Daily News Brief
February 15, 2024 (Thursday)
Asia Pacific
1. Japan PM
Kishida Plans South Korea Visit.
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting South Korea on 20 Mar,
broadcaster Fuji TV reported. Kishida seeks to meet President Yoon Suk Yeol and
discuss issues including North Korea ahead of the South Korean legislative
election in April.
2. North Korea Fires
Multiple Cruise Missiles Off Its East Coast: South Korea Military. North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off
its east coast South Korea’s military said. The missiles were launched off the
eastern coastal city of Wonsan, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said.
Russia/Europe/West
3. NATO Chief
Says U.S. Needs Allies after Trump Comments. NATO said that Europe had increased its
spending on defense and the United States needed allies, days after former
President Donald Trump suggested that Washington might not protect countries
that did not spend enough.
4. Ukraine Says it Sank Russian Large Landing Warship in Black Sea . Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel’s port side and caused it to sink, Kyiv’s military spy agency and armed forces said.
India/South Asia
5. PM Modi Holds
Bilateral Meetings with UAE Counterpart, Madagascar President on Sidelines of
World Government Summit. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his UAE counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, and discussed a wide range of areas of bilateral cooperation
including trade and investment.
6. Manipur Armouries
Targeted by Mobs, 1 Shot Dead.
The state this week has been witnessing intense gunfights, particularly in the
peripheral areas of Meitei-majority Imphal East district and Kuki-Zomi-majority
Kangpokpi district.
7. Tear Gas
Fired, Farmers Injured at Punjab-Haryana border. Protesting farmers of
various unions started marching towards the national capital. The Delhi Police
deployed at the borders are as of now guarding the borders and ensuring the
maintenance of law and order amid the farmers’ ‘Delhi chalo’ call.
IIOJK
8. APHC Urges
UN, HR Bodies To Take Note Of Kashmiri Political Prisoners’ Plight The All Parties
Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has appealed to the United Nations and international
human rights organizations to take serious note of victimization of illegally
detained Kashmiri political prisoners languishing in various jails of occupied
Jammu and Kashmir and India.
9. Indian Magazine Contests Modi Govt Order to Remove
Report on Army’s Torture & Murder of Civilians in IIOJK. The Caravan magazine, India’s leading platform
for investigative journalism, has contested a Modi government order to take
down its story on torture and death of civilians at the hands of the Indian
army in Poonch district of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Afghanistan
10. Central Asian, EU Envoys Set to Meet on
Afghanistan. Special
representatives of Central Asian countries and the European Union (EU) are all
set to a meeting on Afghanistan during which economic and social issues will be
discussed.
11. Kabul,
Tehran Discuss Border Security Cooperation. The Ministry of Defence says security officials
from Afghanistan and Iran have discussed border issues and bilateral
cooperation.
Middle
East/Africa
12. Turkey’s Erdogan Lands in Cairo on First Visit Since
2012 . Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived
in the Egyptian capital on his first visit since 2012, sealing a thaw in ties
between the regional heavyweights.
13. Israel’s Military Says It Began ‘Series’ Of
Airstrikes In Lebanon. The Israeli military said its fighter jets “began a
series of strikes in Lebanon,” raising fears of a war between the two countries
after months of cross-border fire.
Iran
14. ‘Sabotage Attacks’ On Iran’s Gas Pipelines Cause
Major Disruptions. The scale of damage and disruption caused by
multiple gas pipeline explosions in Iran became increasingly apparent, as homes
and industries in several large provinces were impacted.
15. White House Tells Politicians Not to Help Iran by
Blocking Ukraine Aid. The Biden
administration is pressuring the House of Representatives to approve more
funding for Ukraine, saying a failure to do so would amount to helping Russia
and Iran.
PAKISTAN
Security
16. CJP Isa Directs
Police to Handle Blasphemy Cases 'Diligently'. Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa
directed the police to ensure that “religion is not used for personal purposes”
and emphasized handling blasphemy cases “with diligence”.
17. CTD Arrests
Banned Daesh Terrorist from Sahiwal. Sources
in CTD said that explosive material IED, prima card, detonator, battery,
electric circuit and cash recovered from possession of the terrorist who was
nabbed from Sarwar Chowk on Faisalabad Road.
Economy
18. Shares at
PSX Gain More than 900 Points over Clarity on Political Front. Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)
traded in the green over clarity on the political front, gaining more than 900
points.
19. Economic
Coordination Committee Defers Plan to Recover Rs100bn from Gas Consumers. While approving an already allocated Rs7.5
billion subsidy package for the upcoming Ramazan, the Economic Coordination
Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet could not decide how to recover Rs100bn in
additional money from gas consumers in the remaining four and a half months of
the current fiscal year as the commerce minister pressed for reducing
cross-subsidisation burden on industry.
Politics
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