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Taiwan raises defense budget 14.9 pc amid escalating China tensions
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], August 25 (ANI): Taiwan proposed a budget of USD 17.3 billion in defence for 2023 on Thursday, a 14.9 per cent increase from this year's total allocation, weeks after China started its military drill around the self-ruled island country post the visit of US House Speaker Nan
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Boris Johnson says against any attempt to hold talks, normalize relations
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], August 25 (ANI): Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday during his visit to Kyiv that he opposes any attempt to hold talks and normalize relations with Russia over its ongoing military operation in Ukraine.
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Biden announces military aid worth USD 2.98 bln to Ukraine on its Independ
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): On Ukraine's Independence Day on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden announced aid of USD 2.98 billion in weapons and equipment to the country as Kyiv continues to resist Russian forces for the last six months.
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"Pak military establishment transformed country into prison-like system",
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 24 (ANI): Pakistani human rights activist Sanna Ejaz said that the Pakistan Army has transformed the country into a prison-like system controlled by security authorities, with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) playing a particularly central role in entrenc
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Thai Constitutional Court temporarily suspends PM Prayuth
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], August 24 (ANI): Thailand's Constitutional Court has suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha until it rules on a petition filed by opposition parties, Japan's Nikkei Asia reported on Wednesday.
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US to announce military aid of USD 3Bn for Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): The United States will announce an additional security aid of USD 3 billion for Kyiv on Ukraine's independence day.
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Protests in Pakistan against return of outlawed Pak Taliban militants
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Residents of Swat and Lower Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan held protests against the return of outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, reported South Asia Media Research Institute (SAMRI).
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South Korea, US begin annual joint military exercises
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea and the United States on Monday began regular joint military exercises titled the Ulchi Freedom Shield, which include field training for the first time in four years due to increasing tensions in the Asian region, South Korean media r
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Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee to lead fight in Panjshir
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI): Taliban has appointed Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir as a special military commander for Panjshir province in northern Afghanistan and the Andarab district of Baghlan province.
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Imran Khan blames Pak military establishment for crackdown on his party
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 22 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday blamed the country's military establishment for the ongoing crackdown on the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) that has escalated tensions in the country and raised the risk of large-scale unrest.
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'Toxic trend': China fumes as another US official visits Taiwan
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 22 (ANI): China has expressed its outrage after Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb landed in Taiwan on Sunday to hold talks with the leadership of the self-ruled island amid increasing tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
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