Mon 13 January 2020: (REUTERS) Indian palm oil importers have effectively stopped all purchases from Malaysia after the government privately warned them to shun product from the country following a diplomatic spat, industry and government sources said. The warning, issued last week, comes almost in parallel with New Delhi’s move to restrict imports of refined […]
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Sun 12 January 2020: ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for Tehran on Sunday to discuss the ongoing situation in the Middle East with the Iranian authorities and plead the case for de-escalation in the region. According to an official statement released by the country’s foreign ministry in Islamabad on Saturday night, Qureshi […]
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Sat 11 January 2020: A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in southwest Pakistan during Friday evening prayers, killing a senior police officer and at least 11 others, police said. The bombing also wounded 11 other worshipers in the city of Quetta, the capital of the restive Baluchistan province, said local police chief Mohammad Ajmal. […]
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Kashmiri journalists protest against the communication blackout in Srinagar, Fri 10 January 2020: India’s Supreme Court said on Friday that shutting down the internet in the disputed region of Kashmir was unconstitutional in a rebuke for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The government imposed a communications lockdown in August after it withdrew the Muslim majority […]
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Tue 07 January 2020: Iran has vowed retaliation for the US’ airstrike against Soleimani in Iraq, but experts say the hardline Shiite regime in Tehran is not in a position to directly confront Washington. Instead, it could attempt to harm US interests in the Middle East, as well as Afghanistan, they say. The Afghan government said Friday it was […]
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Mon 06 January 2020: Many students and teachers have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by members of right-wing students’ group in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday. Witnesses said violence followed a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers Association in connection with a rise in hostel charges for the students announced some […]
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FILE PHOTO Fri 03 January 2020: Illegal border crossings from India to Bangladesh have risen in recent months amid ongoing citizenship crisis in India, official data from Dhaka showed on Thursday. Bangladesh border security forces have detained 455 people for crossing its border with India in the last two months, while the number of illegal […]
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Wed 01 January 2020: A local human rights group has documented 69 killings in Kashmir since the revocation of the region’s special status on Aug. 5. Challenging Indian government claims that no civilian death took place in Kashmir after August, a report compiled by Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) said that out […]
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Tue 31 December 2019: Dummy police are the newest recruits to law enforcement in India’s southern city of Bangalore where authorities have adopted an unusual tactic to fight traffic offenders. Mannequins dressed up as traffic officers — complete with hats, white shirts and fluorescent vests with police insignia — are being placed at major intersections […]
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Mon 30 December 2019: Bangladesh’s top Islamic leadership has not yet made a ruling on the milk bank, but it was halted after critics said the plan could lead to breaches of Sharia law. A Bangladesh hospital has suspended plans to give donated breast milk to babies after a backlash by Muslim clerics who said the scheme violated […]
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