Sun 07 April 2024: The United States is holding its first joint military drills with the Philippines, Japan, and Australia on the same day that China has raised the stakes in the disputed seas by conducting military “combat patrols” in the South China Sea. The news of a surprise naval drill by Beijing on Sunday […]
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Saleem Rehmani was shot dead in January 2022 in Pakistan. Indian government placed his name on its most-wanted list [File: Farooq Khan/EPA] Sun 07 April 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan — Since June 2021, Pakistan has tracked and accused Indian intelligence agencies of multiple attempts — some successful — at assassinating individuals New Delhi views as terrorists […]
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Sat 06 April 2024: Governments across the region are grappling with how to respond. In the Philippines, almost 4,000 schools have suspended in-person classes as the heat index passed 42C in some areas, a dangerous level that the weather bureau warned could cause heat cramps and exhaustion. During the Easter week in Manila, children played in portable […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: New Delhi: The Supreme Court today, April 5, stayed the Allahabad high court judgment quashing Uttar Pradesh’s madrasa law. The Wire has reported on how the March 22 verdict by the high court, declaring the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Act, 2004 – through which madrasas are governed in the state – unconstitutional, has left around […]
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Fri 05 April 2024: A 112-year-old man, recognized as Japan’s oldest male, has passed away in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported on Thursday. Gisaburo Sonobe, who died in late March, was born on Nov. 6, 1911 and became the country’s oldest man after his predecessor died in November 2022 at 111, the national […]
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Thu 04 April 2024: Taipei, Taiwan – More than half of people in Southeast Asia would side with China over the United States if forced to choose, a survey has found, underscoring Beijing’s growing influence in the region. In the State of Southeast Asia 2024 survey released this week, 50.5 percent of respondents said they would […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said the South Asian country will face extreme heat from April to June. “During April to June hot weather season, above normal heatwave days are likely to occur over most parts of south peninsula, central India, east India and plains of northwest India,” IMD […]
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Wed 03 April 2024: Taiwan has been jolted by its biggest earthquake in a quarter-century, triggering tsunami warnings for the self-ruled island, Japan and the Philippines. The earthquake on Wednesday shook buildings off their foundations and led to a landslide in the eastern part of the island. At least two buildings in the eastern city […]
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Tue 02 April 2024: Russia said on Tuesday it had important matters to discuss with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders and was working to remove the Taliban from its list of banned terrorist organisations. “This is a country that is next to us, and one way or another we communicate with them,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told […]
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Mon 01 April 2024: Islamabad, Pakistan – A court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s jail sentence in a case related to illegal selling of state gifts. Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each handed a 14-year sentence in the case on January 31 – just a week ahead of the February 8 elections, which […]
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