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The chief of staff for India’s army appeared to downplay the presence of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the disputed Doklam region that lies near the border shared by the two rival nations.

A Chinese government spokesman asserted that the communist regime will “firmly safeguard territorial sovereignty” against India on Monday, responding to a top Indian general’s promise to “not allow our territory to be invaded upon” in the disputed Doklam region.

Contents: Rohingya ARSA attack on Burma (Myanmar) police complicates fantasy repatriation plans; Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh continues to grow

Indian police reportedly thwarted a repeated attempt by Chinese workers to build a road on the Indian side of the China-India international boundary months after the two rivaling nations de-escalated a standoff at the Doklam region that sits along their border.

India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the defence ministry announced Tuesday ahead of a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A new study finds that about 15.6 million abortions were performed in India in 2015, making the abortion rate in that country 47 abortions per 1,000 women between the ages of 15 and 49.

Contents: India kills 3 Pakistani soldiers in Kashmir in revenge attack; Christians celebrate Christmas in Pakistan under tight security

Contents: Remembering the 1914 World War I Christmas Truce; The ‘anti-war movement’ in World War I; World War I vs World War II and World War III

In China, enjoying a Christmas party could mean jail time for the relatives of Communist Party Members.

The United States and its ally India have commenced bilateral efforts to pursue designations against terrorist groups and individuals as part of their shared commitment to combat jihadist organizations, announced the U.S. Department of State.

Contents: China resumes military buildup in Bhutan’s Doklam Plateau; Foreign ministers of China and India meet, and discuss Doklam; China’s media predict nuclear war in North Korea by March

Milton Friedman once said there is nothing as permanent as a temporary government program.

Contents: Communists score major election wins in Nepal, possibly moving country towards China; Nepal reacts to India’s bungled meddling over the new constitution

Beijing has deployed more military troops to the Doklam region that sits along the China-India border, which hosted a standoff between the two Asian rivals this year.

The foreign ministers of India, Russia and China pointedly avoided recognition of East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine during an annual meeting held in New Delhi a week after the U.S. recognized the city as Israel’s capital.

Contents: China alarmed by consequences of its CPEC investment in Pakistan — terrorism and corruption; China halts CPEC funds over concerns about corruption in Pakistan; Pakistan alarmed about a Chinese ‘debt trap’

Contents: Sri Lanka formally hands its southern seaport Hambantota over to China; India’s alarm grows over spread of China’s ‘Maritime Silk Road’

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for the British government to make a “full and formal” apology for the 1919 Amritsar massacre.

The embassy of Islamabad’s ally China, in an unsual security warning, cautioned its nationals in Pakistan that “terrorists” are planning to target them in a “series of attacks” soon.

An al-Qaeda faction in the disputed Kashmir region has reportedly urged Indian Muslims to engage in jihad against “Hindu extremists” and establish sharia law in the Himalayan area.

Senior White House Adviser Ivanka Trump said this week that one of the next items on the Trump administration’s agenda is paid family leave.

Former U.S. President Barack Obama was in Beijing on Wednesday for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

China’s One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative is, in part, a “ploy” to threaten the “already declining” U.S. influence in Asia and allow Beijing to continue using terrorism-linked Pakistan as a weapon against New Delhi, opines an ex-Indian foreign secretary in an editorial published by the Economic Times.

First Daughter Ivanka Trump, who serves as senior White House adviser to President Donald Trump, praised international efforts to improve and expand the role of women in parts of the developing world and lauded her father’s administration’s efforts to see this through during her speech at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, India, on Tuesday.

On Tuesday, former President Barack Obama embarked on a five-day trip to China, India, and France, where he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi before speaking at the introductory session of the Les Napoleons Summit in Paris.

Al-Qaeda’s Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) wing is urging its supporters in India to target Hindus and their religious places, reports the Times of India (TOI), citing a recently released propaganda video titled “Saffron Terror” and intelligence sources.

Contents: Widespread riots in Pakistan triggered by phony blasphemy charges; Pakistan releases Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of the horrific 2008 Mumbai massacre

Contents: Burma makes farcical agreement with Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees; China proposes farcical three-point solution to Rohingya crisis; India and China support Burma on Rohingya ethnic cleansing for business reasons

China has a plan for your future, and it’s called One Belt One Road.

Various media outlets in India are reporting that police in Hyderabad are arresting hundreds of “beggars” and placing them in rehab centers (also referred to as ashrams) so that first daughter Ivanka Trump will not have an uncomfortable experience witnessing the city’s destitute during her visit for next week’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES).

A regional chief media coordinator for India’s ruling party, Suraj Pal Amu, offered a 100 million rupee ($1,542,615) prize to anyone who would behead starring actress Deepika Padukone and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali for the film Padmavati, a period epic depicting the life of the Rajput queen Padmini.

A total of 162 members from the Bnei Menashe Jewish community of northeast India arrived in Israel this week, marking the latest wave of so-called “lost” Jews to immigrate to the Jewish state.

Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon said the United States needs to pressure China to do more to achieve North Korean denuclearization.

TEL AVIV – Our martyrs will not stop fighting for Palestine until it is completely purged of the Jews, senior religious adviser to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared at a recent conference held in India.

Contents: India begins shipping wheat to Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port; In retaliation, Afghanistan bans entry of Pakistan trucks; Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) – conduit of smuggling

This article originally appeared at Reuters: The United States wants a meeting soon aimed at reviving a four-way dialogue between itself, Japan, India and Australia to deepen security cooperation and coordinate alternatives for regional infrastructure financing to that offered by China,