Iran reports downing third Israeli jet, two pilots in custody

June 14, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Iran’s Army has reported shooting down a third Israeli F-35 fighter jet, likely using Iranian-made air defence systems, the Tehran Times reported on Friday, citing national television. The report said the pilot ejected and was captured in western Iran. According to the Tehran Times, three F-35s have been downed since Israel began […]Continue Reading

Sunday’s US-Iran nuclear talks cancelled, Oman says

June 14, 2025

The latest round of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for Sunday in Muscat will not take place, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said on X on Saturday. Oman has been mediating the talks, Reuters reports. Albusaidi’s statement came a day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against Iran, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear […]Continue Reading

Iran launches waves of missiles at Israel in response to airstrikes

June 14, 2025

Iran and Israel targeted each other with missiles and airstrikes early on Saturday after Israel launched its biggest-ever air offensive against its longtime foe in a bid to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon, Reuters reports. Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel’s two largest cities, sending residents rushing into shelters […]Continue Reading

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted dozens of targets in Israel

June 13, 2025

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel in retaliation for the latter’s biggest attacks ever against Iran, Reuters reports.Continue Reading

Revealed: How Mizoram became entry point for mercenaries headed to Myanmar

June 12, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK In June last year, Mizoram police arrested Daniel Newey at Aizawl’s Lengpui airport. The Britisher, returning from Myanmar, had one live bullet in his bag – a crime punishable under the Arms Act, 1960 – but not the kind of news anyone would normally follow, according to The Times of India. The […]Continue Reading

13 suspected Bangladeshi infiltrators detained in Tripura

June 4, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK In a development that has raised fresh concerns over border security, NDTV reports that thirteen individuals, including two women, have been detained by Amtali police from a residence on the outskirts of Agartala, Tripura. Authorities suspect they illegally entered from Bangladesh. According to the Indian news channel, after extended interrogation by Continue Reading

India landslide kills three soldiers after heavy rains

June 2, 2025

Torrential rains in northeast India resulted in a deadly landslide that crushed and killed three soldiers with six more missing, the Indian army said Monday, AFP reports. Flash floods and landslides in the annual monsoon rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s northeast states in the past week. The landslide that killed the […]Continue Reading

Pakistan’s President Zardari hosts Tigers, says ‘need to mend hearts’ over 1971

June 1, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK President Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan intends to forge strong bilateral relations with Bangladesh in all areas including commerce, trade, sports, culture, and people-to-people ties, Pakistan’s The Nation reported on Sunday. Speaking at a reception hosted for the Bangladesh and Pakistan men’s cricket teams at the Governor’s House in Punjab Continue Reading

AA kills Myanmar Junta general near Kyaukphyu

May 30, 2025

A regime general was killed in fighting around the port of Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State as the Arakan Army (AA) advances on the Chinese investment hub this week, The Irrawaddy reports Fighting was reported around Pyaing Si Kay village on the Kyaukphyu-Ramree road, 5km south of Kyaukphyu town, with the AA seizing several junta positions […]Continue Reading

Bangladesh’s ‘chicken necks’ more vulnerable than India’s, says Assam CM

May 25, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that Bangladesh has two narrow land corridors similar to India’s Siliguri Corridor, which he described as “far more vulnerable”. According to a report by Hindustan Times, Sarma made the remarks in a post on social media platform X on Sunday, stating that those who […]Continue Reading