Tue 17 December 2024: China has expanded its visa-free transit policy, extending stays and travel options for citizens from 54 countries, officials announced Tuesday. The permitted stay for eligible travelers has been increased to 10 days, or 240 hours, up from the previous limits of 72 and 144 hours, according to the National Immigration Administration. […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has released a “list of targets” in case of a potential attack involving the US, a report claimed on Monday. The PLA’s electronic warfare unit has released the list targeting the presumed US aircraft carrier strike groups. It was revealed in the latest issue of […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office next month, the United States is moving toward enforcing stricter immigration policies. Recent data from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicates that 18,000 undocumented Indians are among the 1.45 million individuals at risk of deportation. India ranks third in the […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: Singapore has executed nine people so far this year and dozens more are on death row for drug trafficking offences. Singapore – Masoud Rahimi Mehrzad’s father was in a remote part of Iran when he received the news that he had long dreaded. His son was to be hanged in Singapore’s Changi […]
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Sat 14 December 2024: Indonesia on Thursday opened a landmark tunnel connecting Muslim and Christian places of worship. President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated the Tunnel of Friendship connecting Istiqlal Mosque to the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in the capital Jakarta. “This tunnel is not only a symbol of harmony between religious communities, but also reflects the spirit of unity and […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Pakistan has once again been shaken by protests, with Imran Khan, the country’s jailed ex-prime minister, at their epicentre. This time, the state has responded with a technologically sophisticated crackdown, with digital blackouts and restrictions on social media. Contributors: Shahzeb Jillani – Journalist, Dawn News Rabia Mehmood – Managing editor, New […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: US President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to participate in his presidential inauguration next month. Sources revealed that Trump extended the invitation to Xi in early November, shortly after the election, but it remains unclear whether the Chinese president has accepted, CBS News reported late Wednesday. […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: South Korean Army Chief of Staff Gen. Park An-su was suspended on Thursday after being named commander of a short-lived martial law declared by President Yoon Suk Yeol last week. Park is among at least six military commanders suspended as investigations expand into their roles in Yoon’s Dec. 3 martial law […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Afghan acting Refugees and Repatriation Minister Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani was killed, along with six others, in an explosion inside his ministry building in central Kabul on Wednesday, Afghanistan’s local media reported. Haqqani and six other people were killed, and several others injured in the blast, Tolo News reported, citing a Taliban spokesman. […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked the Indian government to decide the fate of the Rohingya refugees living in the restive region, but until such a decision is taken, the refugees should be treated with dignity. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who leads a government with limited powers formed after India scrapped the region’s autonomy in 2019, told […]
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