FGN20 UN-INDIA-MARITIME
* At UN, India calls maritime, anti-terror strategy vital to national security amid Indo-Pacific shifts
United Nations: India told the UN Security Council that it views maritime security and countering terrorism as central to its national security and economic interests as it continues to evolve its strategy in response to new threats and geopolitical shifts in the Indo-Pacific region. *
FGN52 CHINA-PAK-AFGHAN-LD CPEC
* China, Pak, Afghanistan meet in Beijing, decide to expand CPEC
Beijing/Islamabad: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is set to be expanded to Afghanistan with the foreign ministers of the three countries agreeing on it as part of broader efforts to boost “trilateral” cooperation. *
FGN51 PAK-INDIA-AIRSPACE
* Pakistan to extend closure of its airspace for Indian flights by another month: Report
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to extend the closure of its airspace for Indian flights by another month, a media report said on Wednesday. *
FGN48 UK-LD BOOKER
* Banu Mushtaq wins International Booker Prize for Kannada short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’
London: Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq’s short story collection ‘Heart Lamp’ (Hridaya Deepa) has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted International Booker Prize in London. *
FGN17 US-IMMIGRATION-FRAUD
* Indian national pleads guilty in U.S immigration fraud case involving fake robberies
Houston: An Indian national living in the United States has pleaded guilty to staging armed robberies at retail stores across several American states to help individuals fraudulently obtain U.S immigration benefits. *
FGN40 PAK-BOMB-2NDLD BLAST
* Suicide blast on school bus kills 5, including 3 children, in Pakistan's Balochistan
Islamabad/Karachi: At least five people, including three children, were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack on a school bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Wednesday. *
FGN50 GAZA-HOSPITALS-STRIKE
* In Gaza, 45 killed in strikes as desperately needed aid fails to reach Palestinians
Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 45 people, including several women and a week-old infant. (AP) * PY
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