Monthly Archives: July, 2020
Asia Pacific
China’s Xi Jinping Could Be Grilled At ‘Beidaihe Summit’ Over Tensions With India, US
Beidaihe Summit: The COVID-19 pandemic, protests in Hong Kong, the militarization of the South China Sea, flaring tensions with the US and violent border clashes with India could be hot topics of the secretive Beidaihe meeting.
Featured
Armenia Will Have To Pay For Attacking Azerbaijan As Turkey Vows Full Support To Baku
Earlier on Sunday, the Armenian army attempted to attack Azerbaijani positions with artillery fire in the northwestern Tovuz border region and withdrew after suffering losses following retaliation from the Azerbaijani military.
Asia Pacific
China Refuses To Pull Back & India Unwilling To Budge – The India-China Deadlock
Yesterday, commanders from India and China were engaged in mind-boggling, 14-hour intense negotiations over the disengagement process from all flashpoints along the Line of Actual...
Asia Pacific
Kim Jong-Un’s Sister Charged With Blowing Inter-Korean Liaison Office
North Korea’s army chief Gen. Pak Jong-chon has also been named in the investigation along with Kim Yo-jong, who serves as the first vice department director of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Central Committee.
Americas
China Calls The US World’s Biggest Human Rights Violator Over Huawei Ban
A day earlier, the US imposed visa curbs on certain employees of Huawei tech company over the human rights abuses committed by the Chinese Communist Party in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, home to ethnic Uighur Muslim community.
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Israel PM Netanyaha Could Be Charged With ‘War Crimes’ By International Criminal Court
Israel is drawing up a secret list of hundreds of officials ahead of a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on whether to investigate alleged...
EurAsian Region
Not S-400s, Russia To Deploy ‘Unique’ S-350 Anti-Ballistic Missiles Against NATO – Reports
The Vityaz S-350 anti-aircraft missile system is expected to bolster the defence of southern Russia and should enter service in 2021.
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Pakistan Celebrating Victory Against Coronavirus Pandemic As COVID-19 Cases Go Down
But health experts are sceptical about the government's claim, warning it is too early to declare victory against coronavirus that has already infected more than 250,000 people across the country with near 5,500 deaths.
Asia Pacific
Colonizing Balochistan – Chinese Investments in Pakistan Spreads Outrage In Poverty-Stricken Balochistan
Despite heavy investments by China, Balochistan toils in poverty and remains largely underdeveloped. The recent decision by Pakistan to allow a Chinese mining company to extend its lease for another 15 years has been met with anger.
Americas
US-China Tensions: US Visa Restrictions on Chinese Tech Giant Huawei ‘Unfair & Arbitrary Action’
Earlier, China accused the US of “gangster logic” after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law in response to Beijing’s imposition of new security legislation on the territory.
Middle East
Iran Rubbishes Media Reports of Dropping India From Chabahar Port Railway Project
Al-Jazeera quoting a deputy to Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, Farhad Montaser, labelled the report "totally false because Iran has not inked any deal with India regarding the Zahedan-Chabahr" railway.
World
DRDO, Rafale or Boeing – Which Company Will Build Jets For Indian Aircraft Carriers Vikramaditya & Vikrant?
DRDO - Defence Research and Development Organisation's new twin-engine aircraft carrier-based fighter aircraft could replace Indian Navy's MiG-29K. The DRDO is expected to compete...
Economy
Biggest Attack On Twitter: Amazon, Apple, Microsoft & Many Other Twitter Accounts Hacked
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wrote, “Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened. We’re diagnosing and will share everything we can when we have a more complete understanding of exactly what happened.”
Americas
Vladimir Putin Opposes Donald Trump’s Plan To Extend Iran Sanctions
"The Russian president stressed the hopelessness of sanctions and pressure on Tehran in this regard and the importance of preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iran nuclear program, approved by UN Security Council Resolution 2231," a Kremlin statement said.
Europe
UK Acknowledges The Might Of Turkish Bayraktar Drones; Seeks To Modify Its Own UAV’s
The Bayraktar Tactical UAS is a surveillance and reconnaissance unmanned aircraft system used by the Turkish Armed Forces. It is developed by the Kale-Baykar, a joint venture between the Kale Group and Baykar Technologies.
South Asia
From Singapore’s Changi Naval Base To Oman’s Duqm Port, How Is India Countering Chinese String of Pearls?
The 'Necklace of Diamonds' comprises Changi Naval Base in Singapore, Chabahar Port in Iran, the Assumption Islands in Seychelles, and Duqm Port in Oman. In addition to this, India is creating strong naval ties with Vietnam, Japan, France, Australia and the United States.
Asia Pacific
High-Altitude Warfare: India Needs Russian Help To Counter Chinese Type-15 Lightweight Tanks
For now, Russia seems to be the only option for the procurement of such lightweight tanks. Other than China, the US is developing lightweight tanks under the Mobile Protected Firepower Program but it’s currently at the prototype stage.
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France: Protesters Confront President Emmanuel Macron, Chant ‘Resign!’
Evening walk through Tuileries for Macron and wife Brigitte becomes an encounter with protesters calling for his resignation
Europe
Rot-Front – The Last German Village of Kyrgyzstan
5,500 km from Berlin, Germany, at the foot of Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan, lies a German village. Home to Germans whose ancestors migrated...
Health
Russia Successfully Completes 1st Phase of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials
Russia COVID-19 Vaccine: 2 groups of volunteers discharged from medical bodies after participating in trials of COVID-19 candidate vaccines
