Wed 28 May 2025: Foreign minister Wang Yi is meeting top diplomats from 11 Pacific nations in the Chinese city of Xiamen. China is hosting a high-level meeting with 11 Pacific Island nations as it seeks to deepen ties and build what it calls a “closer” community with “a shared future” in the strategic region. […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: Kami Rita Sherpa, a veteran Nepali mountaineer, reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 31st time early Tuesday, breaking his own world record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak. The 55-year-old climber led the Indian Army Adventure Wing Everest Expedition and reached the 8,848-meter (29,029-foot) summit at […]
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Tue 27 May 2025: The Supreme Court acquitted A.T.M. Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member detained since 2012, of crimes against humanity and ordered his release. Born in 1952, Islam was one of six senior politicians convicted during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year authoritarian rule, which ended in August 2024 after a student-led uprising forced her to […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key regional and global issues including US tariffs, the conflict in Myanmar and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The event began with a […]
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Mon 26 May 2025: As South Korea faces declining birthrates and concerns over regional depopulation, local governments are broadening their approach beyond childbirth subsidies, now offering cash incentives to encourage marriage, including support for first dates, engagements, and honeymoons. However, critics contend that these short-term financial measures may not effectively tackle the deeper structural issues […]
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Sun 25 May 2025: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul, weeks after a military conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi. The two countries would strive to boost cooperation, particularly in defence, energy and transportation, Erdogan’s office said on Sunday. Erdogan told Sharif it was in […]
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Sun 25 May 2025: A key Bangladeshi party leader at the forefront of the revolt that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina warned on Saturday that an army-backed leadership could replace the interim government. Nahid Islam, leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) made up of many students who spearheaded the uprising that ended Hasina’s 15-year iron-fisted rule last year, said […]
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Sat 24 May 2025: Relations between China and Africa are increasingly important in understanding the dynamics that shape our world. But until now, the role of sport was overlooked. A new book, Global China and the Global Game in Africa, explores the role of football in relations between China and Africa – culturally, politically and economically. Wycliffe W. […]
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Sat 24 May 2025: UNHCR says two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10 could be the ‘deadliest tragedy at sea’ involving Rohingya so far this year. At least 427 Rohingya, Myanmar’s Muslim minority, may have perished at sea in two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10, the United Nations said, in what would be another deadly […]
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Fri 23 May 2025: Communities – predominantly Muslim – displaced. A large-scale demolition drive undertaken by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has targeted approximately 7,000 properties, predominantly Muslim homes, situated near Chandola Talab. The operation, reported to have commenced on Tuesday, has resulted in the displacement of thousands of individuals, leaving them without shelter. […]
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