UN Security Council Holds Closed-Door Meeting On Kashmir
The outcome of the UNSC meeting had no formal pronouncement as the consultations are informal in nature.
Aditi Bhaduri
China For “Closed Consultations” At UN Security Council On Jammu & Kashmir: Official
“China asked for closed consultations on the Security Council agenda item ‘India Pakistan Question’. The request was in reference to the Pakistani letter to Security Council President,” the diplomat said.
Turkish ambitions in Syria
The Turkish ambitions in Syria and Iraq is clear, and Erdogan recently stated that he wanted to get rid of the Lausanne agreement, which means, that he aspires to occupy new areas in Syria and Iraq, but that is not possible
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India scoring diplomatically over Pakistan
Reading between the lines of these bland statements made it clear that states were politely refusing to take sides in the matter. And Pakistan had little say.
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Remembering Lamya Haji Bashar
The main demand of the Yazidis now is a war crimes tribunal for the Da’esh, on the lines of the Nuremberg trials.
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Article 370 Scrapped but not the ‘Islamisation’ of Kashmir issue: Indians need to revive Kashmirityat
Now that the Article 370 has been abrogated, the Islamisation of the Kashmir issue will turn grimmer. More and more Islamo-supremacist, pan-Islamist political organisations and the self-styled social and welfare movements will join the ranks of JIJ&K. However, the chief lesson that Muslims in India particularly need to learn from all this is that they must not heed the ‘Islamisation’ of the conflict zones in the world, including in Kashmir.
The Fight Against ISIS is not over
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Saudi Aramco continues push into Asian oil refining
Saudi Aramco inks $15bn deal to buy stake in India’s Reliance’s refining unit
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India’s abrogation of Kashmir’s special status: The view from Muzaffarabad
Whatever India is accused of, is also committed by Pakistan. In many respects the Pakistanis have usually taken the lead in dismemberment of J&K and adopted legerdemain as the tactic, paving the way for India to emulate it.
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More than half a million Rohingya in Bangladesh get ID cards for first time
More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees who fled a brutal crackdown in Myanmar two years ago, have received identification cards that the UN insisted on Friday were critical to safeguarding their right to return home.
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