January, 2015

• 12 January

  Pakistan, US hold strategic dialogue

  The first round of discussions under Pakistan-United States Strategic Dialogue was held on Monday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the federal capital Islamabad, said Foreign Office. A press release by Pakistan Foreign Office said that Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz …

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• 12 January

  Turkey rejects accusations of not doing enough against terrorism

  Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday he could not understand why his country has been accused of not doing enough to fighting terrorism. “We will not accept that we are being accused of not doing enough to fighting terrorism. These accusations are false,” Davutoglu told a joint news conference …

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• 12 January

  Paramilitary soldiers killed in militants attack in Pakistan

  Seven soldiers of paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) were killed today in an attack by militants in Pakistan’s south-western province of Balochistan, a security official said. More than three dozen militants armed with automatic weapons attacked a security check post in Mekhtar area of Loralai district, killing seven soldiers, the official said.

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• 12 January

  Pak ISI chief visits Afghanistan

  Pakistan’s spy agency ISI chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul and discussed ways to increase anti-terror cooperation. It was second visit of the ISI chief in less than a month to Afghanistan and third since November 2014. Lt Gen Akhtar visited Kabul soon after the Taliban attack on an army-run school in Peshawar last …

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• 10 January

  THE DIGITAL (COMING OF) AGE

  The growing number of political victories obtained with the help of the social media, as well as the revelations about the complex manipulation processes for which they might be used, the launching of the “digital citizenship” and the extending use of the Bitcoin, the year-end crisis generated by the cyber …

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• 9 January

  EU offers 1.8 billion euros for Ukraine in effort to avoid bankruptcy

  The European Union proposed on Thursday offering an additional 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion) to help save Ukraine from bankruptcy as Kiev assured Germany it had credible plans to modernise. With an International Monetary Fund team resuming talks in Kiev, the European Commission offered the medium-term loans to add to …

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• 9 January

  Pakistan to set up nine military courts

  Pakistan military on Friday announced initiation of a process of establishing nine Military courts across the country following the passage of the 21st Constitutional Amendment. A press release by Pakistan military’s Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that process of establishing Military courts has been initiated.

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• 9 January

  Several UN peacekeepers wounded in Mali attack

  Seven UN peacekeepers were wounded by a blast that hit their vehicle near the airport in the northern Malian town of Kidal on Friday, the latest in a string of attacks on foreign forces. A witness said the troops involved were Senegalese and the area to the east of the …

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• 9 January

  Turkey reaffirms commitment in fight against terror

  Terrorist attacks are possible in every country and Turkey has been and will continue to take all necessary security measures, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said, when questioned whether Turkey is at risk of an attack similar to the one that took place at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in …

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• 9 January

  UN urges Libya factions to resume peace talks urgently

  The UN called on Friday for Libya’s warring factions to resume peace talks “before it is too late” after its envoy to the violence-plagued state met with rival camps. UN envoy Bernardino Leon, who held talks for the first time with retired General Khalifa Haftar, said “time was running out” …

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