The 1971 Indo-Pak war started after the Pakistani Air Force launched strikes on 11 Indian airbases on 3 December 1971. For India, this was a two-front war as its forces were arrayed on the Western…
Will tourism in Maldives decline after US, UK…
The US and the UK governments have issued advisories that travelers to the Maldives may face threats related to terror incidents or due to civil unrest at tourist locations, transportation hubs, local government facilities or…
Is FATF poised to overlook Pakistan’s support to…
The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will decide this week whether Pakistan should be kept in its “grey list” for further monitoring of its terror-promoting activities. The FATF meeting is being held in Singapore…
Once known as tourist paradise, has Maldives become…
Investigators are still trying to figure out which organisation plotted the attack on former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. What is, however, clear is that the tiny archipelago of nearly 1,200 islands has become a…