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Nearly 12,000 Afghan migrants were deported from Iran and Pakistan from July 3-6, Khaama Press reported, citing the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. In a newsletter, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that 11,997 Afghan migrants were expelled by the governments of Pakistan and Iran and have returned to Afghanistan. According to the newsletter, the expelled people entered Afghanistan through the borders of Torghundi, Spin Boldak, Islam Qala-Herat, and Abreshim-Nimruz between July 3-6. The trend of deporting Afghan migrants from Iran and Pakistan continues amid a humanitarian crisis despite international reactions, according to Khaama Press report. The […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/afghan-migrants-deported-pakistan/?feed_id=13089

India has strongly dismissed and condemned the “baseless” remarks on Kashmir made by a Pakistani diplomat during a UN Security Council debate on children and armed conflict, calling it another habitual attempt to divert attention from the “grave violations” against children that continue unabated in Pakistan. “Let me respond briefly in the interest of time to remarks, which were obviously politically motivated and unfounded, made by one representative against my country. I categorically dismiss and condemn these baseless remarks with the contempt they deserve,” Ambassador R. Ravindra, Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Permanent Representative of India to the UN, said Wednesday. […] #Asia Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/india-strongly-dismisses-baseless-remarks-on-kashmir-by-pakistan-in-unsc/?feed_id=13053

India has said a report by Canadian legislators alleging interference by New Delhi is politically motivated and influenced by Sikh separatist campaigners. Already chilly bilateral ties cooled further last month when a group of parliamentarians, citing intelligence reports, alleged some elected Canadian officials had been “witting or semi-witting” participants in foreign interference operations. India and China were the main foreign threats to Canada’s democratic institutions, it said. Sanjay Kumar Verma, India’s envoy to Canada, said the report was biased, did not give a fair hearing to India and did not give an opportunity to cross-examine witnesses. “It has been influenced […] #Asia Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/indian-interference-claims-by-canada/?feed_id=13035

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Astana on July 3. In this meeting, Erdogan’s intentions of shaping the Caucasus and Central Asia in a Turkish-led order became even more apparent. This was the first meeting between leaders of the three countries in a trilateral format and had “historic significance,” according to Azertaj, with promises that such meetings would be held regularly. Previous trilateral meetings were only held at the level of foreign ministers, parliamentary speakers, and defence […] #Asia #Government #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/07/turkeys-alliance-with-azerbaijan-and-pakistan-expands-influence-in-caucasus-central-asia/?feed_id=13005

The recently formalized Russia–North Korea military alliance sent shockwaves across the political West, even more so than Moscow’s previous agreements with Pyongyang. The full text of the agreement includes 23 articles that deal with close economic, diplomatic, scientific and military cooperation between the two neighboring countries. However, what really caught the attention of the US and its vassals and satellite states were Articles 3 and 4. Namely, these two clauses effectively and legally turn Russia and North Korea into full-blown military allies, an agreement the Kremlin has with nobody else outside of the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization). According to Article 3, […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/is-north-korea-really-sending-troops-to-ukrainian-conflict-zone/?feed_id=12923

Tensions between Russia and the United States, are escalating following the deadly strikes in Crimea. #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/putin-issues-chilling-warning-to-u-s-over-crimea-strikes-will-not-go-unpunished/?feed_id=12895

For around two decades after the (First) Cold War Russia tried building close ties with the European Union, the United States and other countries of the political West. Obviously, ties to its old friends never died, but were essentially reduced in terms of practicality. Moscow didn’t want any sort of enmity with NATO, seeking to build a mutually beneficial relationship that would defuse tensions and create an atmosphere of peace and cooperation. However, the world’s most aggressive racketeering cartel had other plans. The NATO-orchestrated Georgian War of 2008 was the first direct clash between a Western proxy and the Russian military […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #Military Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/americas-strategic-nightmare-russia-rebuilding-alliances-across-the-globe/?feed_id=12815

Three leading members of the minority Ahmadiyya community have been put under one-month detention by the Chakwal district administration to prevent them from performing religious rites on the occasion of Eid-ul Azha, Dawn reported. Chakwal’s Deputy Commissioner Quratul Ain Malik issued three separate orders for the detention of the three men on June 10, following which the three were arrested by the police and sent to Jhelum prison. All three men are natives of Dulmial village, which witnessed a mob attack on the mosque of the Ahmadiyya community in December 2016 resulting in the death of two persons. The historic […] #Asia Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/pakistan-3-minority-ahmadiyya-community-members-detained-to-prevent-them-from-performing-religious-rites/?feed_id=12795

The European Union is introducing tariffs on the import of Chinese electric cars because, as seen with the imposition of the boomeranged US-led sanctions against Russia, the bloc fully follows the policy of Washington, which is satisfied with the trade war against China. However, just like the sanctions against Russia, an economic war against China will only leave the EU weaker. Following Washington’s introduction of a 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars, Brussels decided to introduce different tariff rates depending on the car model and manufacturer. The EU had a customs duty of 10% but is now massively increasing them, in some […] #Asia #Europe #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/eu-again-shooting-itself-in-the-foot-by-joining-us-trade-war-against-china/?feed_id=12747

Postscript on June 16th for Flag Waving: Dennis Kucinich informs us on this Sunday morning that the 18-26 year old military draft is resuming in his new Substack article. It is entitled, “America Prepares for Global War and Restarts the Draft for 18-26 Year Olds.” Mark Dankof reacted on June 14th in San Antonio, Texas to the Press TV/Iran report entitled U.S. Navy Faces Most Intense Combat Since World War II Against Yemenis, after personally saluting the Houthis and President Putin on the American “Flag Day.” His notes just before Midnight on June 14th included the following: The Sardonically Satirical: […] #AmericanGeopoliticalInstitute #Asia #CounterPoint #Elections #Europe #Government #History #IsraelWaronPalestine #Life #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/mark-dankof-on-flag-day-in-texas-salute-the-houthis-and-putin/?feed_id=12655

Originally published by CIAgate’s Substack WARNING by Gospa News – The information is so detailed that we believe it is our duty to report their dossiers, even if it is impossible for us to verify them All links to previous Gospa News articles have been added aftermath for relevance to the topics highlighted In case you missed parts 1 and 2 of our “Noetic Continental” series, please, read it first in order to get a deeper understanding of this material. Ukrainian Deal: Exposing CIA/Polish Arms Traders’ Shadow Schemes In August 2017, CIA’s front company Noetic International Inc. signed an agreement […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government #Investigations #Military #UkraineWar #WarZone #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/cia-gate-9-us-intelligence-polish-arms-traders-shadow-schemes-for-ukraine/?feed_id=12587

Insights BNP Can Gain from India’s Lok Sabha Elections M A Hossain In a dramatic reversal of election predictions, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has struggled to maintain its absolute majority in the recent parliamentary elections, with the results declared on June 4 and extending into the following morning hours. This electoral shift has reshaped the political landscape of India, marking a significant decline in the BJP’s dominance and highlighting the importance of strategic participation in democratic processes – a lesson particularly relevant for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The counting of votes revealed a significant swing in voter sentiment. […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/insights-bnp-can-gain-from-indias-lok-sabha-elections/?feed_id=12563

The United States is unlikely to help South Korea build nuclear-powered submarines at the moment as it is burdened by AUKUS commitments to Australia, the Pentagon said on Saturday, as cited by Reuters. This is a major blow to President Yoon Suk-yeol’s efforts to globalise South Korea, which has come at the cost of prosperous relations with Russia. Asked during the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore how he would respond to a direct request from South Korea for help in obtaining nuclear submarines, Lloyd Austin, the US Secretary of Defense, said it would be  “very, very difficult” for Washington to accommodate that “on top […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/us-will-not-help-south-korea-build/?feed_id=12407

Popular actress of Bollywood and diva of hundreds of millions of fans throughout the world – Raveena Tandon was groped, molested and physically assaulted by a gang of Islamist thugs led by a burqa-clad woman. Some people may consider this June 2, 2024 incident as isolated forgetting the fact that during Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha, Raveen Tandon had published a post on her ‘X’ account with the caption – Jai Shree Ram. And, this had made Raveena an enemy of Muslims, seculars and leftists, because they were against Ram Mandir. Recent attack on Raveen Tandon was the result of such anger on her because […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/alarming-rise-of-radical-islam-in-india-bollywood-actress-raveena-tandon-comes-under-attack/?feed_id=12403

A new report has exposed Western efforts to interfere in India’s 2024 Lok Sabha Elections (19 April to 1 June), with particular focus put on the Henry Luce Foundation, George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, and the French Indologist and political scientist Christophe Jaffrelot for their roles in peddling a “particular narrative.” In a report titled ‘The Invisible Hands: Foreign Interference in Indian Elections 2024,’ DisInfo Lab  found that the Indian elections experienced massive interference from China and Israel but that “the most significant remains obscure – The Western interference: From EU to the US.” “Unfortunately, as millions of Indians were deciding their future, […] #Asia Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/washington-and-brussels-spent-millions-to-interfere-in-indias-2024-lok-sabha-elections/?feed_id=12359

Rohingya camps in Bangladesh sheltering over 1.20 million Rohingyas who fled genocide in 2017 is not posing serious threat to regional and global security as according to numerous sources international terrorist outfits including Al Qaeda, Islamic State (ISIS), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and others are already infiltrating within the camps, thus recruiting many as towards terrorist and jihadist plots. It may be mentioned here that, majority of Rohingyas from Myanmar are Muslims – most of whom have a heavily radicalized mindset with alarming signs of their hatred towards non-Muslims and almost openly expressing solidarity towards international terrorist outfits. A large segment […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/06/rohingya-camps-in-bangladesh-is-at-risk-of-turning-into-hub-of-international-terrorism/?feed_id=12203

by Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake  The writer, Dr. Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake, is a Social and Medical Anthropologist, based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.  Links to Gospa News articles have been added by our Editorial Staff Calls for divestment from BlackRock and other International Sovereign Bonds (ISB), have echoed across Columbia, Yale and many non-Ivy League universities in the United States recently. BlackRock is heavily invested in weapons companies fueling a genocidal war in Palestine. However, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF), debt restructuring operations in the Global South appear designed to ensure BlackRock’s enhanced profitability. BlackRock the world’s biggest investment fund manager and Sri Lanka’s largest […] #Asia #Featured #Government #Investigations #World Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/imf-mission-creep-while-green-blue-and-pink-washing-blackrock/?feed_id=12159

Serbia’s geopolitical position is quite complex, perhaps among the most complicated in the world. The country is in an almost identical strategic situation as during the Second World War, when Nazi Germany and its vassals ruled most of Europe. Virtually the same allies of the Third Reich are now firmly in NATO, demonstrating the former’s continuity through the latter. And to prove that, one just needs to look at the map of the Axis powers in 1941 and the map of NATO members and satellite states nowadays. Thus, Serbia is forced to communicate with the belligerent alliance, particularly as the latter keeps escalating its pressure […] #Asia #Europe #Featured #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/serbias-close-ties-with-china-show-its-future-lies-in-brics/?feed_id=12103

The $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, was hailed as a game-changer for the South Asian country’s ailing economy. However, nearly a decade since its inception, the multi-billion-dollar investment has become a nightmare for both countries, marred by incessant attacks on Chinese nationals, Pakistan’s inability to utilise the investments, and a deepening economic quagmire, which exposes the country to the IMF. A suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers near the Dasu dam project in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on March 26 is the latest in a series of deadly […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/pakistans-cpec-nightmare/?feed_id=12019

When China recently launched the first of eight Hangor II submarines for Pakistan at the Wuchang Shipbuilding yard in Wuhan, India moved another step forward to enhance its Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability by conducting a successful test of the Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system. The Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system, designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in India, is a next-generation missile-based lightweight torpedo delivery mechanism. According to a report, the SMART system to launch lightweight torpedoes can target submarines hundreds of kilometres away — far beyond the conventional range of […] #Asia #Government Read Full Article: https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/india-boosts-anti-submarine-warfare-successfully-tests-supersonic-missile-assisted-release-of-torpedo-system/?feed_id=11923