Tension on India-China borders shows Beijing’s aggression can be real, says US diplomat

Indian and Chinese armies rushed in additional troops in areas around Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley in Ladakh earlier this week.

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· May 21, 2020 · 11:10 am

China’s mistreatment of Uighurs is ‘nothing’ compared to India’s actions in Kashmir: Imran Khan

The Pakistan PM also claimed that India has been bombing the LoC to distract attention from protests at home, and demanded that the US and UN send observers.

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· Jan 23, 2020 · 06:17 pm

Saudi Arabia says reports of crown prince hacking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone are ‘absurd’

The alleged intrusion took place during a friendly WhatsApp conversation between the two men.

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· Jan 22, 2020 · 10:55 am

US-Iran standoff has revealed the dangers of Donald Trump’s unilateralism

The only way to salvage the situation is for Trump to return to the Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran.

Klaus W Larres, The Conversation

· Jan 05, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Puzzled that global media is highlighting Hong Kong protests but ignoring Kashmir crisis: Imran Khan

Imran Khan also told people at a ‘human chain’ event in Islamabad that Narendra Modi has ‘played his last card’ by abrogating the special status of Kashmir.

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· Oct 11, 2019 · 07:28 pm

US says it will cut $160 million aid to Afghanistan for failing to fight corruption

Meanwhile, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani asked Washington to resume talks with the Taliban.

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· Sep 19, 2019 · 10:51 pm

G-7: Iran’s foreign minister arrives at summit after France advises US to partially lift oil embargo

However, US President Donald Trump remained non-committal about the proposal.

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· Aug 25, 2019 · 07:39 pm

China demands US immediately cancel $2.2 billion arms deal with Taiwan

A foreign ministry spokesperson said the US action ‘grossly interferes in China’s internal affairs’.

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· Jul 09, 2019 · 05:49 pm

United States to deploy 1,000 additional troops to West Asia amid tensions with Iran

Additional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, and missile defence systems will be sent to counter ‘hostile behaviour by Iranian forces’.

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· Jun 18, 2019 · 02:36 pm

Saudi Arabia blames Iran for attacks on its oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman said the kingdom will not ‘hesitate to deal with any threat to our people’.

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· Jun 16, 2019 · 09:38 am

US-Iran showdown over oil tanker attacks in the Persian Gulf could spiral into a war

It’s unclear what the Trump administration want from Iran. Does it want behaviour change or regime change?

Noah Weisbord, The Conversation

· Jun 14, 2019 · 09:30 pm

US sends missile system and warship to West Asia amid tension with Iran

The Pentagon said the deployment was ‘in response to indications of heightened Iranian readiness to conduct offensive operations against US forces’.

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· May 11, 2019 · 01:10 pm