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Taiwan said Friday (November 29, 2024) that it detected 41 Chinese military aircraft and ships around the island ahead of a Hawaii stopover by President Lai Ching-te, part of a Pacific tour that has sparked fury in Beijing. Beijing insists self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and opposes any international recognition of the island…
Hefazat-e-Islam supporters stage a protest after Friday prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque, demanding an immediate ban on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Dhaka, Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh’s leading political parties have called for calm following widespread unrest in the country triggered by the killing of a lawyer during…
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Earlier this month, China declared new “baselines” around Scarborough Reef, a large coral atoll topped by a handful of rocks barely above sea level in the South China Sea. By doing so, China reaffirmed its sovereignty claim over what has become a global flashpoint in the disputed waters. This was a pre-calculated response to the…
Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A Beijing court on Friday (November 29, 2024) sentenced veteran Chinese state media journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on espionage charges, his family said. Mr. Dong, a senior columnist at the Communist Party newspaper Guangming Daily, was detained in February 2022 along with…
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Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz. File | Photo Credit: Rainer Puster Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and Natanz, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said on Friday (November…
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Image used for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Three Hindu temples were vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob on Friday (November 29, 2024) in Bangladesh’s Chattogram which has witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked under sedition charges. The attack took place around 2.30 p.m. in the port city’s Harish Chandra…
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Dhaka: Three Hindu temples were vandalised by a slogan-shouting mob on Friday in Bangladesh’s Chattogram which has witnessed protests and violence since a former ISKCON member was booked under sedition charges. The attack took place around 2:30 pm in the port city’s Harish Chandra Munsef Lane, where the Shantaneshwari Matri Temple, the nearby Shoni Temple,…
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Tell a man he shouldn’t think of a pink elephant and he can’t get that beast out of his mind! This quote, from Curt Siodmak’s 1974 novel City in the Sky, describes how hard it can be to suppress our thoughts. “Don’t think of a pink elephant” has become a classic example of how difficult…
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday (November 29, 2024) announced the formation of a task force, to be led by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, to identify the perpetrators of chaos during a protest by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party earlier in the week….
London: UK member of Parliament Bob Blackman, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Hindus, has raised concerns in the House of Commons over the attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. During a Parliament session on Thursday, the MP for Harrow East in north London condemned the persecution of minorities and the imprisonment…
