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US for Peaceful Resolution of India-China Standoff

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Amidst India’s bilateral approach in its territorial disputes with its neighbors, US administration has established contact with New Delhi and Beijing over the last three weeks on the border standoff at Doklam and urged for “peaceful resolution through dialogue.”
It was revealed by a newspaper on Sunday. It quoted sources privy to the exchanges between the three capitals and reported that US Embassy in Beijing became active immediately after India’s first public statement on June 30 and asked for a meeting with Chinese government. The US diplomats met China’s foreign ministry officials on July 6, while Beijing separately briefed the diplomats from UN Security Council’s five Permanent members; US, Russia, Britain, France and China, at their request.
However, Washington has not termed the US diplomatic efforts as “mediation.”
These meetings held at a time when PM Narendra Modi was visiting Israel and Chinese President Xi Jinping was in Hamburg, Germany for attending G-20 summit. Modi also attended the summit.
During these meetings, the Chinese officials conveyed to the US and other diplomats that troops of PLA will not indefinitely wait for India’s withdrawal from Doklam plateau. China claimed that the land at India-Bhutan-China tri-junction, which they call Donglong, belongs to them. Diplomats of these countries communicated China’s stand to Indian diplomats based in Beijing.
US acting Ambassador to India Mary Kay Loss Carlson and another Washington based official have also advocated for dialogue and peaceful resolution to India, the sources have claimed.
Similar message was reportedly conveyed to Beijing by the US. On Saturday, US Defense Department’s spokesman Gary Ross told PTI “We encourage India and China to engage in direct dialogue aimed at reducing tensions and free of any coercive aspects.”
On Friday, US State Department spokesperson heather Nauert, told, “(And) they’re going to talk to one another.” While referring to Doval’s forthcoming Beijing visit she said, “We would encourage them to engage in direct dialogue aimed at reducing tensions.”
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is scheduled to visit Beijing to attend G-20 NSA’s meeting on July 27 and 28.
On June 26 Beijing, in its official statement, had alleged that Indian troops crossed the boundary line in the Sikkim sector of the Sino-India boundary and entered Chinese territory.
On June 30, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said that in keeping with the tradition of maintaining close consultation on matters of mutual interests Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) and Government of India have been in continuous contact through the unfolding developments.
New Delhi had also expressed deep concern at the Chinese actions and has conveyed to the Chinese government that such road construction would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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Pakistan man sentenced to death for sharing blasphemous content on WhatsApp
The accused, identified as Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, was also fined Rs 1.2 million or $4300 and awarded imprisonment of total of 23 years.

Pakistan court on Friday gave a death sentence to a Muslim man for posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group. The accused was convicted under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act and Anti-Terrorist Act by a Peshawar court.
The accused, identified as Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, was also fined Rs 1.2 million or $4300 and awarded imprisonment of total of 23 years.
The court in an order said that an accused Syed Muhammad Zeeshan, son of Syed Zakaullah in custody has been convicted and sentenced after being found guilty. Zeeshan, a resident of the northwest city of Mardan, has the right to appeal against the court’s conviction order on the highly-sensitive issue of blasphemy in Pakistan.
Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive topic in Pakistan, a country with a majority of Muslims, where even unverified accusations can incite mobs and violence.
Zeeshan was undergoing court proceedings in the same case for almost two years after Muhammad Saeed, a resident of Talagang in Punjab province, accused him of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group. Saeed filed an application with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in 2021 againsy Zeeshan for blasphemous content.
As per the reports, the FIA had confiscated Zeeshan’s cell-phone and its forensic examination proved him guilty.
In the past 20 years, 774 Muslims and 760 members of various minority religious groups have reportedly faced blasphemy charges, according to the National Commission of Justice and Peace, a human rights and legal help organisation in Pakistan.
Last month, Pakistan banned Wikipedia after it refused to remove the allegedly offensive or blasphemy material from the website.
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Five news stations receive letter bombs in Ecuador, one explodes in journalist’s face
Minister says the bombs were sent as a clear message to silence journalists in violence-ridden Ecuador

Ecuadorean authorities have reported that a series of letter bombs were mailed to five different TV and radio new stations in Ecaudor. The explosive devices were delivered to journalists on Monday, March 20.
Interior Minister Juan Zapata informed that one of these letters exploded in Guayaquil’s Ecuavisa private TV station. The bomb burst in the middle of the newsroom in presenter Lenin Artieda’s face. He was injured but not severely. Lenin informed the police that the device was structured like a USB drive, and it exploded as he plugged it into his computer.
Zapata added that all the devices were similar and sent from the town of Quimsaloma, on the Los Rios coast. The Ecuadorean attorney-general’s department has begun their investigation on the letters as an act of terrorism. Journalists have said that the bombs were sent to intimidate the free press and silence the media.
Zapata also said that the government condemns such attacks and freedom of expression is a right that must be respected. The other four explosives sent through post never exploded as they failed or were never opened.
Police officer Xavier Chango informed the USB drive sent to Artieda seemed to be loaded with a military-type explosive RDX.
Ecuador lies between Colombia and Peru, the world’s two largest cocaine producers, and has become a hub for global drug trade in the recent years. The increased violence is a result of competition and clashes between drug criminal gangs for territory and charge.
In 2022, the RTS TV station came under gunfire attack and in 2020, a bomb exploded at Teleamazonas. President Guillermo Lasso had declared war on the gangs controlling drug trade from prisons, and has led to the death of more than 400 inmates since 2021. Ecuador’s murder rate has jumped from 14 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 to 25 per 100,000 in 2022.
Two local gangs, the Lobos and Los Tiguerones, working with Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation cartel, have been responsible for these deadly prison riots. The Jalisco cartel is considered one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world and its leader, Nemesio Oseguera, aka El Mencho, is among the most wanted by both Mexican and U.S. authorities.
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Earthquake leaves 11 dead in Pakistan, tremors shake North India
A 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled parts of Northern India on Tuesday night, left at least 11 people dead and over 160 others wounded in neighboring Pakistan, reports said.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled parts of Northern India on Tuesday night, left at least 11 people dead and over 160 others wounded in neighboring Pakistan, reports said.
According to reports by Pakistani media, tremors were felt in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Kohat, Lakki Marwat, and other areas of the country. In a statement, Pakistan Meteorological Department said the epicenter of the quake—which hit at a depth of 180 kilometers, at a latitude of 36.09 and a longitude of 71.35. — was the seismically active Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan.
Reports said that tremors and aftershocks were also witnessed in Gujranwala, Gujrat, Sialkot, Kot Momin, Madh Ranjha, Chakwal, Kohat and in Gilgit-Baltistan areas.
Pakistani news channels showed panicked citizens running out of their home and on the streets to seek refuge from the tremors.
According to a report by Pakistan-based Geo News, eleven people, including two women were killed while over 160 people were injured due to the earthquake.
The strong jolts also led to the collapse of several buildings in impacted regions while a stamped was witnessed in markets of Rawalpindi when the earthquake hit, according to The Express Tribune newspaper.
State-run Associated Press of Pakistan released a statement by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has directed disaster management authorities to remain vigilant to handle any situation while Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel declared an emergency in Islamabad hospitals.
A statement by the international seismological centre said that apart from Pakistan, tremors were also felt in India, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, China and Kyrgyzstan.
Tremors of the earthquake, that hit at around 10:17 pm on Tuesday night, were felt across Northern India including Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. However, no casualties were reported. However, reports of damages to buildings are coming in from different parts of North India.
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