Quetta, Aug 18 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Monday highlighted the worsening crisis in Balochistan, drawing attention to a surge in enforced disappearances, torture, and extrajudicial killings committed by Pakistani forces across the province.
Hanoi, Aug 18 (IANS) Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) T V Ravichandran extended warm greetings from India while participating in the 80th anniversary celebrations of Vietnam's People's Public Security Force Day in Hanoi on Monday. He also held discussions with the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Public Security on bilateral cooperation across various sectors, including security, emerging technologies, and other shared areas of interest.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) A leading minority group on Monday condemned the violence against religious minorities in Pakistan, highlighting the recent torching of two Ahmadiyya places of worship by a mob led by leaders of the radical Islamist party Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).
Ottawa, Aug 18 (IANS) Canada faces a nexus of gang-driven extortion and Khalistani extremism, threatening public safety, community trust, and bilateral ties with India, a report cited on Monday.
Stockholm, Aug 18 (IANS) The expansion of the Tibet military region demonstrates a critical intersection of geopolitical strategy and environment preservation, causing complex challenges for regional security and global climate patterns, a report detailed on Monday.
Islamabad, Aug 18 (IANS) Increase in Pakistan's imports of second-hand clothing depicts the everyday struggles of the common man and demonstrates an economic system that has failed to protect its most vulnerable, a report has revealed.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Emphasising that it is essential that the process of de-escalation moves forward, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday said that the basis for any momentum in India-China ties remains the ability to jointly maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas.
Rome, Aug 18 (IANS) Pakistan's Army Chief General Asim Munir's nuclear rhetoric delivered on US soil and the timing of designation of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its elite Majeed Brigade as Foreign Terrorist Organisations (FTOs) reinforces a broader reality that South Asia's rivalries are not contained within the subcontinent," a report stated on Monday.
Moscow, Aug 18 (IANS) The death toll from a blast that took place on Friday at an explosives factory in Russia's Ryazan has increased to 20 while 134 others have been injured in the incident, emergency officials said on Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a two-day official visit during which he will hold a fresh round of Special Representatives (SR) dialogue on the boundary question with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
