Wed 30 April 2025: Veteran Malaysian statesman and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad urged the world on Wednesday to “rise” above the “fear” of the US to stop the genocide in the Gaza Strip. “We fear America. But we must rise above our fears. There are ways to stop the killing,” Mahathir wrote on X, adding US support for Israel prevents nations […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: South Korean lawmakers provide update on estimated casualties following briefing by country’s intelligence agency. About 600 North Korean soldiers have been killed fighting in Russia’s war in Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers have said, citing intelligence officials. Speaking after a closed-door briefing by the National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Wednesday, Lee Seong-kweun […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a Cabinet Security Committee meeting in response to escalating tensions with Pakistan, according to state media. This marks the second meeting since an April 22 attack by unidentified gunmen that claimed 26 lives at a tourist resort in Indian-administered Kashmir. Following the top […]
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Wed 30 April 2025: India’s Narendra Modi reportedly gave the Indian military “operational freedom” to respond to last week’s militant attack in Pahalgam in disputed Kashmir. Islamabad accused India of using the attack as a “pretext.” Pakistan’s information minister said early on Wednesday that Islamabad had “credible intelligence” that India was planning an imminent military strike […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: A wave of incendiary music tracks is heightening Islamophobic hate, serving as the background score to violence against Muslims. Mumbai, India – Less than 24 hours after news broke of the April 22 attack, in which gunmen killed 25 tourists and a local pony rider in the Indian-administered Kashmir region, a new […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: Silence and compromise on the tariff war initiated by the US will “only embolden the bully,” China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has told the bloc of emerging economies at a summit in the Brazilian city of Rio De Janeiro. “The United States has been pursuing unilateralism, putting its own interests first, […]
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Tue 29 April 2025: Defense expenditures have been on the rise in East Asia as China’s military buildup raises concerns among its neighbors, according to a report by a Swedish think tank. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in its annual report on world military expenditure published Monday, said the total world military expenditure […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: _ The chip is in early development and will undergo a series of tests before it will be deemed ready for customer use. China’s Huawei Technologies is preparing to test its newest and most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) processor, as it hopes to replace some higher-end products of US chip giant Nvidia, […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says troops sent to help Russia ‘annihilate’ Ukrainian forces under military pact with Moscow. North Korea has confirmed for the first time that it sent troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, and that its forces had contributed to taking back Russian territory held by […]
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Mon 28 April 2025: Since 2019, the Modi government has argued Kashmir was returning to ‘normalcy’. The attack exposed holes in its approach, analysts say. New Delhi, India — Addressing a rally of supporters in September 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi confidently asserted that his Hindu majoritarian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would create a new […]
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