Politics
India’s West Bengal faces mounting allegations of voter suppression after a large scale revision of electoral rolls removed millions of names just days before a key state election. The process, carried out by the Election Commission of India, eliminated more than nine million voters from official......
U.S. President Donald Trump has triggered renewed controversy after sharing a post on Truth Social that included inflammatory remarks about immigrants from India and China. The repost featured a text by conservative radio host Michael Savage, who used derogatory language to describe both countries and......
Japan has approved a sweeping reform of its defense export rules, ending decades-old restrictions that limited overseas sales to non-combat equipment. The decision, adopted by the cabinet under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, allows Japanese manufacturers to sell lethal weapons abroad for the first time......
Australia and Japan have formalized a major defense agreement worth 10 billion Australian dollars, about 7 billion US dollars, to supply stealth frigates to the Australian navy. The deal marks Japan’s largest defense export since World War II and signals a shift in regional security cooperation. The......
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held a phone call on Thursday to address the escalating crisis in West Asia, focusing on the urgent need to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. The strategic waterway, critical for global energy supplies, has......
Amir Hamza, a senior figure in Lashkar-e-Taiba, was critically wounded after being shot by unidentified attackers in Lahore. The shooting took place outside the offices of a local news channel. He was taken to hospital with severe injuries, and his condition remains critical. Authorities have opened......
Sri Lanka rescued dozens of Iranian sailors and evacuated the crew of a second Iranian naval vessel after a United States submarine torpedoed and sank an Iranian frigate off the island’s southern coast, marking the first confirmed torpedo attack by the US Navy against an enemy warship since World......
Afghan authorities said on March 1 that their forces repelled an attempted Pakistani airstrike near Bagram Air Base, as intense cross-border clashes stretched into a fourth straight day of open conflict between the two neighbours during Ramadan. Taliban officials reported that several Pakistani jets......
Global leaders and national authorities have begun issuing urgent calls for restraint after the United States and Israel launched strikes on targets in Iran and Tehran responded with its own attacks across the Middle East. The exchanges have raised fears of a much wider conflict that could destabilize......
Unverified videos claiming Afghan forces shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet have proliferated online, fueling confusion as deadly clashes erupt along the Durand Line. The footage, shared on February 27 by an X account named "Afghanistan Defence," allegedly shows the wreckage of a Pakistani......
India has confirmed the seizure of three oil tankers under US sanctions suspected of operating within Iran’s so called shadow fleet, marking the country’s first major enforcement action against ships accused of evading international oil restrictions. The operation comes amid improving ties......
Russia is increasingly turning to foreign fighters to sustain its war in Ukraine as mounting battlefield losses outpace its ability to replenish troops, British Defence Secretary John Healey said at the Munich Security Conference on February 15, 2026. His remarks followed updated British intelligence......
Bangladeshis are voting Thursday in the country’s first national election since the student led uprising of 2024 that forced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power. More than 127 million voters are eligible to cast ballots across 299 constituencies, choosing between the Bangladesh Nationalist......
