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China has built a 100-home village in disputed Indian territory that Beijing claims is theirs amid rising tensions between the two countries. Satellite images dated 1 November 2020 show a development of 101 homes in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh at a location 2.8 miles inside Indian territory. Images from just over a year … Read more
Indian forces have detained a Chinese soldier on a disputed Himalayan border where the two nations fought a deadly battle last year, the military said today. The arrest marks the second detention on the high altitude border since their deadliest confrontation in decades broke out in June, in which at least 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The face-off … Read more
Satellite images show China has built a village and military storage bunkers in Himalayan region along disputed border with India Maxar Technologies took aerial pictures of building activity in disputed areas Building is taking place along the Doklam , which borders China, India & Bhutan Thin strip of land is claimed by China and Bhutan … Read more
Tensions along the disputed India-China border seem to be getting worse, three months after their deadliest confrontation in decades. The Asian giants accused each other this week of sending soldiers into the other’s territory and fired warning shots for the first time in 45 years, raising the specter of full-scale military conflict. Their foreign ministers … Read more
China said yesterday it had ‘found’ five Indians who were believed to have been kidnapped by its soldiers on the Himalayan border last week. The Indian Army said it spoke with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) who confirmed that the youths from Arunachal Pradesh were discovered on their side of the frontier. Seven Indian youngsters … Read more
India and China have accused each other of ‘firing shots’ along the tense disputed border after India yesterday accused Beijing troops of kidnapping Indian civilians. Both have accused each other of being the first to fire in the air during a new confrontation on their border in the western Himalayas, in a further escalation of … Read more
India has accused China of kidnapping five of its citizens along the disputed Himalayan border. Relations between the nuclear-armed Asian giants have hit a multi-decade low since a mass brawl along the frontier left 20 Indian soldiers dead. The two sides have since renewed patrols along the 2,000-mile Line of Actual Control (LAC) which has been … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece to enter talks over disputed eastern Mediterranean territorial claims or face the consequences. At a hospital’s opening ceremony in Istanbul, he said: ‘They’re either going to understand the language of politics and diplomacy, or in the field with painful experiences.’ Ankara is currently facing off against Greece and … Read more
Beijing has staked its claim on a piece of disputed land near the border with India, by writing the word ‘China’ on it in huge letters. Satellite images show Mandarin characters meaning ‘China’ written near the shore of Pangong Lake, a remote area of disputed territory high in the Himalayas. Troops also appear to have … Read more
India sent more soldiers to the disputed border region with China on Wednesday following the deadly hand-to-hand brawl that saw 20 Indian solders killed. The increase in military personnel comes despite both sides declaring publicly that they would pull back military personnel from the region. Indian fighter jets were also seen flying over the … Read more