Category: Asia

US RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PANEL CALLS FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST RSS, RAW

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Sun 15 March 2026: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended that the country impose targeted sanctions on individuals and entities, such as India’s Research and Analysis Wing and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), for their responsibility and tolerance of severe violations of religious freedom. The panel also suggested freezing those individuals’ or entities’ assets and/or barring […]

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PAKISTAN’S PREMIER SHARIF IN SAUDI ARABIA AFTER PHONE CALL WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AMID MIDEAST TENSIONS

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Fri 13 March 2026: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a brief official visit, a day after holding a phone call with the Iranian president, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, state media reported. During the visit, Sharif will hold a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. […]

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OVER 52,000 INDIANS RETURN FROM GULF COUNTRIES IN A WEEK AMID MIDDLE EAST WAR

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Tue 10 March 2026: The Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Saturday that more than 52,000 Indians have safely returned to India from the Gulf region between March 1 and 7,  as the government continues to monitor the evolving situation in West Asia. In an update, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the government is […]

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UN WARNS THAT AFGHANISTAN FACES DEEPENING CRISIS AS REGIONAL ‘INSTABILITY’ TIGHTENS GRIP

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Tue 10 March 2026: Afghanistan faces compounding crises as regional instability threatens to push the country further toward collapse, a senior UN official warned Monday. “The conflict with Pakistan has had punishing human and economic costs,” Georgette Gagnon, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA) deputy special representative for Afghanistan, said during a UN Security […]

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CHINA SIGNS $5B DRONE DEAL WITH SAUDI ARABIA AS WAR HITS 2ND WEEK

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Sat 07 March 2026: China’s Wing Loong-3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was selected by Saudi Arabia after extensive operational validation. Deployed in over 200 combat sorties before the deal, the UAV demonstrated rapid target engagement, including 12 aircraft striking three radar stations and three armored vehicles in 15 minutes during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict. Its […]

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CHINA COMMITTED NEARLY $24B TO 168 PORTS WORLDWIDE OVER 25 YEARS, STUDY SAYS

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Fri 06 March 2026: China has committed nearly $24 billion in investments to 168 ports around the world over the past 25 years, according to a new study released Wednesday. The report by AidData, a research lab at William & Mary University in the United States, comes as Panama recently ousted a Hong Kong-based operator from one of […]

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NEPAL HOLDS FIRST NATIONWIDE VOTE SINCE GEN Z UPRISING TOPPLED OLI GOVERNMENT

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Thu 05 March 2026: Voting continued in Nepal on Thursday to elect 275 members of the lower House of parliament, after youth-led protests ousted the government of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli six months ago. According to data shared by the Election Commission, the voter turnout from 7 am to 1 pm local time was […]

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UN WARNS 200,000 MORE AFGHAN CHILDREN FACE ACUTE MALNUTRITION IN 2026

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Thu 05 March 2026: Hundreds of thousands more children face acute ⁠malnutrition in Afghanistan this ⁠year amid a hunger crisis exacerbated by foreign aid cuts and violence on the border with Pakistan, a U.N. official said on Tuesday. International aid to Afghanistan ⁠has fallen sharply since 2021, when U.S.-led forces exited the country and the Taliban regained power. The crisis has been compounded by […]

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IRANIAN WARSHIP ‘ATTACKED BY FOREIGN SUBMARINE’ OFF SRI LANKA, 101 SAILORS MISSING

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Wed 04 March 2026: At least 108 sailors are missing after an Iranian warship was “attacked by a foreign submarine” near the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, local outlet the Daily Mirror reported, citing defense sources. It added that 78 other sailors were wounded in the incident while the identity of the sailors […]

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DECADES OF CONFLICT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN WITH HIGH DISABILITY RATES: UN

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Thu 04 December 2025: Nearly one in four Afghans is living with a disability, the United Nations said on Wednesday, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, urging greater support for a population shaped by decades of war and crisis. According to UN data, 24.6% of Afghans live with mild disabilities, 40% with moderate and 13.9% with severe disabilities — […]

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