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Top Headlines: 14th October 2026

14 Oct,26

Brent crude price rose above $106 a barrel on Wednesday as markets reacted to escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and growing risks to oil supplies. Continue Reading

Why Trump, Putin and Netanyahu are caught in an endless conflict

By Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, VSM (Retired)

14 Oct,26

General VN Sharma the former Army Chief while writing the foreword of Armour 71; had written that; “it is easy to start a war, but once started, it is difficult to terminate hostilities on terms advantageous to oneself.Continue Reading

China rejects Ladakh UT, reiterates 2019 stand; Integral, inalienable part of India says MEA

By Savio Rodrigues

13 Oct,26

China on Tuesday reiterated that it does not recognise the Union Territory of Ladakh and has opposed India's latest move to give standard names to 28 places and geographical features in the region.Continue Reading

Pakistan’s Identity Crisis continues to shape its Politics and Economy: Prasenjit Basu

By Savio Rodrigues

13 Oct,26

Pakistan continues to struggle with an identity crisis rooted in its attempt to separate itself from its Indian civilizational past, economist and historian Prasenjit K. Basu said speaking at The Sandeep Unnithan Show at Chakra News.Continue Reading

What is Pakistan trying to achieve with the KP emergency?

By Chakra Desk

13 Oct,26

Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Islamabad accuses the provincial government, led by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), of failing to cooperate in counterterrorism operations.Continue Reading