Pakistan’s open support for Hamas endangers global security: Report

IANS | October 3, 2025 9:19 PM

Islamabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Having once harboured Osama bin Laden while receiving billions in US aid, Pakistan continues to play a dangerous game that is threatening global security as it now shelters and empowers Hamas while posing as a counterterrorism partner, a report detailed on Friday.

Pakistan takes U-turn after backing Trump's Gaza peace plan

IANS | October 3, 2025 9:00 PM

Islamabad, Oct 3 (IANS) Days after Pakistan openly expressed support for US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan, the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday took a U-turn by reversing Islamabad's stance.

Is Pakistan once again positioning itself as the frontline state? (IANS Analysis)

IANS | October 3, 2025 8:44 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) When Soviet troops marched into Afghanistan in December 1979, Pakistan’s geopolitical weight surged overnight. The country, then ruled by General Zia-ul-Haq, an Islamist military dictator on a mission to Islamize the state and society, discovered an opportunity. Zia cast Pakistan as the bulwark of the Western capitalist bloc against Soviet communism.

Ruling by force will only fuel more unrest in PoK: Report

IANS | October 3, 2025 8:29 PM

London, Oct 3 (IANS) Unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has demonstrated a core contradiction in Pakistan's decades-long Kashmir policy. Pakistan claims to defend rights of Kashmiris at international forums. However, reality in PoK is far less flattering. The protests and crackdown have showcased that Pakistan's grip on PoK is weak, a report detailed on Friday.

India and Brazil review progress in strategic partnership, discuss cooperation in BRICS, IBSA

IANS | October 3, 2025 8:19 PM

New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met with visiting Special Advisor to the President of Brazil, Ambassador Celso Luis Nunes Amorim in New Delhi for the 6th India-Brazil Strategic Dialogue on Friday. The two officials reviewed ongoing progress in the Strategic Partnership, including in various sectors like defence and security, energy, rare earths and critical minerals, and health and pharmaceuticals.

Rising Islamic extremism a worrying trend, warn experts during Geneva event

IANS | October 3, 2025 7:42 PM

Geneva, Oct 3 (IANS) Several human rights activists, politicians and experts gathered in Geneva earlier this week to discuss the effects of radicalization being felt in Europe and South Asia as extremism, anti-semitism and terrorism, as well as indoctrination of youth, become more rampant.