In a dramatic development, Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, leader of Sikhs for Justice and a prominent voice in the Khalistan movement, has claimed that Sikh soldiers in the Indian Army have begun a rebellion against the Indian state following recent cross-border tensions with Pakistan. According to a video statement shared on Instagram, Pannun said that Sikh […]
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Nine killed in attacks in eastern DR Congo
Nine civilians were killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) affiliated to the so-called Islamic State, military and local sources said on Friday. Kakule Kalunge, chief of the city of Kalunguta in the Beni region of North Kivu told AFP that ADF fighters had shot five […]
Papua rebels take hostages after killing civilians: Indonesian officials
Separatist rebels were holding four civilians hostage in the jungles of Indonesia’s breakaway Papua region after they killed several construction workers in an ambush, authorities said Friday. Tensions have been mounting between Indonesian security forces and guerrillas fighting a decades-long insurgency to win independence from the Southeast Asian nation. Authorities said some 30 rebels opened […]