Pakistan Rejects India’s Assertions over UN Report on Terror Outfits Operating in Afghanistan
By PTI Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Monday rejected what it called India’s “malicious assertions” based
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Looking Beyond China: Strengthening Bilateral Relationships in the Quad
Quad 2.0 has proceeded more determinedly even if slowly but the Covid-19 pandemic now offers an opportunity to step up the pace; the way forward might be to focus more on the bilateral prongs of the Quad.
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations continued in 2019;
attention shifting towards the Middle East and North Africa
As Pompeo announced end to Iran sanctions’ waiver, Iran Guards Warn US
The latest confrontation between the arch-foes came after the United States accused the Guards of harassing its ships in the Gulf in mid-April.
Prepare For War: Xi To Chinese Military
Xi made the remarks while attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and People’s Armed Police Force during the current parliament session being held here.
Afghanistan: Taliban ceasefire brings welcome reprieve to escalating brutal violence
The ceasefire was declared solely for Eid festivities.
Palestinian President declares end to agreement with Israel, US
Israelis expected to carry out the annexation on July 1 as agreed between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, the head of the Blue and White party.
Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the USA: Slippery Oil Triangle
Following a deadlocked OPEC summit in February, Moscow and Riyadh announced they would ramp up production, sending already low prices tumbling, suggesting they have decided geopolitical interests trump purely economic ones.
Internal Chinese report warns of global backlash over Covid-19 pandemic
The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson’s office has said that it has no knowledge of such a report.
Chinese leaders intentionally concealed severity of pandemic from world: US report
Beijing has repeatedly pushed back on US accusations that the outbreak was China’s fault, pointing to many missteps made by American officials in their own fight against the outbreak.