Category: Asia

“ERASING MEMORY IS THE CRIME”: ACTIVISTS RALLY BEHIND IMPRISONED KASHMIRI RIGHTS DEFENDER AT BANGKOK EVENT

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Sun 02 November 2025: At the 16th International Civil Society Week (ICSW) taking place in Bangkok, where over a thousand civil society activists have gathered, the inaugural plenary session expressed solidarity with Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who has been imprisoned since November 2021 under India’s Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) of 1967. The show of […]

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MALDIVES LOCKS OUT FUTURE GENERATIONS FROM SMOKING

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Sat 01 November 2025: The Maldives implemented a generational ban on tobacco Saturday, marking a historic milestone in its efforts to protect public health and promote a tobacco-free generation, according to a statement from the Health Ministry. “The Generational Ban on Tobacco reflects the Government’s strong commitment to protecting young people from the harms of […]

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN PEACE TALKS END IN TURKIYE WITHOUT RESOLUTION

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Wed 29 October 2025: Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding. The peace process between Pakistan and Afghanistan is now mired in further uncertainty after talks in Istanbul to broker a sustainable truce failed to reach a resolution, according to Pakistan’s information minister. The announcement […]

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FIFA ANNOUNCES NEW FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA “TO GIVE A REAL BOOST TO FOOTBALL”

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Mon 27 October 2025: FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday announced the launch of a new regional football competition, the FIFA ASEAN Cup, which will include all 11 Southeast Asian countries. Infantino explained that the tournament will take place within the FIFA International Match Calendar to maximize its impact in a region with a population […]

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WHY AMBEDKARITES PROTEST AGAINST RSS IN MAHARASHTRA?

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Sun 26 October 2025: In what is being described as “historic”, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) organised a massive protest march outside the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, directly challenging the organisation’s ideological stronghold. Led by the VBA and joined by local Ambedkarite political groups and organisations, the protest drew […]

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CHINA FACES ‘PROFOUND’ CHANGES, VOWS ‘RAPID’ DEVELOPMENT IN FIVE-YEAR PLAN

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Fri 24 October 2025: China’s Communist Party refrains from direct mention of the US trade war, but stresses ‘consolidating national security’. China’s ruling Communist Party has said it will focus on speeding up self-reliance in science and technology, after a four-day meeting that approved a draft of the party’s next five-year development plan. China faces “profound […]

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NORTH KOREA CONFIRMS HYPERSONIC WEAPON TESTING TO COUNTER “POTENTIAL ENEMIES”

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Thu 23 October 2025: North Korea declared on Thursday that a hypersonic weapon test carried out the day before serves as “clear proof” of its ongoing enhancement of defensive technological prowess.  The test, conducted by the Missile Administration of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, was overseen by Pak Jong Chon, secretary of the Central […]

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LATEST EU SANCTIONS TARGET MOSCOW, RUSSIAN BANKS, ENTITIES IN INDIA, CHINA

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Thu 23 October 2025: The European Union has passed its latest package of sanctions on Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief announced on Thursday. “We just adopted our 19th sanctions package. It targets Russian banks, crypto exchanges, entities in India and China, among others,” Kaja Kallas wrote on the US social media company X. The […]

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MYANMAR MILITARY ARRESTS MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE AT INFAMOUS SCAM CENTRE

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Wed 22 October 2025: The military also confiscated 30 Starlink satellites from the sprawling KK Park scam centre on the border with Thailand. Myanmar’s military says it has arrested more than 2,000 people in a raid on KK Park, an infamous scam centre on the border with Thailand, according to state media. The sprawling compound […]

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