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United States concerns of the safety in India rise after an attempted murder on a Sikh leader

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-forms-committee-look-into-security-concerns-raised-by-us-2023-11-29/ In recent days the United States has become increasingly worried about the security within New Delieh. This comes as a Sikh leader had an assignation attempt. This adds some tension to the United States and India’s relationship while both countries are trying to become closer to help fight against the rise of China. When the United States first warned… Read more »

Pakistan military kills four people in a militant group during recent raid, causing militant group to escape to Afghanistan.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/pakistani-army-kills-4-militants-during-raid-along-border-with-afghanistan/articleshow/105330272.cms Recently, the Pakistan military killed four people in an overnight raid. This raid happened to occur extremely close to the Afghanistan border causing the Pakistani army to believe that some of the militant groups that once resided in Pakistan were seeking haven in Afghanistan. In the past, the Pakistani army has been trying to crack down on these militant… Read more »

India and Australia having diplomatic meetings to close ties

https://apnews.com/article/india-australia-ministerial-dialogue-b608378b4a8e88e2d4db834947adeb53 This article explains the significance of Australia and India meeting in the coming days. Over the past couple of years, Australia and India’s relationship has become closer. In 2020 their relationship upgraded becoming a more strategic and economic partnership. They did this in part with Japan and the United States under the idea of trying to prevent China’s rising… Read more »

Pakistan forces thousands of illegal Afganistan immigrants to go back to Afganistan.

https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-migrants-crackdown-abd36357829a5e995842f6486053a089 Recently Pakistan has decided that they will no longer tolerate illegal immigrants in their country. This has led to hundreds of thousands of Afghans being forced back to Afghanistan. This is an issue because many of those who left Afghanistan for Pakistan were looking for a haven. This is because when the Taliban took over Afghanistan the people no… Read more »

India and Russia both benefit of off Indias consumption of Russian fuel.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/russias-sept-fuel-oil-vgo-exports-india-hit-record-high-traders-data-2023-10-27/ This article explains the rapid increase in India’s oil consumption from Russia. Since the EU no longer lets countries take Russian oil as a way to try to slow Russia down economically, Russia is now forced to find new trade partners. These trade partners include countries in Asia, a big one being China, Croatia which even under EU embargo… Read more »

India and Sri Lanka make deals to trade more

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-sri-lanka-resume-talks-for-economic-and-technology-cooperation-agreement/articleshow/104894734.cms The article is about recent talks between the Sri Lankan and Indian governments. In these meetings, they discussed trade levels. In 2000 both countries had agreed to free trade with one another and since then have traded extensively back and forth. However, the main point of this discussion is the start of talking about a technological agreement. This agreement… Read more »