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Growing Defense Relationship between Japan and Bangladesh. The geopolitical situation is bringing out the strategic aspects of Bangladesh-Japan relations, including a new focus on security cooperation.
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Iran's Rouhani urges Pakistan not to jeopardize relations with neighbours.
India-US Relations Latest: Treasury Secretary Yellen looks to India for ‘friend-shoring’ Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 were top issues for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as she met with Indian government and business leaders in New Delhi
Iran Protests Hijab: Security forces struggle to suppress unrest. The Basij militia and other security forces have taken tough measures hoping to suppress the unrest but the fury has not eased.
Sri Lanka Crisis: How did we get here? The growing economic crisis started a series of protests that began on March 31 and that culminated in the storming of the president’s residence on July 9.
Hiroshima mayor calls for nuclear disarmament. The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people. It dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing another 70,000.
Taliban seize two more Afghan provincial capitals in north. The insurgents have snatched up four provincial capitals since Friday in a rapid offensive that appears to have overwhelmed government forces.
International Military News: Russia to Hold Military Drills Near Afghan Border in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. The commander of Russia’s Central Military District said on July 19 that Russia would hold drills with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in early August.
Afghan troops flee to neighbouring countries as Taliban continue advance. The US and the UK are preparing to end their 20-year-long presence in Afghanistan while some of Central Asia’s impoverished nations are bracing for spillover from unrest.
India blocks China-made wireless device imports: Report. India has held up approvals for import of wifi modules from China for months, driving companies such as United States-based computer makers Dell and HP and China’s Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo and Lenovo to delay product launches in a key growth market, two industry sources have told the Reuters news agency.
4 Die in Clashes Set Off by India’s Modi Visiting Bangladesh. The casualties happened after students from a prominent madrasa or Islamic school and members of an Islamist group clashed with police in the southeastern district of Chattogram.
Human Rights violation in Sri Lanka: UN Rights Body Adopt Sri Lanka Resolution in Key Vote. The resolution, pertaining to Tamil minority rights in the country and the devastating civil war in the island nation, asks “the [Sri Lankan] government to ensure prompt, thorough and impartial investigation, and if warranted, prosecution of all alleged crimes relating to human rights violations and serious violations of international human rights law.”
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