The Diplomat1d
Geonomics, Not Geopolitics is Driving Pakistan’s Courting of Bangladesh
It is part of Islamabad’s effort to enhance and diversify economic relations in its immediate neighborhood, focusing on trade ...
Anadolu Ajansi13d
Taipei urges pope against excluding Taiwan from international stage for political reasons
Taiwan on Friday urged Pope Francis against excluding Taipei from the international stage for reasons of politics. “I earnestly hope that international organizations will stop excluding Taiwan ...
India.com14d
Big tension for Pakistan as India becomes favourite place of Afghanistan for…, last 10 months witness record…
Pakistan-Taliban war: In a worrying development for Pakistan — which has been at odds with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, which even triggered fears of a full-blown Pakistan-Taliban war ...
Business Standard14d
Budget 2025: Maldives gets more aid from India, but what about Bangladesh?
Increased assistance to Maldives after diplomatic thaw India’s financial ... India has reduced its financial assistance to Afghanistan from Rs 200 crore in the previous financial year to Rs 100 crore ...
The Financial Express14d
Budget 2025: Ministry of External Affairs reduces foreign aid for Afghanistan, Myanmar; Maldives, African nations see boost – Check full list here
India has increased its aid to the Maldives from Rs 470 crore to Rs 600 ... signals renewed efforts to restore bilateral cooperation. Afghanistan’s aid allocation has halved, dropping from ...
Toronto Star14d
AP Interview: Zelenskyy says excluding Ukraine from US-Russia talks about war is ‘very dangerous’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that excluding his country from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the war in Ukraine would be “very dangerous ...
ThePrint14d
Maldives, Afghanistan see increase in aid, Myanmar grant cut in Budget 2025
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget presented Saturday saw an increase in development assistance to Afghanistan and Myanmar, while aid to Myanmar was cut. In the 2025-2026 ...
Mint14d
Budget 2025: India’s aid to Maldives zooms as ties thaw— check allocation for Bangladesh, Bhutan and Afghanistan
In 2024, India had significantly slashed the amount of aid given to the Maldives by 48 per cent — compared to ₹770 crore allotted in 2023. Does the latest spike in the assistance hint at ...
scmp.com14d
18 killed in Balochistan attack on Pakistan paramilitary
Eighteen paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants were killed in fighting in southwestern Pakistan, the military’s media wing said in a statement on Saturday. The militants had tried to set up ...
The Straits Times14d
Old India-Pakistan rivalry drives South Asia diplomatic reshuffle
NEW DELHI – Old rivalries between India and Pakistan ... Afghanistan’s Taliban while Islamabad befriends the new leaders of post-revolutionary Bangladesh. Diplomatic dynamics in South Asia ...
Yahoo14d
18 paramilitary soldiers killed by militants in south-west Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Eighteen paramilitary soldiers and 24 militants were killed in fighting in south-western Pakistan ... which borders Iran and Afghanistan, has been the scene of a decade ...