Thousands of Afghan refugees flee Pakistan as deadline looms
Thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants in Pakistan are heading to the border to return home as a Pakistani deadline to leave the country expires.
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Son of Aung San Suu Kyi launches new campaign to free jailed Myanmar leader
The deposed leader was arrested by the military junta in Myanmar in February 2021. She has been given a 27-year sentence for corruption charges
Backlash as Hamas leader invited to address major pro-Palestinian protest in India
BJP calls pro-Palestinian protest rally ‘anti-national’ and asks for legal action against organisers
West seeking to spread military conflict to Asia-Pacific: Russia
The West is now seeking to expand the current European conflict, that it is responsible for, to Asia, Russia’s Defense Minister has warned. Sergey Shoigu was speaking at China’s biggest annual military diplomacy event, the Beijing Xiangshan Forum, on …
Thousands gather on anniversary of Halloween crush in Seoul – as families demand fresh investigation
The crush, one of the biggest peacetime disasters in South Korea, killed 159 people, most of them aged in their 20s and 30s
US, South Korea and Japan ‘confirm’ North Korean arms shipments to Russia
US and its Asian allies condemn supply of military equipment, saying these would increase human toll of Moscow’s war against Ukraine
India finally reopens borders to Canadians after forcing dozens of diplomats to leave country
India suspended ‘all categories’ of visas last month
India says it will resume issuing visas to Canadians only on one condition
Diplomatic row erupted between India and Canada after Justin Trudeau suggested Indian agents were involved in killing Sikh separatist leader
‘Trudeau a laughing stock in India’: Canada’s opposition leader amid diplomatic row
‘Justin Trudeau is considered a laughing stock in India – the world’s biggest democracy,’ Poilievre said
India dismisses Canada’s allegation that it violated international norms in their diplomatic spat
India says it rejects ‘any attempt to portray the implementation of parity as a violation of international norms’