South Bloc Reports

🇺🇳🇵🇰 UN Experts Condemned Life Sentence for Activist Mahrang Baloch ✍️UN human rights experts have strongly condemned the life sentence handed down to prominent Baloch human rights defender Dr. Mahrang Baloch, calling the verdict a grave injustice. In an official statement, the experts warned that such convictions are designed to silence independent dissenters in Balochistan and will severely restrict the region's remaining civic and democratic space. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇵🇰🗣️ The DG ISPR appeared chill that Ziarat was targeted, resulting in the deaths of nine police personnel, while the remaining officers were abducted by the attackers and later killed. They don't have a damn about their soldiers Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🪖🇰🇼 India and Kuwait Discuss Defense ✍️Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held productive talks with Kuwaiti Defense Minister Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. The dialogue focused on expanding bilateral defense industry cooperation and strengthening collaborative efforts in regional maritime security. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳💰🇨🇳 Indian Ambassador Steps Up Economic Diplomacy in China ✍️Indian Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami hosted a luncheon meeting with prominent Chinese business leaders and key partners of India. He held detailed discussions with corporate chairpersons and senior executives, emphasizing the Indian Embassy's commitment to supporting and simplifying greater economic, trade, and commercial collaboration between the two nations. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🗣️🇨🇳 India-China Track 1.5 and II Diplomacy Gets a Push ✍️Indian Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami met with Ambassador Wu Ken, President of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA). During the meeting, Doraiswami praised CPIFA’s ongoing efforts to drive people-to-people exchanges and maintain critical Track 1.5 and Track II diplomatic channels between New Delhi and Beijing. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳👨‍💼🇷🇺 India and Russia Boost Counter-Terrorism Ties ✍️The 14th India-Russia Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism met today in New Delhi. Co-chaired by India's Secretary (West) Sibi George and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinski, both sides strongly condemned all forms of terrorism, including cross-border attacks and the use of proxies. 🗣️The two nations agreed to deepen cooperation against radicalization, terror financing, and the malicious use of emerging technologies, while reaffirming their commitment to coordinate closely across multilateral bodies like the UN, BRICS, SCO, and EAG. Follow: @Southblocreports

🇮🇳🤝🇰🇼 India-Kuwait Deepen Ties with High-Level Royal Meeting ✍️Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Kuwait’s Crown Prince, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, in Kuwait City. During the morning meeting, Jaishankar delivered warm greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 🇮🇳🇰🇼The two leaders discussed expanding bilateral cooperation, and the Crown Prince shared his strategic insights on the latest geopolitical developments across the Gulf region. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳👨‍🌾🇦🇫 Afganistan Acting Agriculture Minister Omari meets MoS MEA Pabitra Margherita in New Delhi. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🤝🇸🇰 Slovakia Backs India’s UN Bid as Ambassador Departs ✍️Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár met with outgoing Indian Ambassador Apoorva Srivastava in Bratislava to mark the conclusion of her diplomatic term. Blanár praised her efforts in advancing Slovak-Indian ties and confirmed that Slovakia remains dedicated to expanding their Comprehensive Partnership 🗣️🇺🇳Crucially, Blanár also announced Slovakia's formal backing for India’s bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2028–2029 term.

🇮🇳🇺🇳 Indian Union Minister of State for External Affairs - Kriti Vardhan Singh addressed the High-Level Plenary of the UN Global Dialogue ✍️ He also emphasised that AI governance must be human-centric, inclusive and grounded in trust, with meaningful human oversight and respect for human rights. The world must also bridge capacity gaps to ensure that the Global South participates meaningfully in shaping the future of AI. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇵🇰 JUI-F leader and former Senator Hafiz Hamdullah blamed Pakistani Military for Fueling 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗵𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗵𝘄𝗮 Follow: @SouthBlocReports

You have guessed it right ☑️ The so-called MoU is no longer effective https://t.me/southblocreports/332

🇮🇳🇺🇦 Ukrainian woman arrested near Nepal border for illegally residing in India. ✍️Oksana Shevtsova (37), a Ukrainian national. She was intercepted during a routine patrol in a joint operation by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). ✍️The digital copies of her passport and visa on her phone showed they had expired way back in 2022 (around the time the Russia-Ukraine war broke out). She had reportedly traveled from New Delhi to the border town of Raxaul a few days prior and was actively trying to slip into Nepal on foot to escape Indian immigration tracking. Follow: @Southblocreports

🇵🇰 In the First Six Months of 2026: ✍️ Pakistan has recorded 1,587 fatalities from clashes with TTP, BLA and counter terrorism operations across the country. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇵🇰 New Militant Alliance in Balochistan ✍️A militant group based in the Chagai district of Balochistan's Makran region, led by Hafiz Saifullah Baloch, has officially pledged allegiance (bay'ah) to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Source: https://x.com/i/status/2074732954526548461 Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇮🇳🪖🇷🇼 India and Rwanda Boost Military Ties India and Rwanda held their 2nd Joint Defence Cooperation Committee meeting in New Delhi on July 6–7, 2026. Co-chaired by India's Amitabh Prasad and Rwanda's Brig Gen Louis Kanobayire, the two nations agreed to expand partnerships in military training, joint exercises, medical cooperation and defense manufacturing to further strengthen their strategic relationship. Follow: @SouthBlocReports

🇨🇳 Why CMBEC is not Guaranteed ✍️The corridor cuts directly through active conflict zones in Myanmar's Shan and Rakhine states. ✍️ Rebel groups frequently seize control of these border highways and ports, making long term safety impossible to guarantee. ✍️ Shifting cargo across the heavily militarized, unstable Myanmar Bangladesh border near Teknaf/Maungdaw) is highly prone to disruptions, smuggling issues and ethnic tensions. ✍️Changing between three completely different rail sizes Standard Gauge in China, Metre Gauge in Myanmar, Dual Gauge in Bangladesh means cargo must be physically unloaded and reloaded multiple times, slowing down travel and spiking costs. Follow: @SouthBlocReports 2/2

🇨🇳🇲🇲🇧🇩 What is CMBEC? ✍️ CMBEC is a 1,800 km trade shortcut connecting China straight to the Bay of Bengal through Myanmar and Bangladesh. It allows China to bypass the Malacca Strait entirely. 🇮🇳 How it Counters India: ​✍️ It plants a permanent Chinese economic and infrastructure foothold right on India's eastern Bay of Bengal. ​✍️By funding major hubs like Mongla and Chattogram, China is directly diluting India's traditional neighborhood influence over Bangladesh. ​✍️It gives China a direct supply line running parallel to India’s highly sensitive Siliguri Corridor without ever touching Indian soil. Follow: @SouthBlocReports 1/2

🇵🇰🛫 Qasim Suri - Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan claims Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad airports are going to be put up for sale. This government has planned to sell 25 key departments in three years. Follow: @SouthBlocReports