AT LEAST 28 KILLED IN TWO BOMBINGS AS PAKISTAN PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS

Wed 07 February 2024: A day before parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place, two bombs targeting the election headquarters of an independent candidate and a political party in southwest Pakistan have left over fifty people injured and at least twenty-eight dead. The first attack, which killed 16 people, took place at the office of […]

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HINDU RIGHT-WING NOW EYES AJMER DARGAH, CALLS IT ‘SACRED TEMPLE’

Wed 07 February 2024: A right-wing Hindu group in Rajasthan’s Ajmer has claimed that Ajmer Dargah was actually a Hindu temple. Rajvardhan Singh Parmar, president of the Hindu right-wing ‘Maharana Pratap Sena’ in Ajmer said that Ajmer Dargah is a “sacred Hindu temple”. He also held a press conference recently, making similar claims. This comes […]

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JAPAN-US MILITARY EXERCISE NAMES CHINA AS A HYPOTHETICAL ENEMY

Mon 05 February 2024: Amid “rising concerns over a potential invasion of Taiwan by Beijing in the future,” Japanese media reported on Sunday that the US and Japanese forces have, for the first time, designated China as a hypothetical enemy in their combined command post exercise. The US and Japan started conducting joint drills in […]

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ETHNIC CLASHES IN MYANMAR FORCES MORE ROHINGYA TO FLEE BANGLADESH

Mon 05 February 2024: Internally displaced Rohingya from Myanmar’s Rakhine state have fled to Bangladesh in a new wave of forced migration in search of safety, refuge, and food as clashes between military junta forces and rebel groups escalate. Many have crossed into the Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Cox’s Bazar, where 1.2 million Muslims […]

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CANADIAN INTELLIGENCE SAID INDIA INVOLVED IN ‘FOREIGN INTERFERENCE’ ACTIVITIES: REPORT

A person holds a sign during a protest outside the Indian consulate in Vancouver in September 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Sun 04 February 2024: Canada’s inquiry into foreign interference in its last two federal elections has named India and China and called for Ottawa to “do more”, according to a top secret briefing report obtained […]

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CHINESE AUTOMAKER GEELY LAUNCHES 11 LOW-ORBIT SATELLITES FOR AUTONOMOUS CARS

Sun 04 February 2024: Geely Holding Group (0175.HK), a Chinese automaker, announced on Saturday that it has launched 11 low-Earth orbit satellites, marking its second dispatch, as part of its efforts to increase the precision of its navigation for autonomous vehicles. According to Reuters, the satellites were launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in […]

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TALIBAN WELCOMES WORLD BANK REPORT ON AFGHANISTAN’S ECONOMY

Sat 03 February 2024: The Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement has welcomed the recent report of the World Bank on Afghanistan’s economic situation.  In response to the recent World Bank report on Afghanistan’s economic situation, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Office of […]

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HINDU PRAYERS BEGIN INSIDE INDIA’S MUGHAL-ERA MOSQUE AFTER COURT ORDER

Fri 02 February 2024: Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century mosque in the Indian city of Varanasi, hours after a court order gave them the go-ahead at the disputed site. The Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi is one of several Muslim places of worship that right-wing Hindu groups, backed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata […]

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MAJOR AUTOMAKERS COMPLICIT IN FORCED LABOR OF UYGHUR PEOPLE IN CHINA, RIGHTS GROUP SAYS

Fri 02 February 2024: Human Rights Watch evaluated records indicating that carmakers violate the human rights of the Uyghur population in Xinjiang when procuring aluminum, a vital element for vehicle manufacturing. Notably, the Chinese government is accused of persecuting, violating human rights, and discriminating against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang area. This comes as the rights […]

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