Article : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/8/indian-workers-rescued-from-digital-job-scams-in-southeast-asia In early October, nearly one hundred and thirty Indians were rescued from tech companies in Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. The workers were lured into these countries on the belief that they were being offered high up, and prosperous jobs in the information technology sector. They were, most of the time, illegally brought into the countries. Once they… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/tensions-as-bangladesh-accuses-myanmar-of-firing-in-its-territory Mortar fire from Myanmar on the Rohingya refugees are becoming a constant source of tension between Myanmar and Bangladesh. It has been known for a while that the Rohingyan people are a stateless people, who have no country that will formally accept them. After having been forced out of Myanmar through the now internationally known genocide of the… Read more »
Article : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/28/taliban-signs-preliminary-deal-with-russia-to-buy-gas-wheat Just recently, the Taliban and Russia have signed a preliminary agreement to help the Taliban in their efforts to maintain food, and fuel supplies during their two-year ongoing drought. The deal consisted of two million tonnes of wheat, half a million tonnes of cooking gas, and a million tonnes of diesel and petrol. Although this deal is… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/15/iran-signs-memorandum-join-shanghai-cooperation-organisation On September 15th, president Ebrahim Raisi of Iran met with the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) at their summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. There, the president signed a memorandum to join the SCO as a full member. This membership will help Iran with both the economic side, as well as protection side of future conflicts. The president went on to… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/17/mortar-fired-from-myanmar-kills-rohingya-youth-in-bangladesh On Friday, September 16th, a mortar touched down at night on a “no mans land” strip on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at approximately 8:30pm. The mortar killed an 18 year old, and injured 4 others. The nearly 4,000 Rohingya that live near or on the strip state that they feel they are in constant fear, and are in constant… Read more »
Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/15/afghanistan-blames-border-clash-on-pakistans-bid-to-build-post Recently, on the border between the two countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a skirmish between the Pakistani and Afghani broke out, seemingly because of a recently installed security post leading into Pakistan territory. Interestingly enough, the Taliban claims that there were insider terrorists acting on behalf of the Afghan police that started this scuffle with the Pakistani border… Read more »
