Mon 04 December 2023: The ISIL (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for the bombing of a Catholic mass service in the southern Philippines that killed at least four people and injured dozens more. The explosion on Sunday ripped through a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi City, where pro-ISIL fighters led a five-month siege in […]
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Sun 03 December 2023: In just over two months, Indonesia will hold one of the biggest one-day elections anywhere on Earth. More than 200 million eligible voters will take part across Indonesia’s 6,000 inhabited islands – along with 1.75 million people in the diaspora – to elect a new president, vice president and members of […]
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Sat 02 December 2023: Pakistani authorities have committed widespread abuses against Afghans to compel their return to Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. Police and other officials have carried out mass detentions, seized property and livestock, and destroyed identity documents to expel thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum seekers. Since mid-September 2023, Pakistani authorities […]
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This file photo shows a cultural relic unearthed from the Liangzhu ruins in east China’s Zhejiang Province. Sat 02 October 2023: China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration on Wednesday unveiled new archaeological discoveries at the ruins of Liangzhu ancient city and its water conservancy system. The recent findings have provided a preliminary understanding of the […]
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Fri 01 December 2023: Meta has removed nearly 4,800 fake accounts that were part of a China-based influence campaign aimed at spreading polarising content about United States politics ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the tech giant has announced. The influence operation was one of two China-based campaigns detected by Meta, which owns Facebook and […]
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Thu 30 October 2023: Afghanistan’s caretaker government has asked Washington to set free the only Afghan prisoner still held in the infamous Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the local Tolonews TV channel reported Thursday. “We are in contact with the United States to release Abdul Rahim. He is the only Afghan who has been languishing in […]
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Thu 30 October 2023: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Taliban Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has said that the Afghan consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad are in contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul, and the Afghan embassy in New Delhi will soon resume operations. “Our consulates in Mumbai and Hyderabad […]
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Thu 30 October 2023: Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan stepped down as chairman of his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party amid court battles, his lawyer and a senior party official said on Wednesday. Addressing a news conference in the capital Islamabad, Barrister Ali Zafar said that Khan’s lead lawyer, Barrister Gohar Khan will act […]
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Pannun is a key figure in the political movement that seeks to establish an independent Sikh state in northern India. Thu 30 October 2023: Authorities in the United States have said that an Indian government official directed a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on US soil, as they announced charges against a man accused […]
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Wed 29 October 2023: New Delhi: The number of Muslim students (18-23 years) enrolled in higher education fell by more than 8.5 % according to a new report titled, “The state of Muslim education in India”. The report is authored by Arun C. Mehta, former professor at the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration. The report is […]
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