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Dhaka, Bangladesh – AFP Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem held his breath and listened for the sound of a cocked pistol. Instead, he was tossed from a car and into a muddy ditch on Dhaka’s outskirts — alive, at […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A case has been filed against Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, eight members of her now-dissolved cabinet and police officers on charges of “crimes against humanity” and “genocide,” according to an official. The case was filed at the local International Crimes Tribun...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – An army officer was killed on Wednesday in an operation against freedom fighters in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. “All Ranks of White Knight Corps salute the supreme sacrifice of brave heart Capt. Deepak Singh who succumbed to his injuries,” said the Indian military that occupies Kashmir, on ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as a suspect in a murder case, related to the killing of a grocery store owner in a police firing incident on July 19. This is the first murder case filed against Hasina, who fled to neighboring India on August 5. The […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Chinese university will suspend new student enrollments this autumn at its campus in Israel amid war on Gaza. The University of Business and Economics (UIBE) is facing “difficulties posed” by Israel’s war on Gaza, the South China Morning Post reported. “Our license requires us to have a substantial amount of facul...
A deadly drone strike near the border of Bangladesh and Burma has devastated the Rohingya community, killing more than 200 and forcing hundreds to return to their hometowns. The attack, carried out by the Arakan Army rebel group, targeted fleeing Rohingya Muslims near the Naf River, which separates the two countries. Despite risks, many Rohing...
Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has strongly opposed the Indian government’s proposed amendments to Waqf of Muslim endowment laws. Farooq warned changes would “disempower” Muslims, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. He criticized the amendments as direct interference in religious matters. After protests by opposition parties, the bill has ...
New Delhi, India– AFP The son of Bangladesh’s toppled leader has thanked New Delhi for “saving her life”, accused caretaker authorities of allowing “mob rule” and warned of chaos ahead without swift elections. Sheikh Hasina, 76, quit as prime minister last Monday after a student-led uprising and fled by heli...
New Delhi, India — AFP Doctors in government hospitals across several states of India halted elective services “indefinitely” on Monday in protest against the rape and murder of a young medic. The 31-year-old woman’s brutalised body was found bearing multiple injuries last week in a state-run hospital in West BengalR...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s former spy chief, Lieutenant General (retd) Faiz Hameed, was taken into custody on Monday, and the army announced that the process of his court martial has begun. Hameed, who served as the head of the powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) from June 2019 to Oct. 2021, has been taken into custody [&hellip...
