Thu 17 October 2024: A Bangladeshi court has ordered the arrest of self-exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India more than two months ago after being toppled in a student-led uprising. Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), said on Thursday the court had issued arrest warrants for Hasina […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: The two-day summit of government leaders from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) kicked off in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Wednesday, with premiers and senior officials from 12 countries in attendance. The 23rd meeting of the Council of the Heads of Government of SCO member states is presided over by Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. […]
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Wed 16 October 2024: Sri Lanka has formally decided to apply for BRICS membership, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath announced Monday. Speaking to the diplomatic corps in the capital Colombo, Herath said the country will submit its membership request at the upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, scheduled for Oct. 23-24. Sri Lanka’s secretary of foreign […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: After eight years of silence, Li, who works in Ethiopia, is finally ready to confront her father for sexual abuse crimes he committed against her during her teenage years. Determined to seek justice before it’s too late, she returns to China with her fiance to collect evidence and initiate legal proceedings against […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: The Maldives has announced a ban on vaping and related products, according to an official statement. The archipelago nation’s President Mohamed Muizzu directed his administration to take concrete steps to ban vaping, said the statement, released on Tuesday. “President Dr. Muizzu stated that he has instructed the relevant authorities to initiate […]
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Tue 15 October 2024: Retired Indian diplomats have expressed surprise at the possibility of a cabinet minister getting involved in ‘operational matters’. On its part, the Canadian side seems even more sure of its case than before with Trudeau now speaking of “clear and compelling evidence”. New Delhi: Canadian officials have told the Indian government that […]
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Sun 13 October 2024: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had a “brief exchange” with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Laos this week, a year after he accused India’s government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist in B.C. It’s the second time Trudeau’s come face to […]
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Sat 12 October 2024: A National Geographic team has reportedly discovered the remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, a British mountaineer who vanished on Mount Everest nearly 100 years ago, according to National Geographic. National Geographic reported in an exclusive news story that Irvine, along with George Mallory, attempted to summit the world’s highest peak in […]
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Sat 12 October 2024: Iran has stepped up efforts to deport Afghan migrants and said that by the end of March next year, two million undocumented migrants will be “expelled” from the country. According to Iranian media reports, Ahmad Reza Radan, the commander-in-chief of Iran’s law enforcement, stated that “over 750,000 illegal migrants” have already […]
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Saudi Investment Minister Khalid A. Al-Falih. Fri 11 October 2024: Saudi Arabia is set to purchase a minority stake in the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project in Pakistan, according to Gulf Online. Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih announced at an economic conference in Islamabad yesterday that Saudi’s Manara Minerals Investment Company will acquire […]
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