The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and other groups affiliated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda are providing NATO-calibre weapons to the members of Islamic State or Da’esh, according to a UN report discussed at a Security Council meeting in New York. “With the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, Member States expressed concern over the proliferation of large quantities of weapons and other military …
The U.S. administration on Monday expanded its sanctions on China’s Huawei, a move aimed at further limiting the tech giant’s access to computer chips and other technology. A Commerce Department statement added 38 Huawei affiliates around the world to the “entity list,” claiming that the company was using international subsidiaries to circumvent the sanctions which prevent export of U.S.-based technology. …