Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Thursday he had “agreed to strengthen relations” with Pakistan, a move likely to further test his country’s frosty relations with India. Pakistan and Bangladesh were once one nation but split in a brutal 1971 war, with Bangladesh then drawing closer to Pakistan’s arch-rival India. But Dhaka’s ties with New […]
Read MoreThe newly elected US President Donald Trump seems desperate to boost the US economy. He is planning to do so even before he comes to power. Trump is not willing to give up even a hair for the sake of his own country. Therefore, this incoming president has put ‘friendly country’ India on the ‘red […]
Read MoreWar-torn Syria must not be allowed to become a center of terrorism. At the same time, the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State (IS) must continue, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He made these remarks at a press conference after talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]
Read MoreBefore taking oath, US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Indian products. At the same time, he has said that he will apply the same policy to Brazil. According to PTI, Donald Trump spoke to reporters at his residence in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. There, he said, if any country imposes additional […]
Read MoreIran’s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that those who think that the “resistance axis” led by Tehran has been wiped out due to the collapse of the government in Syria are mistaken. Khamenei made the remarks at a women’s rally in Tehran on Tuesday (December 17), Al Jazeera reported. The report said that […]
Read MoreAt a rare joint news conference for foreign media, Cho and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok sought to reassure Seoul’s allies and calm market jitters since the martial law attempt that shocked the nation and triggered the biggest political crisis in decades. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Wednesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s […]
Read MoreFollowing reports of attacks against Hindus in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, a video spread in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed a Muslim mob vandalising an idol of a Hindu goddess in the South Asian country. The footage, however, was filmed in neighbouring India’s West Bengal state. It shows villagers dismantling a statue of Hindu […]
Read MoreReuters has reported that the Russian parliament passed a law yesterday paving the way for normalizing relations with Afghanistan’s interim government. According to the report, the approved law allows Russia’s Supreme Court to suspend the ban on groups that have been blacklisted by Moscow. Reuters stated in part of its report: “Russia’s parliament passed a […]
Read MoreThe eight villages in Bhutan’s western sector, close to Doklam, are all strategically located in a valley or a ridge overlooking a valley that China claims. China has built at least 22 villages and settlements over the past eight years within territory that has traditionally been part of Bhutan, with eight villages coming up in […]
Read MoreA recent CNN report detailing the rescue of a Syrian prisoner has come under fire after the individual was revealed to be a former intelligence officer in the Bashar al-Assad regime. The network’s coverage, which aired on Thursday, showed journalist Clarissa Ward and her team discovering a “hidden prisoner” in a Damascus prison, reports Al […]
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