China’s Belt & Road Initiative Reaches Italy: Breaching the G7 Western fortress
Italy’s inclusion marks a fundamental shift in China’s grand project
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Aditi Bhaduri
Chabahar and Gwadar: A Tale of Two Ports
A variety of factors lend Chabahar greater credence than Gwadar
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Oman’s oil minister in Sri Lanka: Officials
Oman’s oil minister arrived in Sri Lanka on Saturday to participate in the launching of a $3.85 billion oil refinery project,
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Children living in protracted conflicts are three times more likely to die from water-related diseases than from violence
Though India has achieved almost universal coverage in the area of drinking water services, a majority of the rural population is not using safely managed drinking water
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Forgotten victims: The children of Islamic State
Betrayed by the parents who took them to a war zone, groomed from the age of four in the militants’ poisonous ideology and, in many instances, abandoned by the countries they came from
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UNPACKING GENDERED REALITIES IN DISPLACEMENT: The status of Syrian refugee women in Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq
Economic security emerged as a primary concern and challenge for women across all countries.
IAR Desk
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After three decades in power Nursultan Nazarbayev relinquishes power as President of Kazakhstan
The last Soviet era ruler in Central Asia, Nazarbayev elevated Kazakhstan’s profile in the international community
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Deconstructing China’s ‘technical hold’ on listing Azhar Masood as global terrorist
The tacit arrangement seems to be that as long as Pakistan based terrorist outfits do not support separatists in China’s Muslim-majority restive Xinjiang and do not disrupt its projects under its flagship CPEC, Beijing would continue to protect them from being censored by the international community.
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Dalai Lama contemplates Chinese gambit after his death
China has said its leaders have the right to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor, as a legacy inherited from China’s emperors.
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UAE employers to continue to recruit from Asia in 2019
IT and health care professionals will continue to be recruited from Asia
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