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By Divya Rajagopal and Neha Arora

India on Thursday once again voiced its opposition to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the project lacked respect for New Delhi's sovereignty and territorial integrity. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said unlike in the past, India had not been invited by China to this year's Belt and Road Forum.

China has more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030, the Pentagon said in its annual report on Beijing's military that was released on Thursday. Despite the growing number of China's nuclear weapons, they are still much lower than what Russia and the United States have. The United States has a stockpile of about 3,700 nuclear warheads, of which roughly 1,419 strategic nuclear warheads were deployed. Russia has about 1,550 nuclear weapons deployed and according to the Federation of American Scientists, a stockpile of 4,489 nuclear warheads. In the wide ranging report, the Pentagon said China's more than 500 warheads as of May 2023 were on track to exceed projections. In a previous report, the Pentagon estimated that Beijing had more than 400 operational nuclear warheads in 2021. «We see the PRC (People's Republic of China) continuing to quite rapidly modernize and diversify and expand its nuclear forces,» a senior U.S.

Alsu Kurmasheva, a U.S. journalist, over allegations of not complying with foreign agent registration requirements. Kurmasheva who is the Editor at Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been confined to a detention centre in Russia’s Kazan. Her organization gets financial support from the US government. This occurrence represents the second instance of a U.S. journalist encountering legal custody in Russia during this year.

Russia’s strategic dependence on China has only grown since the war. This year, trade between the two powers has soared to levels not seen since the beginning of Moscow's war in Ukraine, with Chinese imports of Russian oil offering Moscow a critical lifeline as international sanctions bite.

By Pavel Polityuk

An International Atomic Energy Agency team is in Fukushima for the agency's first marine sampling since treated radioactive wastewater started being released from the area's damaged nuclear plant into the sea

Inflation in the U.K. held steady at 6.7% in September as easing food and drink price rises were offset by higher fuel costs for motorists

The German government has announced a drive to get more Ukrainian and other refugees into jobs now that many have a usable knowledge of the German language

The leaders of Russia and China have met in Beijing and called for close foreign policy coordination

By Richa Naidu

By Richa Naidu

By Darya Korsunskaya and Alexander Marrow

Suddenly in the aftermath of the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, we have a presidential election about national security. And that could shuffle the U.S.

Russian police think that a “crypto influencer” known as Bitmama, aka the “Queen of Crypto,” may have sent tokens to support Ukraine’s military.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Thursday after a strong run of gains this week as markets awaited more developments in the Israel-Hamas war, while upcoming signals from the Federal Reserve were also in focus. 

Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully tested the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. This achievement illustrates the IAF's expanding capabilities in strengthening India's military capabilities. The BrahMos missile, noted for its supersonic speed and precision, was fired from a Sukhoi fighter jet, demonstrating the IAF's capacity to deploy long-range BrahMos cruise missiles.

United Nations (UN) resolution that sought to condemn Hamas' attacks on Israel and all acts of violence against civilians, while also urging for humanitarian aid to be provided to Palestinians in Gaza. The vote took place in the 15-member Security Council, with 12 votes in favor of the resolution, the United States opposing it, and two countries abstaining.

Shree Ramkrishna Exports (SRK), one the world’s largest diamond producers, from its list of international sponsors of war. Kyiv had accused the Mumbai-based company last month of «continuing to cooperate with the aggressor, purchasing diamonds in Russia,» despite Western sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. SRK responded by insisting that it had not purchased rough diamonds from Russia since January and does not plan to do so in the future.

US-led world order’, this time backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Over the year, one of the most powerful premiere of China, Xi Jinping has been ramping up efforts to project China as an alternative leader to the US, at a time, US has been making efforts to loose labour dependence on China and looking further south Asia at India.