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Ukrainians seek shelter, become refugees as Russian invasion tests international system
UN says Ukraine war is one of the biggest security challenges of the era...Read MoreFebruary 26, 2022 477 0 -
Putin orders troops into Ukraine, US, UN condemn Russian actions, EU on the edge
Biden talks to allies on reaction to Putin's moves...Read MoreFebruary 22, 2022 1222 0 -
U.S. officials discussed conduccting nuclear tests
In the wake of allegations that China and Russia conducted low-yield nuclear tests, the Trump administration reportedly considered whether to carry out the first U.S. nuclear test explosion in 28 years. America’s top security officials discussed...May 24, 2020 661 0 -
Russian diplomacy on Kashmir pleases Pakistanis, puzzles Indians
India, which allied itself with the Soviet Union during Cold War era, used Moscow to veto a number of resolutions in the UN Security Council aimed at resolving the Kashmir dispute. In fact, the Soviet Union...August 17, 2019 802 0 -
Pakistan, India to take part in first joint military exercises
Image Credit: Heinrich Böll Stiftung from Berlin, Deutschland via Creative Common In the backdrop of perpetual state of Pakistan-India conflict, it might sound unbelievable but the two South Asian nuclear-armed countries will be jointly conducting military...April 26, 2018 1434 0 -
U.S. and the South Asian flux of new strategic developments
A map zooming on Pakistan and its neighbors sourced from a larger : CIA world map While China is investing billions of dollars to stimulate Pakistan’s economic development through mutually beneficial corridor to the Gulf region,...April 25, 2018 2253 1 -
Trump orders strikes against Syrian regime
President Donald Trump on Friday said he has authorized targeted military strikes against Bashar al Assad’s regime after it reportedly used chemical weapons against civilians in a suburb of Syrian capital Damascus. Britain and France are...April 14, 2018 1072 0 -
U.S., Russia spar at UN over Syrian regime’s reported use of chemical weapons
A 2013 photo of destruction in Aleppo, Image credit: English: Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Wikimedia Commons Amid international tensions over reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons in an attack in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta region, the...April 10, 2018 945 0 -
Pakistan, India gain full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organization
In a major geo-strategic development, Pakistan and India gained full full member status in Shanghai Cooperation Organization that held its summit in the Kazakh capital of Astana on Friday. The organization seeks to expand political, economic and...June 9, 2017 1233 0 -
US watchdog says serious internal problems eroding Afghan security
Afghanistan conflict is experiencing a “shockingly high” rate of deaths among security forces and a record number of casualties among civilians, a U.S government watchdog says amid uncertainty surrounding the future of the country. “Casualties suffered...May 1, 2017 1085 0