India rejects china offer of mediation on Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Rebuffing China’s offer, India on Thursday ruled out any third party mediation on Kashmir about which it is ready to talk to Pakistan under a bilateral framework. “Our stand is absolutely clear. You are aware that the heart of the matter is cross-border terrorism emanating from a particular country that threatens peace and […]
Two Palestinians killed in Israeli army raid in Jenin
Two Palestinian men were shot dead during clashes with the Israeli army in the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical and security sources said. Sa’ad Salah, 21 was shot in the head and killed on the spot, according to a source in a Jenin hospital, while 17 year […]
China dismisses Jaishankar’s remarks, wants Indian troop withdrawal
Beijing, July 12 (IANS) China on Wednesday said troop withdrawal by India from Doklam remained the precondition to resolve the border crisis in the Sikkim sector. Beijing also dismissed Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar’s remarks that differences over the border between India and China occurred in the past also and were resolved. Foreign Ministry spokesperson […]
Aviod escalating tensions,China to Indo/Pak.
China on Wednesday said the “situation” in Jammu and Kashmir has attracted international attention and urged India and Pakistan to avoid escalating tensions. Without elaborating what it meant by “situation,” Beijing said it was willing to play a “constructive role” in improving relations between India and Pakistan. “Situation in Kashmir has attracted a lot of […]
India-China ties have direct implication for Asean: Jaishankar
Singapore, July 11 (IANS) Amid the current standoff between India and China along the Sikkim sector of the international border, Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday that ties between New Delhi and Beijing have a direct implication on the relationship with the southeast Asian nations. “In this changing landscape, few would dispute that […]
Syria monitor says Baghdadi has been killed
July 11, 2017 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed, agency reports said. The director of the war monitor was quoted as saying by news agencies that ‘top tier commanders from IS who are present in Deir Ezzor province have confirmed the death of […]
China says there was ‘no bilateral meeting’ between Modi, Xi
Beijing, July 10 (IANS) China on Monday said that President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had “no bilateral meeting” on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, after India had claimed the two leaders discussed “a range of issues”. “According to my information, the two said leaders did not hold any […]
UK court rejects bid to halt Saudi arms sales
London’s High Court has ruled that Britain’s multi-billion-pound arms sales to its ally Saudi Arabia is lawful. The Campaign Against the Arms Trade (CAAT) had sought an order to block the export licences for British-made bombs, fighter jets and other munitions. The campaigners argued they were being used by the Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen […]
Bomb kills police chief and guard in SW Pakistan: Officials
QUETTA: A bomb on Monday killed a police chief and his guard, and wounded 11 others in a southwestern Pakistani town bordering Afghanistan, officials said, the latest attack to strike the restive area. The bombing took place in Chaman, a tense border town in southwestern Balochistan province, which has seen many bombings and extremist attacks […]
China threat to enter Kashmir on pak request
A “third country’s” Army could enter Kashmir at Pakistan’s request, using the “same logic” the Indian Army used to stop the Chinese military from constructing a road in the Doklam area in the Sikkim sector on behalf of Bhutan, an analyst at a Chinese think tank said. “Even if India were requested to defend Bhutan’s […]
