Qatar Govt Official says Indian delegation visited Qatar t...
June 24, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
An Indian delegation made a “quiet visit” to the Gulf nation of Qatar to meet with the Taliban, a senior Qatari government official stated...
In Bangladesh’s empty Armenian church, a lone Hindu worshi...
June 24, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
With no priest to minister and no faithful to pray, an Armenian church in Bangladesh has one last parishioner: a Hindu caretaker doing his “sacr...
China’s military build-up at disputed border worries India...
June 24, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
An Indian soldier guards a highway leading to the Ladakh region, where India’s foreign minister said China’s ‘close-up deployment...
Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti to attend talks with PM Mo...
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti with other members during a media address after a meeting of People's All...
Arms bound for Myanmar seized in Mizoram
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
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In one of the major arms recoveries in recent times in Mizoram, the Assam Rifles on Tuesday seized a large haul of war-like...
Britain posts liaison officer at Indian Navy's Information...
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The positioning of the officer at the centre comes ahead of a planned visit to India by the UK's Carrier Strike Group, led by aircraft carrier HMS Q...
Biden, Putin and the Return of Realpolitik
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
When your expectations are rock bottom, only good things can happen.Saul Loeb / POOL / AFP
At the very end of U.S. President Joe Biden’s pr...
Iran’s President-elect Raisi addresses ties to mass execut...
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi has for the first time addressed his links with the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988 when he w...
Myanmar: EU, UK impose new sanctions on Junta officials ov...
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The European Union (EU) implemented new sanctions on top officials in Myanmar’s ruling military junta Monday over human rights abuses.
The 27-m...
Former president Karzai says US failed in Afghanistan
June 23, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Afghanistan’s former president has said the United States has failed in its two-decade mission of bringing stability to “fight extremism&r...
Why G7 leaders’ rival plan to China’s Belt and Road initia...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
(From left) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, president of the European Council Charles Michel, US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Ministe...
Chief priest admits to making 'Comments' on the Prophet, s...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. Photo: Screengrab from Facebook
The Delhi Police has questioned Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the head priest of Da...
Japan refuses to impose sanctions on Myanmar, undermining...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Protesters display the three-fingered salute while marking civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday. Photo: AFP
When hundreds of protest...
Pope calls on Myanmar’s junta to allow houses of worship t...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Myanmar protesters holding roses, to show solidarity with those who have been arrested, make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against...
Are illegal exports to Bangladesh spurring rat hole coal m...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-allied Meghalaya government is yet to bring the coal mafia under leash even as alleged illegal exports of fossil fuel...
The Lazarus heist: How North Korea almost pulled off a bil...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
In 2016 North Korean hackers planned a $1bn raid on Bangladesh's national bank and came within an inch of success - it was only by a fluke that all bu...
The US’s greatest danger isn’t China. It’s much closer to...
June 22, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
China’s increasingly aggressive geopolitical and economic stance in the world is unleashing a fierce bipartisan backlash in America. That’...
India’s prime minister is down but not out
June 21, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The story of Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has been a fable of extraordinary good fortune. From running a railway tea-stall in pro...
Modi's 'Make in India' campaign lifts defense sector amid...
June 21, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
India's ban against foreign imports of military equipment extends to helicopters. © Reuters
India's 13-month border standoff with Chi...
G-7's infrastructure investment plan vies to rival Belt an...
June 21, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden, German...
Raisi’s election victory raises difficulties as Iran nucle...
June 21, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
World powers attempting to revive the Iran nuclear deal have warned of complications on the path to an agreement as they met for the first time since...
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