Sat 01 February 2025: At least 18 paramilitary soldiers and 24 armed attackers have been killed in two related incidents in southwestern Pakistan, according to officials and local media reports, as sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence escalates in the region. Pakistan’s military on Saturday said fighters tried to set up roadblocks overnight in the restive province […]
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A satellite image of the building of the new military base near Beijing © Planet Labs Sat 01 February 2025: China is constructing a vast military complex in the western part of Beijing that US officials say will serve as a wartime command center and could be larger than the Pentagon, the Financial Times reported. Satellite images reviewed by US intelligence show a 1,500-acre (607-hectare) […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: As the Centre prepares to present the Union Budget 2025, a survey by a polling agency indicates an increasing number of citizens losing hope of a better quality of life under the Modi government. The polling agency, C-Voter, conducted a pre-budget survey questioning 5,269 people across India. Over 37 percent of […]
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Fri 31 January 2025: With the opposition expressing strong reservations to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) has wetted it accepting 14 amendments with a vote of 15 “Ayes” and 11 “Nays”. Now the Waqf bill is ready for the perusal of the Lok Sabha Speaker who will take further action […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: More than 70 Rohingya refugees fleeing persecution in Myanmar have arrived at a tourist beach in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Local police chief Nova Suryandaru said a wooden boat carrying 40 men, 32 women and four children ran aground in Pereulak region in East Aceh on Wednesday after its engine broke down. […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: NGO warns interim government must act to avoid return of rights abuses seen under former PM. Bangladesh risks the return of the rights abuses seen under ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unless robust reform is instituted, an international NGO has warned. The interim government in Bangladesh risks losing “hard-won progress” if […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: China on Monday dismissed the lab leak theory on COVID-19 origins proposed by the CIA, calling it baseless and emphasizing the need for scientific investigation, state media reported. “The origin of coronavirus is a scientific issue and should be determined by scientists in a scientific spirit. The lab leak is highly unlikely,” said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning during […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: China’s newly unveiled AI chatbot, DeepSeek, has raised alarms among Western tech giants, offering a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Supported by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer, DeepSeek launched its DeepSeek-R1 large language model (LLM) on Jan. 20. Unlike ChatGPT’s subscription-based and closed-source platform, priced at $200 per […]
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Mon 27 January 2025: South Korean authorities concluded search and recovery operations and an investigation into the Dec. 29 crash of a Jeju Air plane that killed 179 people and found feathers and bloodstains in the two engines of the plane. The Korea JoongAng Daily said Sunday that the families of the victims agreed to […]
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Sat 25 January 2025: Police in Thailand Wednesday claimed they do “not” have any plans to deport 48 Uyghur ethnic community members back to China. The clarification from the Royal Thai Police comes amid growing calls on Thailand to abort any plan to send back some 48 incarcerated Uyghurs to China. Thai police chief Kittharath […]
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