Xi’s China Dream: Chinese military adds three new units
With geopolitical tensions escalating in its neighbourhood, China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernise its military and improve its fighting capacity. On January 2, China’s state television showed President Xi Jinping giving military flags to the leaders of the three new units. The three new units include a general […]
Pakistan to host 4-nation meet on Taliban peace talks
In the backdrop of increasing violence in Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan, senior officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and US will meet in Islamabad on January 16 to firm up a roadmap for peace talks in the violence-beset country. The meeting will focus on discussing ways to resume and sustain the Afghan reconciliation talks. All […]
Pathankot terror: Targeting Modi’s Lahore diplomacy?
The pre-dawn attack by group of Pakistani terrorists, suspected to belong to Jaish-e-Mohammed militant group, at an Air Force base in Pathankot in Punjab, has ended with killing of four assailants and three Indian security personnel.
Saudi Arabia executes 47 people for terrorism
Sending a tough message to both Sunni Muslim jihadists and Shi’ite anti-government protesters, Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people on January 2 for terrorism. The deaths come in the backdrop of an escalating war of words between Saudi Arabia and the militant group Islamic State, which has called for attacks in the kingdom. This development […]