Category: Asia

Thu 29 May 2025: Beijing on Thursday slammed the US move to revoke visas of Chinese students, calling it “unreasonable and discriminatory.” “The US’ unreasonable decision to revoke the visas of Chinese students under the pretext of ideology and national security seriously harms the lawful rights and interests of Chinese students and disrupts people-to-people exchange […]

Thu 29 May 2025: Beijing says it ‘firmly opposes groundless accusations’ that China is directly aiding Russia’s arms industry. Ukraine has data that confirms China is supplying Russia’s arms industry, according to the head of Kyiv’s foreign intelligence service. Oleh Ivashchenko said in an interview published by the Ukrinform news agency on Monday that Ukraine […]

Wed 28 May 2025: Foreign minister Wang Yi is meeting top diplomats from 11 Pacific nations in the Chinese city of Xiamen. China is hosting a high-level meeting with 11 Pacific Island nations as it seeks to deepen ties and build what it calls a “closer” community with “a shared future” in the strategic region. […]

Tue 27 May 2025: The Supreme Court acquitted A.T.M. Azharul Islam, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member detained since 2012, of crimes against humanity and ordered his release. Born in 1952, Islam was one of six senior politicians convicted during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year authoritarian rule, which ended in August 2024 after a student-led uprising forced her to […]

Mon 26 May 2025: The 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit kicked off Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur as leaders from the region converged to discuss key regional and global issues including US tariffs, the conflict in Myanmar and maritime disputes in the South China Sea. The event began with a […]

Sun 25 May 2025: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Istanbul, weeks after a military conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi. The two countries would strive to boost cooperation, particularly in defence, energy and transportation, Erdogan’s office said on Sunday. Erdogan told Sharif it was in […]

Sun 25 May 2025: A key Bangladeshi party leader at the forefront of the revolt that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina warned on Saturday that an army-backed leadership could replace the interim government. Nahid Islam, leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP) made up of many students who spearheaded the uprising that ended Hasina’s 15-year iron-fisted rule last year, said […]