Washington, April 5 (IANS) The United States is racing to locate a missing airman after a fighter jet was shot down over Iran, as Washington and Tehran trade escalating threats that signal a dangerous new phase in the conflict.
Washington, April 5 (IANS) World leaders are moving to contain the Strait of Hormuz crisis without direct US leadership, as deepening divisions emerge between Washington and its European allies over the Iran war and its global fallout.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) U.S. President Donald Trump Saturday warned Iran that “time is running out,” giving what he described as “48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them,” as lawmakers in Congress sharply criticised his strategy and authority in the escalating conflict.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Several terrorist organisations, including the Islamic State (ISIS), have exploited social media’s low-cost, fast, globally connected platforms for ideological propaganda, recruitment, mobilisation, and executing terror attacks.
Hong Kong, April 4 (IANS) With Iran striking and destroying the US AN/TPY-2 radar in Jordan - deployed without the protection of a "well-networked system-of-systems architecture" - amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia, China’s fragmented intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities in the South China Sea (SCS) could be similarly vulnerable, a report stated on Saturday.
Brussels, April 4 (IANS) With Pakistan’s economy under strain and domestic security deteriorating amid a renewed insurgency in Balochistan, the Afghan Taliban appear to be pursuing a long-term strategy in their conflict with Islamabad, prioritising survival and ideological expansion over Qatar or Turkey brokered ceasefires, a recent report has detailed.
Taipei, April 4 (IANS) With the rise of new political leadership in Kathmandu and growing strategic constraint on China’s engagement with Nepal, there is hope that the stronger democratic institutions would enable the Nepali people to comprehend Beijing's expansionist ambitions in Nepal and the wider South Asian region, a report highlighted on Saturday.
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Human rights lawyers and defenders have sharply criticised the recent judgement of Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court which upheld the marriage of a minor Christian girl, Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man accused of kidnapping her, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition filed by her father.
Tokyo, April 4 (IANS) The implementation of China's 'Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress' could have broader regional implications, potentially extending the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) ideological influence in the neighbouring countries and beyond, a report said on Saturday.
Brussels, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan has repeatedly failed to demonstrate sustained, structural improvement in the core human rights situation, a key condition under the European Union’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) framework, despite more than a decade of preferential access, a report said on Saturday.
