From his prison cell in Adiala, Rawalpindi, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan talking to journalists, pointed the finger at Army Chief Gen Asim Munir, as being responsible for his predicament. “The army chief … didn’t […]Read More
On Saturday, 50 years ago, pop group AbbA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, UK with their chart thumping composition “Waterloo”. It set the tone for their rise to the pop music hall of fame with a clutch of other songs including “Mamma Mia”, “Ring Ring”, “Dancing Queen” and so on. AbbA won the […]Read More
Poles vote in local elections on Sunday, selecting thousands of councilors and mayors who will play a key role in allocating billions in European Union funds and giving an early indication of their satisfaction with the government of Donald Tusk. Tusk’s appointment as prime minister in December marked a turning point for the largest country […]Read More
Ahead of talks in Cairo on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, to which Hamas is sending negotiators while Israel is yet to make up its mind, Tel Aviv carried out air strikes on what it claimed was Hezbollah military infrastructure in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek. The strike followed the downing of an Israeli […]Read More
Is NATO seeking to do the heavy lifting in the Ukraine war? With the $60 million aid package for Kyiv still stalled in the US Congress, NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has proposed a $100 billion fund that would bring a measure of stability and assurance in the supply of arms and ammunition to Ukraine. The […]Read More
Many Chinese emperors were devout Buddhists, Choeden explained, which explains Buddhism's huge influence in China.Read More
Iran has sworn revenge for the Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria two days ago that killed seven officials including two members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The Iran-backed Hezbollah armed group in Lebanon was quoted by AFP as saying that “This crime will not pass without the enemy receiving punishment […]Read More
News from Afghanistan has been of a rather mixed nature: the Taliban are to resume stoning women to death for adultery (when did they ever stop?), and then we Pakistan’s defence minister Khwaja Asif accusing the Taliban of not doing enough to curb terrorism from their soil. Case of pot calling the kettle black. From […]Read More
There was a time when the Indian Navy sent its ships to patrol the waters from Rameswaram in India to Katchatheevu and Delft island in Sri Lanka: this was the time of the civil war against the Tamil Tigers and as part of its effort to help Colombo, Indian naval vessels were operationally deployed. Today, […]Read More
Pakistan’s biggest challenge is fiscal consolidation and reform, says a report in the Dawn quoting the Washington-based Institute of International Finance.Read More
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