Iran delivered 1,000 domestically-produced drones to its army on Monday The unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), designed and manufactured by the Defence Ministry, were distributed to combat units across various regions of the country, the report said. At a handover ceremony, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said the drones would strengthen Iran’s ability...
About 92,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders due to the Los Angeles wildfires in the western United States, and another 89,000 are under evacuation warnings, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters on Monday. At least 25 people have died and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted...
The UK government on Tuesday told Parliament that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks with India have been relaunched to deliver a joint ambition of taking the bilateral relationship to “even greater heights”. During a debate on UK economic growth in the House of Commons, British Indian Labour MP Jeevun...
In a major infrastructural push, India has developed a railway technology that no other country currently has. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the hydrogen fuel-powered train engine developed by Indian Railways is the most powerful engine in the world. He further informed that only four countries globally manufacture...
The Xi Jinping-led Chinese government has expressed concern over the appointment of Uyghur fighters to high-ranking military positions such as Brigadier General and Colonel in Syria. Notably, these are the fighters associated with the separatist organization "Turkistan Islamic Party" (TIP) from China's Uyghur Muslim-majority region, Xinjiang. "China is concerned about...
AS REBELS STORMED across Syria late last year, eventually toppling the country’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, some were accompanied by fighters from a foreign militant organisation—one with ambitions that extend far beyond Damascus. These men had roots in the Chinese region of Xinjiang and were members of the Turkistan Islamic Party...
Japan has requested to purchase over a thousand AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air missiles from the American government, and their request has been approved. Here we present what exactly the Land of the Rising Sun will receive. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), part of the Pentagon, announced the approval for a potential sale...
This act, which was first enacted on 17 June 2020 and applauded by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), will now remain in force for at least a decade. In accordance with the 2020 Act, the US has implemented Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions against 12 individuals responsible for atrocity...
Commemorating the 20th anniversary of Quad cooperation, India, Australia, Japan, and the United States highlighted the grouping’s origins in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Emphasising the Quad’s evolution from a disaster relief collaboration to a strategic partnership, the four nations reaffirmed their shared vision for a free,...
The American-Uyghur community received a parting present from President Joe Biden: a renewal of Global Magnitsky human rights sanctions that ensures that the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, which was due to sunset next year, stays in place till at least mid-2030. “It’s a gift of hope for Uyghurs,” Omer...