The Pakistani army and terrorists from the Islamabad-allied Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) have intensified attacks on the portion of Kashmir controlled by New Delhi, killing ten Indian soldiers and injuring ten civilians, including women and children, in two separate incidents over a week period.
An Islamic seminary has reportedly issued a fatwa against a song by a young Malayam singer for referencing Mohammad’s wife in a popular movie trailer.
The Indian conference of Catholic bishops has issued a strongly worded statement condemning a “dangerous” new nationalism based on religious uniformity and appealing for greater respect for the country’s religious diversity.
The United States and United Kingdom, backed by France and Germany, have introduced a motion to add Pakistan to the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of terrorist-financing countries.
Google has received a $21.1 million antitrust fine in India relating to bias within the tech giant’s search product.
The chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security has recused himself from a variety of hot-button outsourcing issues related to Indian software companies and the huge H-1B and L-1 visa programs.
TEL AVIV – What was being hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough in Saudi Arabia’s relations with Israel was shot down before it even began with the Gulf Kingdom’s denial that it had given permission for Israel-bound flights to use its airspace.
Contents: Maldives president arrests Supreme Court justices to get favorable court ruling; Maldives crisis pits India vs China in the Indian Ocean
Hundreds of high-skilled Indians and Indian Americans rallied in front of the White House on Saturday in support of President Donald Trump’s merit-based immigration plan and called for ending the visa lottery system and chain migration while debunking the mainstream media’s attempts to label the commander-in-chief a racist.
A Bollywood film rumored to contain a romantic fantasy scene between a legendary Hindu queen and a Muslim conqueror opened to angry protests and vandalism on Thursday, even though the scene was not actually in the movie.
Churchgoers in Tamil Nadu, India, are protesting local officials after police ruled the death of Pastor Gideon Periyaswamy – found hanging in the church with visible signs of beatings – a “suicide.”
India reportedly tested a long-range ballistic missile last week, the subcontinent’s fifth such test, which traveled 3,000 miles and is capable of reaching China.
The chief of staff for India’s army appeared to downplay the presence of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the disputed Doklam region that lies near the border shared by the two rival nations.
Christians and other minorities in Pakistan are bolting away from the predominantly Muslim nation by the “thousands” as Islamabad ignores harassment at the hands of Islamic extremists, reports Asia Times.
A Chinese government spokesman asserted that the communist regime will “firmly safeguard territorial sovereignty” against India on Monday, responding to a top Indian general’s promise to “not allow our territory to be invaded upon” in the disputed Doklam region.
Contents: Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans; Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow
Indian police reportedly thwarted a repeated attempt by Chinese workers to build a road on the Indian side of the China-India international boundary months after the two rivaling nations de-escalated a standoff at the Doklam region that sits along their border.
Contents: Mongolia elects new president after highly nationalistic anti-China campaign; India to help construct Mongolia’s first oil refinery; Brief generational history of Mongolia
India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A new study finds that about 15.6 million abortions were performed in India in 2015, making the abortion rate in that country 47 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 49.
Contents: India kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir in revenge attack; Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security
The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and its rival al-Qaeda are engaged in a “fierce competition” for jihadi recruits in India, reports the Hindu.
Contents: Remembering the 1914 World War I Christmas Truce; The ‘anti-war movement’ in World War I; World War I vs World War II and World War III
In China, enjoying a Christmas party could mean jail time for the relatives of Communist Party Members.
The United States and its ally India have commenced bilateral efforts to pursue designations against terrorist groups and individuals as part of their shared commitment to combat jihadist organizations, announced the U.S. Department of State.
Contents: China resumes military buildup in Bhutan’s Doklam Plateau; Foreign ministers of China and India meet, and discuss Doklam; China’s media predict nuclear war in North Korea by March
Milton Friedman once said there is nothing as permanent as a temporary government program.
Contents: Communists score major election wins in Nepal, possibly moving country towards China; Nepal reacts to India’s bungled meddling over the new constitution
Beijing has deployed more military troops to the Doklam region that sits along the China-India border, which hosted a standoff between the two Asian rivals this year.
The foreign ministers of India, Russia and China pointedly avoided recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine during an annual meeting held in New Delhi a week after the U.S. recognized the city as Israel’s capital.
Contents: China alarmed by consequences of its CPEC investment in Pakistan — terrorism and corruption; China halts CPEC funds over concerns about corruption in Pakistan; Pakistan alarmed about a Chinese ‘debt trap’
Contents: Sri Lanka formally hands its southern seaport Hambantota over to China; India’s alarm grows over spread of China’s ‘Maritime Silk Road’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the British government to make a “full and formal” apology for the 1919 Amritsar massacre.
The embassy of Islamabad’s ally China, in an unsual security warning, cautioned its nationals in Pakistan that “terrorists” are planning to target them in a “series of attacks” soon.
An al-Qaeda faction in the disputed Kashmir region has reportedly urged Indian Muslims to engage in jihad against “Hindu extremists” and establish sharia law in the Himalayan area.
Senior White House Adviser Ivanka Trump said this week that one of the next items on the Trump administration’s agenda is paid family leave.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama was in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is, in part, a “ploy” to threaten the “already declining” U.S. influence in Asia and allow Beijing to continue using terrorism-linked Pakistan as a weapon against New Delhi, opines an ex-Indian foreign secretary in an editorial published by the Economic Times.
First Daughter Ivanka Trump, who serves as senior White House adviser to President Donald Trump, praised international efforts to improve and expand the role of women in parts of the developing world and lauded her father’s administration’s efforts to see this through during her speech at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, India, on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama embarked on a five-day trip to China, India, and France, where he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi before speaking at the introductory session of the Les Napoleons Summit in Paris.
