Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir promoted to field marshal

May 21, 2025

Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir will be promoted to the rank of field marshal, the prime minister’s office said in a statement on Tuesday, the first time in almost 60 years that a general has been elevated to the role, Reuters reports. His promotion, which was approved by the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

Spanish premier calls Israel ‘genocidal state,’ says Spain ‘does not do business’ with it

May 17, 2025

The Spanish prime minister on Wednesday described Israel as a “genocidal state” and said Spain “does not do business with such a country,” marking his strongest language yet on the issue, Anadolu Agency reports. During a parliamentary question-and-answer session in Madrid, Pedro Sanchez responded to criticism from Gabriel Rufian, a Catalan member of Continue Reading

Detained ‘Bangladeshis’ transferred to Tripura; Push-backs likely

May 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Several individuals identified as “Bangladeshi nationals” by Indian authorities have been transferred to Tripura, raising the possibility of renewed push-back operations into Bangladesh, BBC Bangla reports. Following the recent militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, law enforcement agencies across various Indian states have intensified Continue Reading

At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency

May 17, 2025

Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency, CNN reports. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah said Wednesday. Describing the […]Continue Reading

US would make Gaza a ‘freedom zone’, Trump says in Qatar

May 17, 2025

President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his desire to take over the Gaza Strip, telling a business roundtable in Qatar that the U.S. would “make it a freedom zone” and arguing there was nothing left to save in the Palestinian territory, Reuters reports. Trump first pitched his Gaza idea in February, saying the U.S. would […]Continue Reading

Israeli onslaught kills scores in Gaza as Trump visits Gulf

May 17, 2025

Israeli military strikes killed at least 85 people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian medics said, as the United States and Arab mediators pushed for a ceasefire deal and U.S. President Donald Trump visited the Middle East, Reuters reports. Most of the victims, including women and children, were killed in Khan Younis in southern […]Continue Reading

India rejects China’s latest renaming of places in Arunachal border state

May 15, 2025

India said on Wednesday that it rejects China’s move to rename places in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh where the Asian neighbours share a border, adding that the Himalayan territory was an integral part of India, Reuters reports. Beijing has renamed places in Arunachal Pradesh in the past as well and the issue has […]Continue Reading

Pakistan says it is committed to truce with India, vows to respond to aggression

May 13, 2025

Pakistan said on Tuesday that it remains committed to the truce with India, agreed after four days of intense fighting last week, but vowed to respond to any future aggression by New Delhi with full resolve, Reuters reports. The comments from Islamabad came in response to an address to the nation by Indian Prime Minister […]Continue Reading

How India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink with US-brokered ceasefire

May 13, 2025

At 2.09 a.m. on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison city of Rawalpindi, heard the first explosion that rattled the windows of his house – and took South Asia to the brink of war, REUTERS REPORTS. As dawn broke, the heaviest fighting in decades between nuclear-armed India […]Continue Reading

US agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion arms package

May 13, 2025

The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it “the largest defense cooperation agreement” Washington has ever done, Reuters reports. The agreement, signed during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh, covers deals with […]Continue Reading