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Topic: Somalia

UNSC backs AU transition in Somalia

AUSSOM will replace ATMIS, supporting Somali forces against al-Shabaab.

UK pledges £7.5 Million to African mission in Somalia

The additional funding will support ATMIS troops, transition to Somali forces.

UNICEF condemns execution of four Somali children for alleged association with Al-Shabaab

UNICEF urges authorities to prevent death sentences for the children as they were tried by military courts that lacked specialized child justice procedures.

Ukraine’s raid on Kursk, Somalia confiscates niqabs & other global news you may have missed 

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the past week

110 rescued, 1.5 mn tonnes of goods escorted, says Navy chief vowing sustained ops against piracy

Admiral Kumar says renewed Operation Sankalp last December after getting info about drone, missile attacks & attacks by pirates on vessels in Indian Ocean Region.

‘INS Kolkata carrying 35 pirates reaches Mumbai, hands them over to police,’ says Indian Navy

In an operation lasting over 40 hours in early hours of 15 March, INS Kolkata intercepted Pirate Ship ex-MV Ruen in Arabian Sea based on inputs received by Indian Navy.

MV Ruen hijacking had unmissable message—naval patrolling is a costly band-aid, not solution

Like it has done on the high seas, India needs to show leadership on dry land, too, and push the world into committing to the military and economic reconstruction of Somalia.

All about dramatic ops by India on high seas that led to arrest of 35 pirates, rescue of 17 hostages

The former Maltese-flagged merchant vessel Ruen was originally hijacked on 14 December last year by the pirates and was being used as a mother ship.

Pirates open fire on Indian Navy warship in international waters, Navy responds in ‘self-defence’

The pirates on board the hijacked merchant vessel have been called upon to surrender and release the vessel, as well as civilians they may have held hostage.

Piracy gaining ground? Bangladesh-flagged merchant vessel hijacked in Arabian Sea 

Indian Navy rushed to the spot and managed to establish that the crew was safe, but pirates then took the vessel into Somalian waters.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.