Wed 27 December 2023: A plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India while on its way to Nicaragua after being detained in France. It has now landed in Mumbai. While no evidence of trafficking was found, the inquiry gave way to concerns of undocumented immigration that are still being investigated by French authorities. […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the country to mark Christmas, an official has said. Among the 1,004 freed on Monday were Sri Lankans jailed for not being able to pay outstanding fines, Prison Commissioner Gamini Dissanayake […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: The Indian Navy has dispatched guided missile destroyers to the Arabian Sea after an attack on an Israel-linked chemical tanker off its coast, the Ministry of Defence said. Three stealth-guided destroyers were deployed “in various areas of the sea” to “maintain a deterrent presence” considering the “recent spate of attacks in the Arabian […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: India’s Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has suspended the newly-elected governing body of the scandal-hit wrestling federation, accusing it of ignoring rules by hastily announcing championships. The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has “been instructed to suspend all its activities until further orders”, the ministry said in a statement on […]
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Sun 24 December 2023: Fears are growing for scores of Rohingya refugees believed to be stranded at sea in the Indian Ocean, after a boat they set off in from Bangladesh saw its engine fail. The group of some 185 Rohingya, mostly women and children, are in desperate need of rescue after falling into distress […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: The Ministry of Education Spokesman Mansour Ahmad said in messages to The Associated Press on Thursday that Afghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools. “If her age is not in line with the class and (the age) is too high, then she is not allowed,” said […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: New Delhi: The families of three tribal men from Poonch have alleged that they were tortured to death by the Army after the attack in which five soldiers lost their lives earlier this week. The alleged custodial killing of the three civilians identified as Safeer Hussain, 37, Mohammed Showkat, 26 and Shabir […]
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A woman looks through the debris after the Myanmar military bombed a camp for displaced people in the country’s north in October [File: AFP] Sat 23 December 2023: Amnesty International has said the Myanmar military should be investigated for war crimes over a new offensive by an alliance of ethnic armed groups and anti-coup […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: When the new Maldives president, Mohamed Muizzu, stepped on a plane in late November for his first overseas visit since being sworn in barely a week earlier, he was breaking with a longstanding tradition in his country’s diplomatic practices. Across party lines, Maldivian presidents have long made India their first port of […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that $185 million is required by the UN organization to stop food insecurity-related deaths in Afghanistan. “WHO needs $185 million to continue providing medicines and supporting hospitals to prevent more Afghan children and women dying of malnutrition and the consequences of food insecurity,” […]
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