Thu 07 April 2022: Pakistan’s Supreme Court is expected to complete a hearing on Prime Minister Imran Khan’s blocking of an opposition move to oust him. The decision is scheduled to be announced later on Thursday by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial. Khan’s detractors claim the action was unconstitutional and has thrown the nuclear-armed country […]
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Wed 06 April 2022: Aakar Patel says immigration authorities stopped him from flying to the US after he was placed on a ‘look-out circular’. New Delhi, India – Indian immigration authorities have barred Aakar Patel, chair of Amnesty International in India, from travelling to the United States because of an order issued by the Central Bureau […]
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Wed 06 April 2022: Japan on Wednesday said it will cooperate with Qatar on efforts to stabilize global energy markets reeling due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida discussed the Ukraine situation and its impact on global energy supplies in a phone call with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, according […]
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Wed 06 April 2022: The Indian government has announced the banning of 22 YouTube channels, including four of Pakistani origin, for disinformation on national security and public order issues, marking the country’s latest federal crackdown. The blocked YouTube channels had a total of 2.6 billion visitors, according to the country’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced a teacher to death for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding the prosecutor’s plea for death penalty. The case of Herry Wirawan has stunned Indonesia and has drawn attention to the need to protect children from sexual violence in religious boarding schools. Wirawan […]
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Tue 05 April 2022: US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia Donald Lu, who was recently named by Imran Khan as being the official who made threatening remarks about his regime in a letter, evaded the question when asked about the regime change in Pakistan. The State Department official, who is currently visiting India, […]
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Mon 04 April 2022: As protesters around the country demanded his resignation due to rising food, gasoline, and medication shortages, Sri Lanka’s president offered to share power with the opposition. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made his appeal to legislators on Monday as highly armed security forces attempted to calm fresh protests over what the administration has […]
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Sun 03 April 2022: On Sunday, Sri Lanka temporarily blocked access to social media platforms, according to an independent internet monitoring organization and local media outlets. NetBlocks stated that Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp looked to be blocked for people. ⚠️ Confirmed: Real-time network data show Sri Lanka has imposed a nationwide social media […]
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Sun 03 April 2022: The Taliban announced on Sunday a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world’s biggest opium producer. “As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country,” […]
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Sun 03 April 2022: On April 2, China reported 13,287 new Covid cases, the most since February 2020, with the majority in Shanghai and northeastern Jilin province. On Sunday, the national health authority reported 1,506 confirmed Covid cases for the previous day, a decrease from the previous day’s total of 2,129 cases. However, the country […]
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