NEW DELHI: Visit of US trade negotiators to India, scheduled to take place from 26th to 29th Aug, in order to engage in the parleys leading to the bilateral trade agreement has been cancelled on Saturday (16th Aug). Nevertheless, both sides are in contact with each other and rescheduling the visit is possible provided the […]
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BEIJING: A spokesman here has stated Saturday (16th Aug, 2025) that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will, upon invitation, visit India next week and hold special representatives’ meeting to ponder over the issue of their shared boundary. It is pertinent to mention here that China and India plan to recommence trade that was discontinued in […]
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ALASKA: Following years of isolation, Vladimir Putin scored a diplomatic win when he had a 3-hour long rendezvous with Donald Trump at a airbase here on Friday (15th August, 2025) in the first US-Russia Summit after the Feb 2022 invasion of Ukraine to ponder over peace deal. Taking to the Truth Social Trump held: “It […]
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KABUL: Afghan Taliban marked 4th year of the capture of the capital here on Friday (15th August, 2025). Since the scheduled military parade was cancelled, Talibaan, carrying the Emirate flags, converged at (locked) US embassy and set off fireworks. It is pertinent to mention here that due to their interpretation of Islam (particularly apropos women), […]
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NEW DELHI: Indian MEA has rejected the Hague ruling here on Thursday (14th August, 2025) apropos Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) citing lack of legal standing. Earlier, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague had ruled that India must adhere to the 1960 IWT in design of new hydro-electric power stations on rivers going to […]
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ISLAMABAD: NA has passed an amendment to the ATA 1997 on Wednesday (13th August, 2025) once again empowering LEAs to detain terror suspects for 90 days. HRCP, by means of X, reiterated its concern over the “National Assembly’s passage of an amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, reinstating provisions that allow the government, law enforcement […]
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ISLAMABAD: Following the Pak-US Counter-terrorism dialogue, held here Tuesday (12th August, 2025) the two countries have reaffirmed their shared commitment to contain terrorism. The meeting was co-chaired by Nabeel Munir Pakistan’s Special Secretary for the UN and Gregory D LoGerfo, US Dept of State Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism. The US diplomatic mission here, taking to […]
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WASHINGTON: IMF, while lamenting limited access to data has stated: “The effectiveness of the politically exposed persons’ identification remains uneven across sectors due to limited access to comprehensive data, absence of automated screening tools in smaller institutions, and a lack of corruption-specific red flag indicators that would help detect misuse of public office, stated the […]
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NEW DELHI: Citing planned upgrades of its Boeing fleet and closure of airspace over Pakistan, Air India said Monday (11th August, 2025) that it would stop New Delhi-Washington operations from 1st September. It is pertinent to mention here that following the June crash of Dreamliner (that claimed 260 lives), Air India is already facing heightened […]
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GAZA: A targeted attack on their tent claimed lives of two Al-Jazeera correspondents (including 28-year-old prominent reporter Anas Jamal al-Sharif who comprehensively covered the war from inside Gaza) and three cameramen here on Sunday (10th August, 2025), taking the total number of Media workers killed since the 7th Oct (2023) to 269. Taking to the […]
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