Sun 29 October 2023: Bangladesh’s leading opposition figure has been detained, as tensions mount between the country’s governing party and opposition forces ahead of general elections due in January. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, secretary-general of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was picked up by law enforcement on Sunday, a day after mass antigovernment protests […]
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Johor’s Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar (left) and Malaysia’s King Al-Sultan Abdullah. Sat 28 October 2023: Malaysia has announced that its next and 17th king will be Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar from the southern state of Johor. Sultan Ibrahim was chosen by the country’s nine sultans at a session of the Conference of Rulers on […]
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Sat 28 October 2023: Social media accounts spread pro-Israel content as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks closer ties with Israel. On October 7, within hours of the armed group Hamas launching a surprise attack on Israel, social media platforms were rife with support for Israel – and also fake news. What stood out in […]
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The first special flight carrying 132 Afghan refugees leaving Islamabad airport for Stansted, London. Fri 27 October 2023: The first charter flight to relocate Afghan refugees living in Pakistan has arrived in Britain. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority confirmed that the first flight, carrying 132 Afghans, left the country for London on Thursday. The […]
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Fri 27 October 2023: Malaysia’s communications regulator is set to issue a warning to tech giant Meta and popular short-form video hosting service TikTok over allegedly restricting content supporting the Palestinians on their respective platforms, its communications minister said on Thursday (Oct 26). Fahmi Fadzil took to his official X account and said that he […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: A Qatar court has handed a death sentence to eight former Indian Navy officers, who have been detained in the country since August 2022. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, October 26, said that it is deeply shocked and is awaiting the detailed judgement by the Court of First […]
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Thu 26 October 2023: In its latest step to implement the planned expulsion of all undocumented migrants, including 1.7 million Afghans, Pakistan is setting up deportation centres where people will be held during processing. Jan Achakzai, a spokesman for the southwestern Baluchistan government, said on Thursday that three deportation centres are being set up, including one […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: New Delhi: With Russian exporters showing preference to be paid in yuan, India’s trade with Russia in Chinese currency is gathering pace to tide over the payment crisis between countries since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022. Two sources, who are in the know of things, quoted by LiveMint, said this […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: China has announced the official removal of defence minister Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public since late August. State media said President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree to dismiss 65-year-old Li from his post as defence minister on Tuesday. He also lost his other political positions, including as […]
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Wed 25 October 2023: The Electoral Commission of South Africa has formally launched the 2024 National and Provincial Elections (NPE 2024) programme as a means of declaring its readiness to host millions of eligible voters at over 23 296 voting stations across the country next year. According to the Electoral Commission, the NPE 2024 will […]
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