https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/india-russia-joint-venture-hopes-5-bln-supersonic-missile-exports-by-2025-2022-10-18/ A Duel-State company by the name of BrahMos Aerospace, that makes nuclear capable supersonic missiles, has set its goal to sell 5 billion dollars worth of weapons to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam, by 2025. In the past India has made fighter planes and jets for Russia, and the two are taking their partnership farther with the production of the… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/10/11/india-to-weigh-russias-offer-on-sakhalin-1-oil-project India’s petroleum minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, said that Russia and India have had healthy discussions on the topic of the Sakhalin-1 oil and gas project. The Sakhalin-1 Oil and Gas Project was originally an oil production agreement between the Sakhalin government and Russia that was managed by Exxon. However after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Exxon withdrew from the agreement… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/11/bangladesh-opposition-says-over-4000-charged-in-govt-crackdown In Bangladesh, over 4,000 opposition party members were charged with charges related to violence. These charges were heavily scrutinized by a spokesperson of the national Bangladesh opposition party, Sairul Kabir Khan, who claimed that the charges were faked in order to crush opposition. Bangladesh has been ruled by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been prime minister since 2009…. Read more »
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-protests-uk-and-norwegian-ambassadors-summoned-over-interference/a-63232654 Iran’s foreign ministry Summoned ambassadors from the UK and Norway On Sunday for what the ministry considered to be “interference” Iran has recently been rocked by violent protests of the killing of an Iranian while in custody or Iran’s Morality police, a police force that enforces discriminatory dress code against the women of Iran. Britain’s ambassador was summoned by… Read more »
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220922-protesters-torch-police-stations-as-unrest-in-iran-over-woman-s-death-continues Last week a 22 year old Kurdish woman died while in the custody of the Morality Police, a section of Iran’s police force which arrests women for wearing hijabs the wrong way or other non approved clothing. The 22 year old, named Amini, died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab in an “improper” way. This… Read more »
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20220922-protesters-torch-police-stations-as-unrest-in-iran-over-woman-s-death-continues Last week a 22 year old Kurdish woman died while in the custody of the Morality Police, a section of Iran’s police force which arrests women for wearing hijabs the wrong way or other non approved clothing. The 22 year old, named Amini, died in custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab in an “improper” way. This… Read more »
