The Strait of Hormuz appeared on Wednesday to be set for opening following announcements by the US and Iran that the blockades on the waterway crucial to the global economy was being lifted. After US
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India has rebuffed Canadian spying claims, terming them “baseless imputations”, and asserted that it is not India’s policy to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. India also urged Can
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Inside the brutal purge of China: Former Defence Ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe sentenced to death for graft
As part of the most dramatic intensification of President Xi Jinping's decade-long crackdown on corruption, China has handed down death sentences to two former defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and Li Sha
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At least five civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, a leading human rights organisation statedThese latest incidents come against the backdrop of a growing wave of en
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US President Donald Trump on May 8 confirmed that American and Iranian forces exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, claiming three US Navy destroyers successfully crossed the strategic waterway afte
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Iran enforces new ‘sovereign’ transit rules in Strait of Hormuz; mandates prior permits for vessels
Iran has launched a new regulatory mechanism to assert control over maritime traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, implementing a system that requires vessels to secure prior authorisation b
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