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Topic: SCO meeting

Nawaz Sharif gave a message to India during Jaishankar visit—He has establishment’s backing

With the confidence of having its Chinese friends on the table, it was a good decision by Pakistan to get India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in the room and engage in a gentle talk.

Our take on SCO meet, Pawar resignation & Manipur violence – in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

SCO foreign ministers’ meet in Goa: What to expect & what 1-yr presidency means for India

Chinese, Russian & Pakistan foreign ministers to attend the meeting. Counter-terrorism concerns in nations like Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine war likely to dominate the discussions.

At SCO meet, Rajnath flags need to fix accountability on terror supporters, Pakistan defence minister a no show

Pakistan instead sent in Wali Ahmed Khan, special assistant to its PM. All SCO member nations also signed a protocol, expressing their collective will to make the region secure, peaceful.

Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to attend SCO meet in Goa next month

Announcing his visit to India, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Bilawal’s participation reflects the country’s commitment to the SCO Charter.

Afghan territory must not be used to attack any other country, says Rajnath Singh at SCO meet

Singh could not meet his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe at the 24th SCO conclave in Tashkent Wednesday as he was absent.

SubscriberWrites: India can’t act in isolation, leaving a vacuum in Afghanistan now could be dangerous

The upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet could be a game-changer for Afghanistan's future, writes Nischal Vats.

Can Modi-Xi’s SCO meeting in Qingdao signal a new chapter for India-China ties?

PM Modi met President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Qingdao, where he invited the Chinese leader to India for a Wuhan-like informal summit next year. Jinping accepted the invitation.

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US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.