Morocco’s efforts to secure international backing for its proposed autonomy plan for Western Sahara face a renewed obstacle at the United Nations, where Secretary-General António Guterres has insisted that any future arrangement
In a significant development, the Sri Lanka Army’s relentless efforts against illegal drug activities have led to the arrest of 482 suspects involved in drug trafficking during the year 2023. Acting on
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On the evening of January 29, Ukrainian media reported that the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU), Valerii Zaluzhnyi, may have been dismissed. These reports were shared by several current and former members of
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As the War in Ukraine enters its third year in February, there is much speculation about the trajectory that Europe’s most prolonged and intense conflict post the Second World War will assume
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Forbes has produced an excellent report on keeping US troops in Iraq and Syria. The bottom line, despite appearances to the contrary, the US isn’t leaving either place anytime soon. If true, what about
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When I got back from Vietnam some 50-plus years ago, all I wanted to do was get on with my life. My experience in the war as an Army intelligence case officer
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The last nine months in Manipur, one of the most vibrant states in Manipur has seen a serious deterioration of the political and as a consequence the security situation resulting in what
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Rumors are making the rounds in Kiev that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will fire the head of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valerii Zaluzhny. Zelensky and Zaluzhny have been at odds for
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On January 14, 2024, the caretaker Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Justice (Retd) Maqbool Baqar expressed his distress over “the surge in crimes in the major cities and rural areas” which include “targeted
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The Energy Department has announced it is putting solar panels on the roof of the Pentagon for environmental reasons. No study has been done on the feasibility of this venture. No one has figured
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Islamabad, January 16, 2024 (Adnan Hameed) – In a momentous diplomatic engagement, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to Pakistan, Admiral (Retd) Ravindra Wijegunaratne, undertook a visit to Naval Headquarters Islamabad, marking
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We now know more about how the Houthis and their Iranian partners target merchant ships and US warships. They use radar and satellite communications to target both commercial shipping and warships. The
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On January 8, 2024, the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government spokesperson and Cabinet Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh asserted that the state government was committed to peace talks with the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council
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Since the 2010 conclusion of Sri Lanka’s decades-long conflict with Tamil Tiger separatists in the country’s northern regions, the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) has been re-inventing itself to develop the operational agility
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Since mid-November the Houthis have been launching attacks against shipping in the Red Sea. The US sent a number of AEGIS destroyers to help protect international shipping, performing the dual role of intercepting Houthi
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A whirlwind diplomatic tour by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to quench the prolonged Israel-Hamas conflict and growing spillover in the Mideast is bound to be a futile attempt. U.S. President
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