Category: Asia

Mon 07 July 2025: Afghans given Sunday deadline amid concerns over security after conflict with Israel, but humanitarian groups warn that mass deportations could further destabilise Afghanistan. Millions of Afghan migrants and refugees in Iran have been asked to leave or face arrest as a deadline set by the government comes to an end. Sunday’s […]

Mon 07 July 2025: China on Monday pushed back on threats of “additional” US tariffs on nations “aligning” with the BRICS, saying there “are no winners” in trade wars. “We believe BRICS is a force for good in the international community and does not target any third party,” China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told […]

Thu 03 July 2025: Russia has officially recognized the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Russian President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov told the RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday. Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry also confirmed the development, saying Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov met Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and conveyed the government’s decision that underscores […]

Thu 03 July 2025: Navy Captain Shiv Kumar’s comments suggesting the government stopped the military from hitting back spark furore. An Indian naval officer has conceded that the country lost fighter jets to Pakistani fire during their conflict in May and says the losses were a result of “constraints” placed on Indian forces by the […]

Thu 03 July 2025: Bangladesh’s interim government says the conviction shows commitment to justice. Bangladesh’s self-exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to six months in prison for contempt of court by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, handed down the verdict in Hasina’s absence on […]