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Pakistan's police absorb the highest militant-attack death toll of any security force — 174 killed last year — yet earn a fraction of what army personnel make. A damning report in The Diplomat…
On the sidelines of high-stakes bilateral talks on semiconductors and clean energy, PM Modi paused to celebrate India's cultural…
INS Sagardhwani's back-to-back port calls in Vietnam and Malaysia — combining hydrographic expert exchanges, onboard system…
Nine years after signing a BRI cooperation MoU with China, Nepal has not a single delivered project to show — not even the…
Despite political instability easing after Bangladesh's 2024 transition, the economy has failed to gain momentum in Q1 2026. High…
Iran's President Pezeshkian has written directly to Pope Leo to praise his 'moral stance' against US-Israeli military action — a…
Standing before a cheering diaspora crowd in The Hague, Modi turned a foreign-visit address into a sweeping defence of Indian…
Pakistan's economy grew 3.7% this fiscal year — below both the government's 4% target and the State Bank's own projection. The…
India's Prime Minister Modi wasted no time in reaching out to Iraq's newly sworn-in PM Ali al-Zaidi, whose partial Cabinet —…
