Daily News Brief
May 29, 2024 (Wednesday)
GLOBAL
Asia Pacific
1. China Lauds
Sheikh Hasina’s Bold Refusal of Foreign Military Base. China praised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina for rejecting a foreign military base, viewing it as a testament to the
strong national spirit and independence of the Bangladeshi people after she
revealed she was offered assured re-election in exchange for allowing a foreign
airbase, a proposal she declined to safeguard national sovereignty.
2. Chinese
Military Shows Off Rifle-Mounted Robot Dogs at Joint Exercise with Cambodia. China’s army has a new weapon in its arsenal:
four-legged robot dogs with rifles mounted on their back, exhibited during its
Golden Dragon training with Cambodia.
Russia/Europe/West
3. Belgium
Pledges $1 Billion in Military Aid, 30 F-16s for Ukraine. Belgium will deliver 977 million euros ($1
billion) in military aid and 30 F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine under a 10-year
bilateral security agreement signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo in Brussels.
4. Britain
Wouldn't Be Able to Fight Russia as Army is 'Too Small', Says EU General. Britain’s dwindling army which is “too small”
could struggle in a “high intensity” conflict against Russia, an EU general has
said.
REGIONAL
India/South Asia
5. Data Leak
Exposes Personal Data of Indian Military and Police. More than 1.6 million documents containing
sensitive personal data from India’s police, military personnel, teachers, and
railway workers were exposed online, according to a report by WebsitePlanet.
IIOJK
6. Indian
Troops Arrest Two Kashmiri Youth in IIOJK. According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops during a cordon and
search operation arrested the youth in Mulsoo Seer area of the Islamabad district.
Afghanistan
7. Pakistan to
Require Permit from Afghan Commercial Drivers Instead of Visas. Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, the spokesperson
for the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, stated that the acting Minister of
Industry and Commerce reached an agreement with the Deputy Minister of Commerce
of Pakistan for the one-year trial period for the movement of commercial
trucks.
Middle
East/Africa
8. WHO Condemns 'Abrupt Halt' to Medical Evacuations
from Gaza. More people
will die in Gaza because medical evacuations from the Palestinian territory
have halted since Israel launched its offensive in Rafah three weeks ago, the
World Health Organisation said.
Iran
9. Iran
Increases Uranium Enrichment Amid Freeze in Nuclear Talks. Iran
could already have more than three times the required highly enriched uranium
to build a nuclear weapon, reports by the UN atomic watchdog have found.
INTERNAL
Security
10. Pakistan’s
Full Spectrum Deterrence Capabilities Leave Indian Forces Feel Handicapped: Gen
(R) Kidwai. Advisor to
National Command Authority (NCA) and former Director General Strategic Plans
Division (SPD), Lieutenant General (R) Khalid Ahmed Kidwai at a lecture to
commemorate Youm-e-Takbeer here said that the Indian armed forces were feeling
handicapped in the past few decades due to Pakistan’s full spectrum defence
capabilities.
Economy
11. Pakistan
Reviving Belt and Road Initiative Projects: Ahsan Iqbal. Federal minister for Planning, Development and
Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal said here that the incumbent government was
hopeful to inject some fresh momentum into projects that fall under China’s
Belt and Road Initiative, as it tries to boost the country’s troubled economy.
Politics
12. Nawaz Sharif Elected Unopposed as PML-N President. With the prospect of reinstating party supremo Nawaz as the president, the ruling party had scheduled intra-party elections, coincidentally, the same day Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in 1998 during the PML-N's second term in government.
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