Thu 13 March 2025: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his “war on drugs” as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over alleged crimes against humanity. In a video message posted on his Facebook account, and viewed 10 million times, Duterte said it will […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Two Indian telecom giants have signed pacts with billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring Starlink internet services to the country. Reliance Jio said Wednesday that “the agreement with SpaceX is part of Jio’s commitment to ensuring that reliable internet is fully accessible to all enterprises, small and medium businesses and communities […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Baloch separatist group claims responsibility, says it has killed six security personnel as it holds hundreds hostage. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s security forces say they have rescued 155 passengers from a train that was hijacked by a group of separatists as it was travelling on Tuesday from Quetta, the provincial capital of the southwestern […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Bangladesh’s primary anti-corruption agency approved charge sheets on Monday against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members for allegedly misusing power to allocate residential plots in an upscale area of the capital, Dhaka. Hasina has been in exile in India since her 15-year rule was brought to an end […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed. The Dalai Lama has said that his successor will be born in the “free world” outside of China. In a new book released on Tuesday, the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: A gun battle is underway between security forces and heavily armed militants who have claimed to have taken 100 passengers hostage after attacking a train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. Reports of firing at a Peshawar-bound passenger train near Balochistan’s Bolan district emerged on Tuesday, but the specifics regarding casualties have […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs. According to the Philippine government, Duterte was taken into custody at the airport in the capital after returning from a trip […]
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Mon 10 March 2025: On February 24, a police crackdown swept across the Shaheen Bagh Rohingya settlement in New Delhi, sending waves of panic through the community. It emerged that law enforcement officials were rounding up Rohingya refugees without explanation, forcibly taking them to police stations for biometric verification. What initially appeared to be a bureaucratic […]
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Sun 09 March 2025: Japan is facing the worst shortage of full-time workers since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of local firms understaffed, a recent survey showed. Among the 11,000 local companies that responded to the January survey, 53.4% said they need more full-time workers, the highest since April 2020 […]
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Sat 08 March 2025: The US commerce secretary has called on India to stop purchasing weapons from Russia, saying that New Delhi and Washington should form the “best relationship.” “India has historically bought significant amounts of its military equipment from Russia, and we think that is something that needs to end,” US Commerce Secretary Howard […]
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