Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-sectarian-violence-ceasefire-northwest-shiites-47dc036c70eb20788815ec34d1da5092 Violence in Kurram, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, first began after gunmen attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying mostly Shiites, killing 52 people on November 21st. Some Shiites launched attacks on Sunni Muslims, killing 78 people and wounding 200 others. A ceasefire was reached on November 24, but violence soon began again. Javed Ullah Mehsud,… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-india-hindu-leader-hasina-minority-groups-c45812dce748aec95e0430a977d71ef5 Krishna Das Prabhu, a prominent Hindu leader who led large rallies in Bangladesh, was arrested in Dhaka last week, and now faces charges of sedition. Hindu groups say there have been thousands of attacks against Hindus since early August, when the secular government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was overthrown. India, which sheltered 10 million refugees and helped Bangladesh gain… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.rt.com/india/608744-putin-praises-modis-india-first-policy/ “Prime Minister Modi has a similar program called Make in India. We are also prepared to set up a manufacturing base in India… The Indian prime minister and government have been creating stable conditions because the leadership is committed to an ‘India first’ policy, and we believe that investments in India are profitable… I know that… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-election-politics-economic-crisis-7fd0ab2d3ed89ccac2e8cd0fdc6731bf The Marxist-leaning Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won the presidential election on Sept. 21, and on Thursday, November 14, his party had a landslide win in the Parliament. This mandate gives the President the power to enact his plans of fighting poverty and corruption in the crisis-stricken nation. Reporting from Colombo, Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-press-accreditations-c6084ebc9dd6cee9c87101961d031f97 Bangladesh’s interim government canceled press accreditations for 167 journalists. An association of editors and rights groups has condemned the decision, calling it a threat to press freedom in the country. The Editors’ Council said the cancellation of accreditations by the interim government headed by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus risks “fostering a climate of exerting control,… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-smog-mobile-clinics-punjab-219608bdb72e4a62ff6ca7fca52e964d According to Pakistani health officials, 1.8 million people have been sickened by the worsening air pollution in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province. “Over 1.8 million people visited hospitals and private clinics in the smog-hit districts in Punjab in the past 30 days, and most of them had been suffering from respiratory-related diseases and burning of eyes,” said… Read more »
