Tue 13 February 2024: This past week’s elections in Pakistan were meant to be a formality, the outcome – a win for the PMLN – predetermined by the Pakistani military and intelligence apparatus. But despite their attempt to manage the narrative and meddle with politics, former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party, the PTI, […]
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Tue 13 February 2024: Indian security personnel used tear gas to disperse thousands of farmers protesting on New Delhi after negotiations with the administration failed. “We do not want to break any barricades. We want resolution of our issues through dialogue. But if they [the government] do nothing then what will we do? It is […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: Roads leading to New Delhi have been blocked by Indian police as farmers march toward the nation’s capital to demand better government assistance. Government ministers were scheduled to meet with union leaders on Monday to address their demands for higher crop prices, which were promised three years ago, amid protests aimed […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: Two former Guantanamo Bay prison inmates returned to their home country, Afghanistan, from Oman on Monday, local media reported. The two Afghan nationals, Mullah Abdul Zahir Saber and Abdul Kareem, who had been arrested in 2002, were released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in 2017, and shifted to an unspecified […]
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Mon 12 February 2024: Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel. India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) thanked Doha on Monday as it announced that the octet had been freed. The details surrounding their arrest, sentencing, and commuting remain unclear. “We appreciate the decision […]
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Sun 11 February 2024: Candidates, mostly linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, won the most seats as Pakistan’s election commission announced on Sunday final results of the Feb. 8 general elections. The independents got 101 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) winning 75, […]
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Nepali mercenaries fighting for the Russian army in Ostrykivka, village near Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia, Russian-occupied Ukraine [Photo courtesy Atit Chettri] Sun 11 February 2024: Kathmandu, Nepal – On a bitterly cold morning in early January, somewhere near Tokmak city in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Bimal Bhandari* began a risky journey to desert the Russian army he […]
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Sat 10 February 2024: Amnesty International has called on Indian authorities to immediately halt the “unlawful” demolitions of Muslim properties, as it released two new reports describing the targeting of homes, businesses and places of worship across several states belonging to the minority community. Calling the demolitions a form of extrajudicial punishment, the rights group […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Violent clashes broke out between police and local residents in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani on Thursday, February 8, after the municipal authorities demolished a madrassa, calling it an encroachment on government land. The clashes broke out shortly after Haldwani municipal officials conducted demolition of the madrassa located near Banbhulpura police station. In retaliation, […]
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Fri 09 February 2024: Malaysia’s top court has ruled that 16 Islamic laws in the northeastern state of Kelantan are unconstitutional in a landmark decision that could have major implications for the country’s legal system. By an 8-1 majority, the Federal Court ruled on Friday that the Kelantan state government did not have the power […]
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