Xi Jinping visits Brasilia to cap tour flexing diplomatic clout

India’s richest state of Maharashtra begins voting for provincial elections

Taliban govt clearing ’un-Islamic’ books from Afghan Shelves

Suicide attack on Pakistan army outpost kills 12 soldiers

Bangladesh seeks enhanced diplomatic engagement of missions in South Asia

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Iran criticises EU shipping sanctions, denies sending missiles to Russia

Iran has condemned European sanctions on its state-run shipping company and other entities, saying they were based on `fake claims` that it sent ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.

Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, and Moscow said Ukraine had struck deep inside Russia with US-made ATACMS missiles.

Level of destruction in Lebanon is ’appalling’: UN official

The UN expressed grave concern Tuesday over ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon, with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations describing the situation as "appalling.”

Russia warns Ukraine’s ATACMS attacks mark ‘new phase’ of war

Russia has said that Ukraine’s use of long-range ATACMS missiles against its territory marked a `new phase of the Western war` against Moscow, and has said it will react `accordingly`.

SOUTH ASIA

Suicide attack on Pakistan army outpost kills 12 soldiers

Pakistan

Taliban govt clearing ’un-Islamic’ books from Afghan Shelves

Afghanistan

India’s richest state of Maharashtra begins voting for provincial elections

India

Bangladesh seeks enhanced diplomatic engagement of missions in South Asia

Bangladesh

Death toll from Pakistan bus accident climbs to 26

Pakistan

’Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan should think of creating a South Asian grid’

Bangladesh

Sri Lankans to vote for change in parliament poll

Sri Lanka

India-Bangladesh officials to discuss development of land port infrastructure

India

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