Tue 10 September 2024: Eskandar Momeni, Iran’s Interior Minister, has called on Afghan migrants residing in Iran to “return to their own country and work to rebuild it”. Speaking during a televised programme about the “Regulation of Foreign Nationals” plan, Momeni stated, “Iran cannot handle this volume of migration”. He added, “The priority is to […]
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Tue 10 September 2024: India’s Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a public interest litigation which had sought an order for the federal government to halt licenses to Indian firms exporting arms to Israel, Anadolu Agency reports. “We cannot enter into the nation’s foreign policy domain,” said a bench comprising Chief Justice, D Y Chandrachud, and […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: Typhoon Yagi, the most powerful storm to hit Asia this year, has left a trail of destruction in Vietnam, claiming at least 59 lives as landslides and floods wreaked havoc across the country. The storm, which made landfall on Vietnam’s northeastern coast on Saturday, had already caused significant damage in China […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: In an ambitious study, researchers have delved deep into the genetic makeup of India’s diverse population to trace the origins and migrations that shaped one of the world’s oldest civilizations. The study, spearheaded by population geneticist Elise Kerdoncuff from the University of California, Berkeley, analyzed the genomes of 2,762 Indians from […]
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Sun 08 September 2024: Pakistan has invited Indian PM Narendra Modi to he upcoming SCO summit in Islamabad. Modi is unlikely to attend. What would that mean for the grouping? Islamabad, Pakistan – The invitations have all gone out. But when Pakistan hosts the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit next month, there’s one guest above all […]
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What could Saudi Arabia’s first AAA game be like, following China’s success? Sun 08 September 2024: Last month, China made gaming history with the release of the instant hit “Black Myth: Wukong.” An RPG set in mythological China and loosely based on the classical Chinese novel, Journey to the West, it marked the country’s first […]
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Image is for illustration purpose. Sat 07 September 2024: Japan’s defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its forces understaffed amid a build up aimed at countering China’s growing military power. The measures, unveiled in its latest defence […]
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Fri 06 September 2024: As the West shuns the Taliban government in Kabul, countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have increased economic and political cooperation with Afghanistan. News published in the Afghan press in recent weeks suggests that some Central Asian countries have taken significant steps towards recognising the Taliban administration in Afghanistan. According to […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Iran’s Parliament has proposed reducing the foreign national population by 10 percent annually, amid growing public controversy over the increasing Afghan influx. Although the proposal does not explicitly mention any nationality, the term ‘foreign national’ is widely used by Iranian officials and media to target Afghan migrants, who constitute a […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: “Are Muslims not human, Are they not our brothers? Why would you kill a Muslim?” asks Uma, whose 19-year-old son, Aryan Mishra, was killed by men associated with the Hindutva group Bajrang Dal, who suspected the teenager of being a “cow smuggler” and a Muslim. “They shot my son thinking he […]
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