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Michael Arizanti March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Bastar insurgency, Chhattisgarh Maoist conflict, counterinsurgency and development, CPI Maoist India, global insurgency studies, India counterinsurgency strategy, India internal security, India Maoist insurgency, insurgency resolution strategies, Left Wing Extremism India, Maoist decline 2025, Maoist surrender India, Naxalite movement, political violence analysis, rehabilitation of insurgents India, rural insurgency India, security and development policy, terrorism trends analysis, trust based governance India, Zahack Tanvir Times of Israel

A Different Ending: India’s Quiet Victory Over Leftwing Extremism

The increasing number of voluntary surrenders suggests that more people now see returning as a viable option. For anyone who

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Pentagon says coming days ‘decisive’ in Iran conflict

Washington — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that the next few days in the ongoing war with

Latest Middle East and North Africa News Top Stories

NewsDesk MC March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 10 Downing Street, Ahmed Al Sharaa, Bashar Assad, bilateral ties, border security, counter terrorism, daesh, Europe relations, foreign investment, Friedrich Merz, Germany visit, Keir Starmer, London diplomacy, Middle East politics, migration policy, post war recovery, refugee returns, smuggling networks, syria, Syria reconstruction, UK visit

Syria’s Al-Sharaa visits UK, seeks investment and security cooperation

London— Syria’s President Ahmed Al-Sharaa made his first official visit to the United Kingdom on Tuesday, holding talks with British

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NewsDesk MC March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 donald trump, energy security, geopolitical risk, global energy, Gulf tensions, international shipping, iran, Ishaq Dar, maritime policy, maritime tolls, Middle East war, naval control, oil markets, oil transit, oman, Revolutionary Guard, sanctions impact, shipping lanes, Strait of Hormuz, tanker traffic, trade routes

Iran backs Hormuz transit tolls as strait disruption rattles energy flows

Paris— An Iranian parliamentary commission has approved a plan to impose tolls on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, state

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Four Israeli troops killed in south Lebanon clashes with Hezbollah

Paris — The Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that four soldiers were killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon,

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NewsDesk MC March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 Anatoly Kolodkin, blackouts, Caribbean economy, Claudia Sheinbaum, cuba, diesel supply, Dmitry Peskov, donald trump, energy crisis, fuel shortages, global oil trade, humanitarian waiver, infrastructure strain, Matanzas port, Mexico energy, Nicolas Maduro, oil shipment, power outages, russia, US sanctions, venezuela

Sanctioned Russian oil cargo reaches Cuba, offers fleeting respite amid deepening energy crunch

Cuba— A Russian tanker carrying 730,000 barrels of crude oil was set to arrive at Cuba’s Matanzas port on Tuesday,

NewsDesk MC March 31, 2026 air defense, Alexander Drozdenko, Baltic port, civilian injuries, coal trade, drone attacks, energy security, fertilizers, geopolitical tensions, global conflict, Gulf of Finland, infrastructure strikes, Leningrad region, oil exports, port damage, retaliatory strikes, russia, Russia Ukraine war, ukraine, Ust Luga, Volodymyr Zelensky

Drone strikes hit Russia’s Ust-Luga port, wound three as attacks intensify

Moscow — Drone attacks damaged infrastructure at Russia’s Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea early Tuesday, wounding three people including

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Michael Arizanti March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 Balochistan human rights, diaspora security Europe, enforced disappearances Pakistan, Freedom House transnational repression, Geneva human rights debate, Geneva UNHRC, global terrorism research, human rights violations Pakistan, Idris Khattak case, international human rights law, journalist harassment Pakistan, Junaid Safdar Gulfstream jet, Karachi police intimidation, Maryam Nawaz controversy, Pakistan activists abroad, Pakistan diaspora intimidation, Pakistan human rights, Pakistan repression, political coercion global trends, Roshaan Khattak, state repression trends, Sweden terrorism research, transnational repression, United Nations Human Rights Council 61st session

Geneva Raises the Alarm on Pakistan’s Transnational Repression

What is unfolding in Pakistan’s case is part of a wider global trend. The line between domestic and international repression

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NewsDesk MC March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 civilian casualty, crisis situation, cross border attacks, desalination plant, energy facilities, foreign workers, Gulf region, humanitarian impact, Indian worker, industrial site, infrastructure damage, international tensions, Iran attack, kuwait, Kuwait electricity ministry, Middle East conflict, oil and energy, power infrastructure, regional escalation, security risks, water supply

Indian worker killed in Iranian strike on Kuwait power, desalination facility

Kuwait city — An Indian national was killed in an Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in

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NewsDesk MC March 29, 2026 Bharat Petroleum, energy security, fuel supply, Geopolitics, global energy, Hindustan Petroleum, import dependence, india, Indian Oil Corporation, Iran conflict, LPG, maritime trade, middle east, Mumbai port, New Mangalore, oil and gas, seafarers, shipping lanes, Strait of Hormuz, supply chain, tanker transit

India-bound LPG tankers breach Hormuz bottleneck amid war disruptions

Bengaluru— Two India-bound liquefied petroleum gas tankers carrying about 94,000 metric tons of fuel have safely transited the Strait of