Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Hasina’s boy and former government adviser, claimed that unexplained foreign troops supported the demonstrations, for which he provided no supporting evidence. ” I believe, at this point, it is from beyond Bangladesh”, he said over the weekends. Just an intelligence agency would be able to smuggle andContinue Reading
BEIJING: China supports Iran in defending its” sovereignty, security and national dignity”, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told Iran’s acting foreign minister in a phone call on Sunday ( Aug 11 ), according to a statement by China’s foreign ministry. Wang repeated Beijing’s criticism of the July 31 killing ofContinue Reading
Vietnam’s foreign ministry stated on Thursday ( Aug 8 ) that it supports Cambodia’s plan to construct a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in investigating the canal’s potential negative effects. According to the Thai government, the US$ 1.7 billionContinue Reading
Beijing authorities have detained a person who is suspected of making offensive remarks about Chinese players and coaches following the women’s table golf women’s singles final at the Paris Olympics, according to the police. The suspect, a 29-year-old surnamed He, “maliciously fabricated information and blatantly defamed others, resulting in aContinue Reading
Different Regulations That, according to right organizations, reflects a style of discrimination against Muslim athletes at all levels. ” If France wants to show they’re inclusive, then the very simple people rights-compliant way forward is to stop these types of prohibitions”, said Anna Blus, female justice scholar at Amnesty International.Continue Reading
“GOD’S OWN COUNTRY” Kerala, a sliver of land between the Western Ghat mountains to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west, is one of the most scenic states in India, and is advertised as “God’s Own Country”. But it has witnessed nearly 60 per cent of the 3,782Continue Reading
On Sunday, foreign and defence ministers from Japan and the US announced several measures to address what they said was an “evolving security environment”, noting various threats from China including its muscular maritime activities.
The allies described China as the “greatest strategic challenge” facing the Indo-Pacific region, calling Beijing’s behaviour in the South and East China Seas “provocative”.
America said it would revamp its military command in Japan from what is largely an administrative headquarters to a joint operational one.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called this upgrade the “most significant change” to US Forces Japan since its creation. The headquarters will serve as a counterpart to the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Operations Command, which is set to go into effect in March 2025.
Austin said the command upgrade was “not based on any threat from China” but reflected the allies’ desire to work more closely and effectively.
“The strategy of coordination that Japan and the United States are trying to enhance is really significant,” Kei Koga, Associate Professor at the Public Policy and Global Affairs Programme in Nanyang Technological University’s School of Social Sciences, told CNA’s East Asia Tonight programme.
“The coordination of military planning and policy planning together – they could actually (build on the) effectiveness of the joint cooperation among the agencies in Japan.”
Koga noted that both countries have “really similar” perspectives on China, with a long history of cooperation in terms of defence, politics and diplomacy.
A 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague found that Beijing’s expansive claims had no basis under international law. The case was brought to the court by the Philippines, and China rejects the ruling. Under the proposed 2025 budget, the Philippine Coast Guard, which has beenContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier died fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, one of his relatives said on Monday (Jul 29), the fifth confirmed death so far of an Indian citizen in the conflict. Hundreds of Indians are among the thousands of foreign soldiers Moscow is believed to have hired toContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday ( Jul 26 ) that Pakistan is trying to stay relevant through “terrorism” and “proxy war” but its “unholy plans” will never succeed. India has long accused Pakistan of backing insurgents fighting its rule in Kashmir, the Himalayan place, bothContinue Reading