Daily News Brief
March 26, 2024 (Tuesday)
GLOBAL
Asia Pacific
1. Kim Jong Un
Visits Tank Unit and Touts War Preparations. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a
tank exercise and encouraged his armored forces to sharpen war preparations in
the face of growing tensions with South Korea, the North’s state media said.
2. US Eyes
Change to Military Command in Japan as China Threat Looms. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime
Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military cooperation,
including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington's East Asia
command structure in decades, two sources said.
Russia/Europe/West
3. Russia
Launches Another Missile Attack on Kyiv. Ukraine Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk said Russia had launched
two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea and that both had been intercepted
by the air defenses.
4. No Evidence
of Ukraine's Involvement in Moscow Mass Shooting: EU. The
European Union is concerned about the Kremlin attempts to put the blame on
Ukraine for the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow.
REGIONAL
India/South Asia
5. Indian
Forces’ Constable Injured in Attack by Naxal Rebels. According to Kashmir
Media Service, the activities of Maoist rebels have intensified in Chhattisgarh
state before the Lok Sabha elections, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
6. Indian Navy
Hosts Six-Day Joint Defence Exercise ‘Tiger Triumph’ in Kakinada. Indian Navy is all set
to host the six-day ‘Tiger Triumph’ — a bilateral tri-service Humanitarian
Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) amphibious exercise — on the Kakinada
coast from 26 Mar.
IIOJK
7. Kashmir Historian Blames India for Committing
‘Memoricide’ in IIOJK. Kashmiri historian Hafsa Kanjwal has blamed India for committing
“memoricide” and repression in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
(IIOJK).
8. New Delhi Warns Kashmiri Govt Employees against
Social Media Criticism. In what appears to be another tactic employed by the Modi-led Indian
regime to dismiss Kashmiri government employees under various pretexts, New
Delhi has issued a fresh warning against using social media to criticize its
policies and actions.
Afghanistan
9. Taliban Forcibly Evicts Leader of Hezb-e-Islami
Party From His Kabul Residence.
The Taliban has forcibly evicted Gulbuddin
Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Party, from his home and office,
asserting that these properties are state-owned assets.
10. The Leader of ISIS Group Linked to Moscow Attack has
Global Ambitions. Sanaullah
Ghafari, the 29-year-old leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, has
overseen its transformation into one of the most fearsome branches of the
global Islamist network, capable of operations far from its bases in the
borderlands of Afghanistan.
Middle
East/Africa
11. UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Demanding
Immediate Gaza Ceasefire.
The United Nations Security Council has demanded an immediate ceasefire between
Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza and the immediate and
unconditional release of all hostages as the United States abstained from the
vote.
12. Houthis
Warns of Targeting Saudi Arabia if Riyadh Colludes with US.
“We
conveyed a message to Saudi Arabia that it would be a target [for Yemen’s
retaliatory strikes] if it allowed the US aircraft to use its territories or
airspace in the aggression on Yemen,” Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of
Yemen’s Supreme Political Council said at an interview with al-Masirah.
Iran
13. Sanctions Obstruct Iran-Iraq Oil Field
Collaboration. As collaboration between Iran and Iraq on oil
field development continues, experts are highlighting the significant
challenges posed by sanctions in the process.
14. Iranian Army
Navy Presence in High Seas Ensures Shipping Security: Commander. The Army Navy Commander for Coordinating
Affairs Admiral Babak Balouch said that Iranian destroyers and warships have
had a constant presence in the route that connects the Gulf of Aden and the Red
Sea.
INTERNAL
Security
15. Outlaw
Arrested in Bannu Operation: Police.
According to sources, the CTD and Bannu police collaborated in a joint
operation targeting the Sarwar Fatah Khel area of Bannu. The operation involved
sealing all roads leading to Fatah Khel.
Economy
16. Pakistan
Absent from IMF Executive Board Meeting Agenda. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF)
Executive Board has issued its calendar, outlining meetings until 3 April, with
Pakistan’s case absent from the agenda.
17. SIFC
Approves Pakistan’s Largest IT Park in Islamabad. The IT Park will cover an extensive area of
3.3 acres and will be built in the G-10 sector of Islamabad.
Politics
14. Pakistani
Trade Delegation Visits Kabul in Sign of Easing Tensions over Cross-Border
Attacks. A delegation
from Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce arrived in Kabul to meet its Afghan
counterparts to discuss how to improve trade relations, after tensions have
risen over cross-border militant attacks.
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