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December 8, 2024 12:34 PM

US-Bahrain geospatial partnership expands as UK joins security pact

In a major development for West Asian security cooperation, the United States, Bahrain, and the United Kingdom have announced an expansion of their strategic partnership through the Comprehensive Security Integration and Prosperity Agreement (C-SIPA)...

December 8, 2024 1:49 PM

South Korea martial law fallout deepens as prosecutors close in on president, ex-defence minister

South Korea's leadership crisis deepened on Sunday as prosecutors named President Yoon Suk Yeol as a subject of a criminal investigation over last week's martial law attempt, a media report said, and his former defence minister was arrested. Yoon su...

December 8, 2024 12:49 PM

Syrian army command tells officers that Assad’s rule has ended, officer says

Syrian rebels said on Sunday that they have ended Bashar al-Assad's 24-year authoritarian rule, in their first announcement on state television following a lightning offensive that took the world by surprise. Syria's army command notified officers o...

December 8, 2024 10:10 AM

EAM Jaishankar arrives in Manama after Doha engagements

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar landed in Manama on Saturday evening to attend the 20th edition of the IISS Manama Dialogue. His visit, which follows a series of strategic diplomatic discussions in Doha, underscores India’s active rol...

December 7, 2024 6:30 PM

South Korea’s Yoon survives martial law impeachment move after his party boycotts vote

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment motion in the opposition-led parliament on Saturday that was prompted by his short-lived attempt to impose martial law this week, after members of his party boycotted the vote. Only 195 vo...

December 7, 2024 6:12 PM

Idols burnt in another attack on Hindu temple in Bangladesh, complaint filed

Amid growing concerns over violence targeting religious minorities and their places of worship in Bangladesh, another Hindu temple was allegedly set on fire on the outskirts of Dhaka. The Mahabhagya Lakshminarayan Mandir, located in Dhor village...

December 7, 2024 4:52 PM

Trump returns to world stage at Notre-Dame reopening in Paris

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump returns to the world stage on Saturday to join leaders for the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, still a private citizen but already preparing to tackle a host of international crises. It is Trump's fi...

December 7, 2024 3:00 PM

Bangladesh: High Commission of India celebrated “Maitri Diwas”

The High Commission of India in Bangladesh organized a musical evening on Friday at the Indian Cultural Centre in Dhaka to mark the 53rd anniversary of “Maitri Diwas”. On 6th December, India recognized Bangladesh as an independent, sovereign nati...

December 7, 2024 12:28 PM

US Congressman Krishnamoorthi urges Bangladesh to end anti-Hindu violence, protect fundamental rights

US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has expressed serious concern over recent unrest in Bangladesh following the arrest of ISKCON priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari. In an official statement on Saturday, he called on the Bangladeshi governmen...

December 7, 2024 11:00 AM

In a first, India to chair UN Commission on Narcotic Drug

In a detailed statement on Friday, the Indian Embassy in Austria announced that India has been chosen to Chair the 68th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna, Ambassador...

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