Fri 19 December 2025: Violent protests have erupted in Bangladesh after the death of a prominent youth leader of last year’s student uprising that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was shot last week in the capital, Dhaka, and died of his injuries on Thursday in hospital in Singapore. Several buildings, including […]
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Thu 18 December 2025: Manila’s national security adviser has stated that there is no proof the alleged shooters in the fatal Bondi Beach shooting underwent military training in the southern Philippines, while Australia revealed intentions to strengthen its hate speech legislation. In a Wednesday statement, Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano confirmed the two suspects […]
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Thu 18 December 2025: Huge US arms package for Taiwan includes HIMARS rocket systems, howitzer artillery, antitank missiles, and drones. The United States has approved $11.1bn in arms sales to Taiwan, one of Washington’s largest-ever weapons packages for the self-ruled island, which Beijing has promised to unify with mainland China. The US State Department announced the […]
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Wed 17 December 2025: Myanmar’s military junta has declared that detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health, countering growing concerns over the condition of the ousted pro-democracy icon following the 2021 coup. “Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is in good health,” stated a post on the junta-controlled Myanmar Digital News on […]
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Tue 16 December 2025: More than 17 million people in Afghanistan are at risk of “acute food insecurity” this winter – over 3 million more than in the previous year – according to the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday. “Our teams are seeing families skipping meals for days on end and taking extreme […]
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Mon 15 December 2025: In a dramatic policy shift, Germany’s new conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz has revoked sanctuary offers to hundreds of Afghans previously promised refuge. The 640 individuals—many former local staff for German forces during the Afghanistan occupation—who are currently waiting in Pakistan, will no longer be admitted. Merz’s administration is scrapping two resettlement […]
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Sun 14 December 2025: The Uttar Pradesh government’s latest move targeting madrasas has triggered renewed fear and disappointment among Muslims, who believe the state is slowly dismantling the autonomy of minority educational institutions. After months of crackdowns that included shutting down unregistered madrasas and demolishing buildings with bulldozers, the government is now attempting to take […]
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Sat 13 December 2025: Severe floods and landslides in Indonesia and Sri Lanka left over 2,000 people dead and missing as of Saturday, official data showed. Unprecedented floods, landslides, storms, and cyclones have caused widespread devastation across South Asia and Southeast Asia. Indonesia has been hit the hardest, followed by Sri Lanka. Indonesia’s national disaster […]
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Sat 13 December 2025: North Korea held a welcoming ceremony Friday for troops returning from Russia’s western Kursk region after completing a mine-clearance mission during the Ukraine war, state-run media reported Saturday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomed the soldiers in Pyongyang at the ceremony and paid tribute to nine personnel who were killed […]
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Thu 11 December 2025: A military court sentenced the former head of Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency to 14 years in prison on charges including violation of state secrets and misuse of authority, the army said Thursday. Faiz Hameed, who served during the tenure of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was also convicted of “engaging in political […]
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