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Trump mulling expanded military options against Iran amid post-protest cra
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Officials said the measures now under consideration exceed those examined roughly two weeks ago, when the administration was focused on fulfilling Trump's public commitment to halt the killing of protesters by Iranian government security forces and affiliated militias. Those officials spo
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US lawmakers accuse China of leading global illegal fishing, warn of threa
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
US lawmakers accused China of leading illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through its distant-water fleet. They warned this threatens global food security, marine ecosystems and US national security. The report also alleged forced labour abuses and called for stronger Coast Guard act
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US accuses Rwanda of fuelling instability in DRC at UN
Updated : 3 months ago IST
"Rwanda is leading the region towards increased instability and war," US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz told the UN Security Council. "We will use the tools at our disposal to hold to account spoilers to peace."
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Trump seals Rwanda, Congo peace deal; opens rare earth minerals for US
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
The violence in the eastern Congo is tied to the aftermath of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, which killed up to 1 million people. The members of the Hutu militia fled into eastern Congo, triggering security concerns for Rwanda. Over the years, tensions deepened as Rwanda repeatedly accused the D
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Human rights crisis deepens in Balochistan, reveals Paank report
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The report paints a grim picture of what it calls "systematic state-sponsored violence," accusing Pakistani security institutions and their allied militias of carrying out widespread abductions, torture, and killings across the province, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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Reports link Pakistani agencies to surge in abductions and killings across
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A new wave of enforced disappearances and killings has swept across Balochistan and parts of Karachi, deepening fears of systematic state repression against the Baloch population. Families and rights activists accuse Pakistan's armed forces, intelligence agencies, and pro-state militias of b
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Pakistan's forces accused of butchering civilians in Balochistan's ongoing
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) has blamed Pakistan's armed forces and state-sponsored militias for what it termed part of an ongoing "kill-and-dump" campaign targeting civilians, as reported by The Balochistan Post.
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China using civilian fishing boats for 'gray zone' operations in Taiwan St
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A US think tank report says China is using civilian fishing boats for "gray zone" operations in the Taiwan Strait. CSIS tracked suspicious vessels showing AIS irregularities. Taiwan is enhancing surveillance with uncrewed vehicles while the PLA conducted thousands of sorties and deployed 2,0
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Venezuelan President Maduro boasts of 5,000 Russian Igla-S missiles amid r
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Venezuela deployed 5,000 Russian-made Igla-S missiles in "key air defense positions," President Nicolas Maduro claimed, amid rising US military presence. The US is considering military action to counter drug trafficking and pressure Maduro to step down, while Venezuela mobilized "millions" o
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Telangana: Six Maoists surrender before the Bhadradri Kothagudem Police
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Six members of the banned CPI (Maoist) party surrendered before the Bhadradri Kothagudem district police on Tuesday. The group, comprising three Party Members, two Militia members, and one Chetna Natya Manch (CNM) cadre, including one woman, decided to renounce violence and return to the
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Pakistan's war on its own people: Four disappeared men found executed in B
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The discovery of four bodies across Balochistan this week has reignited outrage over the ongoing wave of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the province. Families and rights groups have blamed Pakistani security forces and state-backed militias for what they describe as s
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Baloch Women Forum condemns execution of three youths in Kech district, wa
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has condemned the killing of three Baloch youths by what it described as "state-hired local militias-cum-death-squads" in the Kech district of Balochistan.
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