TALIBAN WARN AFGHAN NEIGHBOURS AGAINST ALLOWING US BASES
May 27 ,2021
The Taliban warned Afghanistan's neighbours on Wednesday against allowing the United States to operate military bases on their soil, th...
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May 27 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYDIGHA, INDIA
Villagers head to rescue people from flood water as Cyclone Yaas makes landfall near the Bay of...
MORNING NEWS BRIEF: 27 MAY
May 27 ,2021
PICTURE OF THE DAYDIGHA, INDIA
Villagers head to rescue people from flood water as Cyclone Yaas makes landfall near the Bay of Bengal,...
Rebuilding Gaza
May 27 ,2021
AS some semblance of normality returns to Gaza following a ceasefire that ended 11 days of savage Israeli bombardment, efforts of the g...
Unravelling controversial Tamil Nadu leader Karunanidhi’s...
May 27 ,2021
In contrast to iconic Tamil Nadu leaders like K. Kamaraj or M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), who were invariably portrayed glowingly, Muthuvel...
From Myanmar to US, disinformation floods social media
May 27 ,2021
Floods of posts on Facebook, which is Myanmar's biggest social media platform, have led to chaotic situations.
A 24-year-old woman...
Iran talks loom as a new test of Biden’s Israel ties
May 27 ,2021
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, left, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday in Jerusalem, where Mr. N...
Israel’s divide, rule and erase strategy is failing
May 27 ,2021
Palestinians wave the Palestinian flag at Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on May 21, 2021 [Ahmad Gharabli/AFP]
On May 21, aft...
The evolution of Angela Merkel’s foreign policy
May 27 ,2021
Angela Merkel’s 16 years as German chancellor are less associated with long-term foreign policy than with crises and decisive bre...
Why is Nepal facing a political crisis again?
May 27 ,2021
Protesters from the Nepalese Students Union shout slogans after burning an effigy of Nepal's President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime...
Myanmar cardinal calls for end to violence after church at...
May 27 ,2021
This handout photo from local media group Kantarawaddy Times taken and released on May 24, 2021 shows the church in which four people...
Social media companies need to be regulated – but BJP’s mo...
May 27 ,2021
A woman wearing a mask of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally being addressed by BJP president Amit Shah in As...
This passport will allow visiting Israel ‘in person withou...
May 27 ,2021
We have not yet given recognition to Israel. We do not have a diplomatic relationship with them. So, in its present state, it will not...
Muslim man's arrest for pro-Palestine social media post sh...
May 27 ,2021
All 32-year-old Yasser Arafat had wanted to do on the night of May 19 when he posted a pro-Palestine image and comment on his social me...
WhatsApp drags India government to court over privacy law
May 27 ,2021
WhatsApp has around 400 million users in India. © Reuters
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is challenging the Indian gover...
Myanmar allows Tinder but axes dissent havens Twitter, Fac...
May 27 ,2021
The whitelists for internet access sent out by Myanmar's junta, led by military chief Min Aung Hlaing, include over 750 websites...
Spread of 'black fungus' adds to India's COVID woes
May 27 ,2021
A doctor examines a mucormycosis patient in a special hospital ward in Pune, India on May 22. The fungal infection affect...
1.4m Afghan refugees begin receiving new smartcards
May 27 ,2021
The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) will provide new biometric identity smartcards to 1.4 million Afghan refugees...
Myanmar coup latest: Yangon to suffer 'more explosions,' s...
May 27 ,2021
A protester holding a National League for Democracy flag in Yangon, where there were five bomb attacks on Tuesday.&nbs...
Events in Myanmar leave ASEAN behind
May 27 ,2021
On 24 April, ASEAN leaders convened in Jakarta for a special summit on the situation in Myanmar. Outside parties including the United S...
Pakistan's top diplomat warns China could fill void left b...
May 27 ,2021
Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the United Nations's special session in New York on May 20 (Courtesy of the Pakis...
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Although the elections just held in four States and one Union Territory in India were provincial, they had immense national importance because national issues and national conditions impinged on them...
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