Toplines The PLA’s newest amphibious assault vessel, the Type 076 landing helicopter dock (LHD) Sichuan, could be equipped with as many as six GJ-21 naval stealth drones. The Type 076 will likely use the GJ-21 to support long-distance PLA Navy (PLAN) deployments. Photos circulating on Chinese social media showed Sichuan at an unknown location with a cloth-draped aircraft on its […]

The Taliban-run higher education ministry has begun issuing bachelor’s degrees to 325 madrassa graduates, including alumni of religious schools in Pakistan, according to a ministry statement and an official list. The ministry said the process started on Thursday, Feb. 12. Among those set to receive degrees are 10 graduates of what it described as “jihadi” madrassas. According to the list […]

Khalifa Sirajuddin Haqqani, Minister of Interior Affairs, says the officials of the Islamic Emirate have repeatedly emphasized that the security of Afghanistan is the security of the region and the world. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the sixth professional police course, Haqqani stated that insecurity in the region is insecurity for the entire world. Addressing the police officers, Haqqani […]

The South Caucasus – comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – is a small but geopolitically significant region, susceptible to intense competition between regional and global powers. It is also situated at a strategic crossroads between Russia, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which was followed by the expulsion of 120,000 ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan’s […]

Key Takeaway: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has expanded his military purges to include two of the seniormost officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Xi may have purged them because he saw them as undermining his leadership and military objectives. The continued purges have reduced the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2023 from seven members to […]

Toplines Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Security Xi Jinping has expanded his military purges to include two of the most senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers. Xi may have purged them because he saw them as undermining his leadership and military objectives. The continued purges have reduced the Central Military Commission (CMC) since 2023 from seven members to two members, […]

Talking about Islamabad’s past alignment with the US in Pakistan’s National Assembly, Asif said Pakistan often denied its terror history, calling it a “mistake committed by dictators in the past.” Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif accused Washington of ‘exploiting’ Pakistan for strategic interests and throwing it away ‘like a used piece of toilet paper’.

Islamabad: Capital catastrophe On February 6, 2025, at least 36 Shia worshippers were killed and more than 169 sustained injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the Khadijah al-Kubra Imambargah (Shia place of worship) in the Tarlai Kalan area on the outskirts of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). The explosion went off just as worshippers were offering Friday prayers. […]

Relations between Russia and Pakistan have come from the Cold War antagonism to a pragmatic partnership in the 21st century. Historically, Pakistan has been a key U.S. ally in South Asia, while the U.S.S.R. supported India. However, the change in the global geopolitical architecture, in particular, the formation of a multipolar world, the shift of the world economic center of […]

Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari has warned that the presence of militant groups in the region poses risks to global peace, and repeated Islamabad’s concerns regarding what it describes as the activities of “terrorist organisations operating from Afghanistan.” Zardari made the remarks in a statement issued Sunday, as he thanked world leaders for expressing solidarity with Pakistan following the recent […]