Tue 19 May 2026: Southeast Asia’s tourism powerhouse to introduce new tiered visa system. Thailand’s cabinet has approved a drastic reduction to its visa-free entry scheme for tourists from more than 90 countries. The decision, issued on Tuesday, shifts the country away from a sweeping 60-day visa exemption introduced in July 2024 to stimulate its […]
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Tue 19 May 2026: The West Bengal cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, decided on Monday to end government assistance schemes based on religious categorisation starting in June. The move includes programmes under the madrasa and minority affairs departments. The move effectively ends several religion-linked welfare programmes introduced under the previous All India Trinamool […]
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Mon 18 May 2026: Pakistan has deployed 8,000 troops, a squadron of fighter jets and an air defense system to Saudi Arabia under a mutual defense pact, ramping up military cooperation with Riyadh even as Islamabad serves as the main mediator in the Iran war. The deployment, the full scale of which is reported by […]
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Mon 18 May 2026: In repeat of a familiar pattern, the Madhya Pradesh High Court rules that the historic Kamal Maula mosque is a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess. For decades, the Kamal Maula mosque in Dhar, in central India’s Madhya Pradesh state, has been like a second home for 78-year-old Mohammad Rafiq. Rafiq […]
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Sun 17 May 2026: Boasting the equivalent weight of nine elephants, Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis had enough unique features to be considered a new species. Scientists have identified the remains of a massive new species of dinosaur in Thailand, estimated to have weighed as much as nine adult elephants. “Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis” is the largest-known dinosaur from Southeast […]
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Sat 16 May 2026: Iran’s foreign minister had urged member states to condemn ‘violations of international law by the United States and Israel’. The BRICS alliance of major developing economies has failed to issue a joint statement after their two-day meeting in India, amid internal divisions over the Iran war which is affecting several members. India hosted […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: A deadly assault on a security compound in northwest Pakistan has claimed the lives of several paramilitary officers, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claim the responsibility of deadly attack. Attackers drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the gate of a camp in Bajaur district on Thursday before opening fire in a […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: The report by a UK-based NGO documents rape, gang rape and threats of sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls in Rakhine State. Sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls is becoming rampant along with illegal detention and coercion under the armed rebel group Arakan Army in the northern parts of […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: US prosecutors are preparing to drop the charges against Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani, who had been accused of paying hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes and concealing those payments. The New York Times has reported. With a business empire spanning coal, airports, cement and media, the chairman of Adani […]
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Fri 15 May 2026: US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping told him that Beijing would not provide military equipment to Iran and expressed support for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open. “When you say ‘support,’ they’re not fighting a war with us or anything,” Trump said when asked if he discussed China’s support for Iran when he met Xi earlier […]
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