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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s reported cancellation of a trip to Pakistan at India’s urging reflects Jakarta’s dilemma in balancing its growing ties with the two South Asian rivals, analysts say.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had invited Prabowo to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26 as the chief guest, ...

Pakistan is aiming to kick-start trade at the Chinese-operated Arabian Sea port of Gwadar and transform the barely operational facility into a transshipment hub for landlocked Central Asian states, but analysts say logistical challenges and regional instability could undermine its ambitions.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet set the plan in ...

Never in my 25 years of living and serving in Israel have I ever uttered the words: Is Israel losing the war? Even before I moved to Israel, during the Yom Kippur War – with Syrian and Egyptian troops running over our borders, Russia threatening to land paratroopers ...

While it’s too early to offer a definitive explanation for the decline, there are a handful of likely factors. Foremost among them: Voters are having a hard time getting excited about a contest that looks far from in doubt. Pre-election polls pointed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi cruising to ...

The former diplomat stressed: “Pakistan’s economy and, particularly, its textile and pharmaceutical sectors, stand to gain from trade with India given their dependence on raw materials from India.”He said internal consultation on the issue was required from Pakistan, coupled with some quiet diplomacy with India so that the proposal ...

“Wait for the terms of reference to come out, and then you will know the exact details. The overall approach is that it is a huge opportunity, but there are challenges. Both have to be taken note of,” said Ajay Seth, secretary of the department of economic affairs.As Prime ...

Fox News freelance correspondent Zachary Anders has imagined a future in which he would no longer need to report from the field because a synthetic version of him would be doing it instead. His words, spoken through this AI-generated version of himself, would convey a narrative detached from the ...

Now, centuries later, China is continuing what Admiral Zheng began, connecting the history with projects such as Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) as Beijing cements relations with this part of Africa.China funded and built the railway line that runs from Miritini for passenger trains and from the port of ...

It’s unknown exactly how many Indian military personnel are stationed in the Maldives, but the island state’s armed forces told a parliamentary committee in 2021 that the number was 75 – ostensibly there to maintain aircraft that Delhi gifted Male.In response to Muizzu’s public comments, India’s foreign ministry last ...

Bangalore-based journalist Tenzin Pema, in a long social-media post, said Tibetan culture had been misconstrued and hypersexualised to create a false narrative against the Dalai Lama.She pointed to some gestures and customs that might be unknown to the rest of the world but were considered by Tibetans to be ...