EU Observers Want Deeper Afghan Election Probe       

Ayaz Gul states European election observers urging Afghanistan to broaden the scope of its investigation into vote fraud.

http://www.security-risks.com/security-trends-south-asia/afghanistan/eu-observers-want-deeper-afghan-election-probe-3025.html

Pentagon: ISIL ‘Stretched’ in Iraq

Jeff Seldin quotes senior U.S. military leaders say Sunni militants creeping closer to Baghdad are stretched thin and that Iraqi security forces could hold the capital if attacked. 

http://www.security-risks.com/security-issues-south-asia/terrorism/pentagon-isil-%E2%80%98stretched-in-iraq-3026.html

Foreign Secretary At 238th Independence Day of the USA in New Delhi

Even as there is controversy over US NSA surveillance, “Our partnership with the US is a critical part of this outreach, spanning as it does, the entire spectrum of bilateral ties from trade and economic ties to partnership in defence and security, energy, science and technology,” says Sujatha Singh

http://www.security-risks.com/security-trends-south-asia/other-security-trends/foreign-secretary-at-238th-independence-day-of-the-usa-in-new-delhi-3023.html

MoS(Home) Shri Kiren Rijiju to Visit Arunachal Pradesh

The Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren Rijiju is visiting Arunachal Pradesh from July 4-7, 2014. Rijiju is also a MP from the State, China has been earlier objecting to visits by Indian Ministers to ALP.

http://www.security-risks.com/news/moshome-shri-kiren-rijiju-to-visit-arunachal-pradesh-520.html

Internet rumour sparks communal violence in Mandalay           

A Mandalay website, M-Media, had posted screen grabs of the claims made against the two men after they appeared on June 30 on a blog called Thit Htoo Lwin and were reposted on the Facebook page of U Wirathu.

http://www.security-risks.com/security-trends-south-asia/myanmar/internet-rumour-sparks-communal-violence-in-mandalay-3020.html

Push for proportional representation is a distraction, says NLD

Khin Nyein Thit outlines rejection of PR by Aung Suu Kyi and NLD in Myanmar

http://www.security-risks.com/security-trends-south-asia/myanmar/push-for-proportional-representation-is-a-distraction-says-nld-3021.html

UN rights experts urge Sri Lanka to stop the promotion of hatred and faith-based violence

Rising communal violence in Sri Lanka with resurgence of Buddhist fundamentalist groups has been a major concern in the recent past.

http://www.security-risks.com/security-trends-south-asia/sri-lanka/un-rights-experts-urge-sri-lanka-to-stop-the-promotion-of-hatred-and-faith-based-violence-3018.html