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NEW DELHI: India was the fourth largest military spender in the world in 2023 with an expenditure of $83.6 billion after the United States, China and Russia, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) said in a report published on Monday. Pokhran: Indian military personnel during the Exercise Bharat ...

Vienna, the capital city of Austria, mostly known for its intricate architecture and cultural history of art and music for many years, was also the venue for critical negotiations between members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany (known as the P5+1) and Iran, over the latter's nuclear ...

Source link www.rferl.org Welcome back to the China In Eurasia briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter tracking China's resurgent influence from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Looking ahead, we’ll be changing up the newsletter format and will start sending it out every week. Until then, it would be great to hear ...

Source link www.rferl.org American aviator Lowell Smith faced a difficult choice as he led a squadron of four seaplanes over the Pacific Ocean in early 1924. To the south, a wall of "snow and squalls" rose between them and Japanese territory. To the north, clear skies stretched towards the ...

China pips India in buying Russian oil! India is no longer the top buyer of seaborne Russian oil. The country has been forced to reject some cargoes of sea-borne Russian oil because of sanctions. China is now lapping oil from Russia at deeply discounted rates. In March, China outpaced ...

China set up the group in Shanghai along with Russia and Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as a way of building trust and easing border tensions in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the time its priorities were stated as fighting the “three devils” of ...

ISLAMABAD —  Russia said Tuesday that it is engaged in an “active dialogue” with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban and is working toward removing them from Moscow’s list of terrorist organizations. "The fact is that this is our neighboring country. In one form or another, we maintain communication with them,” Kremlin ...

ISTANBUL​​​​​​​/ISLAMABADThe Israeli attack on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Syria which killed seven officers has triggered widespread backlash with several Asian nations condemning Tel Aviv’s extra-territorial actions.China “condemns the attack on the Iranian embassy complex in Syria and opposes any actions that may escalate tensions,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman ...

“China condemns the attack,” said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. “The security of diplomatic institutions cannot be violated, and Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity should be respected.”“The current situation in the Middle East is turbulent, and we oppose any actions that lead to an escalation of tension.”On Monday ...

Following last Friday’s deadly terrorist attack in Moscow, and despite President Vladimir Putin’s allegation of a Ukrainian conspiracy, the Islamic State’s (IS) branch, Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), claimed responsibility.For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org The group also released graphic footage of its ...