Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has seen an exponential increase in drug use in recent years. During the first week of 2026, a number of narcotics-related arrests and recoveries in the Union Territory (UT) included: On January 7, Police recovered 4.5 kilograms of charas during routine patrolling in the Kulpora area of Pulwama District and arrested one peddler, Parvez Ahmed Dar. […]

Since the ouster of elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on August 5, 2024, Bangladesh has been experiencing political volatility, social turmoil, and an endless spate of violence. With around a month remaining before the 13th National Parliamentary Elections, scheduled to be held on February 12, 2026, law enforcement agencies have identified more than one-third of Bangladesh’s polling centres as ‘risky’. […]

Turkey’s intelligence service has detained a senior member of Islamic State in a region near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Turkish media reported. Broadcaster TRT and other Turkish outlets identified the detainee as Mohammad Goren, also known by the alias Yahya, describing him as a prominent figure within the militant group. According to the reports, Goren had previously travelled […]

Toplines The PRC is using the US capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to portray the United States as a hypocritical rogue actor and elevate its own global image. PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) spokesperson Lin Jian condemned the US operation and called it a violation of international law on January 5.[1] PRC MFA spokesperson Mao Ning echoed […]

La Chine a acquis une position dominante dans le secteur des minéraux critiques en Afrique grâce à des investissements à long terme dans les capacités d’extraction et de raffinage, ce qui rend difficile pour les pays africains de progresser dans la chaîne de valeur. La demande mondiale en minéraux critiques (nickel, graphite, manganèse, cobalt, cuivre, lithium et minéraux de terres […]

China’s Hurricane 3000 truck-mounted microwave weapon reportedly out-ranges US equivalents, targeting drones and swarms with high-power, wide-area interception. China is slowly lifting the curtain on the Hurricane 3000, a truck-mounted high-power microwave weapon designed to counter drones at ranges that allegedly exceed comparable US systems. The system made a brief but striking public appearance during China’s large-scale military parade in […]

Germany and India are slated to push forward talks on a potential $8-billion program as Berlin and New Delhi explore cooperation on building six German-designed conventional submarines for the Indian Navy. The discussions are expected to feature during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s two-day visit to New Delhi in mid-January, where defense ties will be a central agenda, according to local […]

In just the first week of 2026, Punjab recorded four consecutive targeted killings, reflecting both continuity and escalation in the state’s entrenched patterns of complex violence, and exposing serious deficiencies in the law-and-order framework. The assailants’ evident impunity underscores the rising audacity of transnational organized crime and gangster networks interlinked with pro-Khalistan extremist elements, narcotics trafficking, and local political rivalries. […]

New Delhi: Oil seems to be the buzzword in 2026, with Donald Trump not shying away from expressing America’s desire to have maximum control over the non-renewable and scarce resource. Be it the military action in Venezuela to “capture” and arrest Nicolas Maduro or be it approving the bill that would allow the Trump regime to slap tariffs up to […]