Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry will seek to disband the Defence Counterintelligence Command embroiled in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2024 botched martial law bid, officials said on Thursday, in what would mark the command’s dissolution after 49 years upon completion. The command is suspected of having played a key role in Yoon’s short-lived martial law imposition in December 2024, with its former commander standing trial for allegedly deploying troops to the National Ass…
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Washington, Jan 8 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, met US House Speaker Mike Johnson on Capitol Hill to discuss the India-US relationship, counterterrorism cooperation, and key areas of bilateral partnership. Kwatra said he was “honoured to meet Speaker Mike Johnson at Capitol Hill today.” He said he expressed “deep appreciation for his support for strengthening the India-US bilateral relationship.”The ambassador thanked the Speaker for US support on …
Washington, Jan 2 (IANS) Raising concern over what he described as a worsening situation for religious minorities in Bangladesh, Indian American Congressman Suhas Subramanyam said that Hindus and other minority communities are facing targeted violence and that the government in Dhaka has not done enough to protect them.“From an American perspective, we wanna make sure that people who visit Bangladesh aren’t going to face any form of violence or backlash any sort of way because of their ethni…