United States soon "will face a China insistent on having a greater voice in global interactions, which at times may be antithetical to US interests" per @DefenseIntel's LtGen Ashley
"China is building a robust, lethal force with capabilities spanning the air, maritime, space and information domains which will enable China to impose its will in the region" per @DefenseIntel's LtGen Ashley
Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 - 99km ESE of Pondaguitan, Philippines
US, Australia begin anti-submarine exercise in Guam.
9 Kashmir youth accused of working for IS affiliate handed over to NIA
22 people killed and 120 people injured in Green Village attack. Two Indians among the dead. Two Germans and two Greeks wounded.
Uzbek security service detained four police officers from regional directorate of internal affairs in Andijan province for allegedly engaging in racketeering of local businesses, including torture of entrepreneurs.
2 year agoRussia continues to prop up weakest links in Central Asian regional security. This time it's the transfer of 123 units of automotive equipment (mainly all-terrain trucks for transporting cargo and military personnel) to Kyrgyzstan.
BSF officer killed by Pakistani sniper firing in Kathua, Kashmir
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 150km ENE of Hachijo-jima, Japan
2 year agoTajikistan's security services reportedly claimed that the former head of the Tajik riot police and Islamic State commander Gulmurod Khalimov was preparing an invasion from northern Afghanistan
China warns citizens they risk 'arbitrary detention' in Canada
2 year agoNastya Rybka to walk free after months in prison in Thailand - she and other Russians at sex classes got suspended sentences.
Canada's foreign ministry issued a travel warning to its citizens in China over "the risk of arbitrary enforcement of local laws"
Australia PM set for Pacific trip as China influence expands
India condemns Taliban attack in Kabul. India's Ministry of External Affairs says in a statement that an Indian national is among those who lost their lives in the attack.
KCNA: "The whole course of the Korean revolution is a history of heroic strugglein the face of the worst-ever difficultyThe moves of the hostile forces to suffocate the DPRK went only to help the Korean people work with redoubled efforts in the spirit of self-reliance."
2 year agoActivists and families of Missing Persons Of Sindh protested outside Karachi Press Club against d police raid in the house of @Sasui92 on an attempt to abduct her brother Singhar Lohar. Protesters r demanding the release of all missing persons and an end to this impunity.
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will attend Vibrant Gujarat international investment summit as a key
2 year agoTaliban attack kills four, injures over a hundred in Kabul
Islamic State Claims Assassinating A Special Forces Member In Kabul.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 276km NNW of Saumlaki, Indonesia
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 32km E of Sibolga, Indonesia
2 year agoWeapons cache found by ANDSF commando forces in Kharwar district Logar
2 year agoANDSF forces and militia troops operations in Khwaja Sabz district Faryab
Taliban Official Tells VOA Peace Talks With US Stalled
2 year agoUS CNO ADM Richardson met Shen Jinlong and Qiu Yanpeng, cmdr and dep cmdr of China's PLAN Navy, while on an official visit to Beijing. It was a "constructive and candid discussion," CNO said.
At least 5 people killed. At least 54 people wounded, -security sources in PD9 in Kabul city
2 year agoThe Kabul explosion update video by @1TVNewsAF, by the video The security forces surrounded the area and closed all the street.
More than 40 people are wounded in today's explosion in district 9th Kabul, this evening.
2 year agoKazakhstan's Committee of National Security (KNB) reports that on 10 January, its operatives carried out raid in Almaty and arrested group of six foreigners (all citizens of unidentified Central Asian states), who are suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in Kazakhstan.
Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirms that a truck bomb explosion happened near Green Village compound in Kabul's PD9.
2 year ago"We're doing very well with China," says @POTUS, expressing confidence for a trade deal.
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 116km NE of Arzak, China
Canadian Robert Schellenberg has been sentenced to death on drug trafficking charges after prosecutors in China asked for a tougher penalty than at his original trial, says CBC's Sasa Petricic @sasapetricic.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: the issue of sovereignty over the Kuril Islands is not being discussed, it was, is and will be the territory of Russia. At the same time, Moscow has patience and willingness to reach mutually acceptable agreements on a peace treaty (without transferring the Kurils).
Japan must recognize all disputed islands as Russian to move forward peace talks: Lavrov
"China must not be soft at this point. Beijing will not bully Warsaw.but the latter must pay for the offense" - Chinese state-run daily warns Poland there will be repercussions over the arrest of a Huawei employee
