India is fighting one of the world’s oldest Insurgencies, the Natal Maoist rebellion, rooted in the forests of Central India. Once established in a third of India’s districts the “Red Corridor” has been reduced to scattered pockets by intense military campaigns. Home Minister Amit Shah has vowed to eliminate the insurgency group by 2026, and security forces have killed or… Read more »
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli resigned on September 9th, 2025, after protests against the government’s proposal to shut down social media sites such as Facebook,X, and Instagram. The shutdown lit a fire under the youth who were already growing frustrated with corruption,disparity, and bad governance. Protests escalated into some of the worst unrest since the monarchy was ended in… Read more »
The article “In race for Asia’s rare earths, China is leaving US in the dust” examines how Beijing has surpassed Washington in accessing Central Asia’s rare earth metals. These minerals are vital to clean energy,technology, and defense industries and are currently being competed worldwide. While America has tried to strengthen ties with countries like Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, China has already… Read more »
For the first time in seven years, Chinese President Xi and Indian Prime Minister Modi met face-to-face on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to discuss pressure from the recent U.S. tariffs. So far, China has been the central target of the U.S. tariff campaigns. These intense tariffs focused on China’s exports has jeopardized their position as a manufacturing… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/11/countries-struggled-to-respond-to-killings-of-al-jazeera-staff-emails-show Six journalists were killed in an Israel drone strike on Gaza in August, and that led to the Media Freedom Coalition issuing a joint statement condemning the killings. But internal Foreign Ministry emails in Sweden indicate that the majority of states hesitated, and just 21 ended up signing up to the statement. There were delays due… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/30/iran-arrests-eight-suspected-of-spying-for-israels-mossad-in-12-day-war Eight people were arrested in Iran for being suspected of attempting to send sensitive information to Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. During the country’s 12-day war with Israel and the United States, they allegedly tried to transmit the coordinates of sensitive sites and details about senior military figures. They were arrested before being able to carry out… Read more »
Link to article: https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165808 Nepal’s Prime Minister, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, resigns after a youth led anti corruption protest. The protest was held on September 8, against rampant corruption, nepotism and curbs on social media. The protest quickly escalated after security responded with force leaving at least 19 dead and hundreds injured. In response to this, government buildings, offices, and… Read more »
For the first time in months, Ian and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have come to an agreement which allows the UN nuclear inspectors to continue inspections of Iran’s nuclear sites. Specifically, ones that were damaged from military strikes by Israel and the US in early June. Doing so will give power back to Iran’s military after the 2015… Read more »
As of September 6, 2025, India and Qatar are in the final stages of forming an advanced bilateral trade agreement which will impose tariff reductions on essential exports and imports. For India, these goods will be engineering goods, textiles, and pharmaceuticals. As for Qatar, they benefit from natural gas, aluminum, and petrochemicals. Before the agreement Qatar was already a large… Read more »
https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20250915/fa6b6aaf3a9a40d093a84ad57a2c14db/c.html This article covered the recent Belt and Road Initiative exhibition that took place in Bangladesh on Sept. 12 and 13. During the event many prominent leaders from the academic, business, and political fields of both Bangladesh and China spoke very highly of the success of the BRI in Bangladesh noting that it sat well for future bilateral cooperation. The… Read more »