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Australian police seek to protect 10,000 customers after Optus hack

-- 2022-09-30 14:40:46

Australian authorities said on Friday they have commenced an operation to protect the personal information of 10,000 people whose data may have been shared online after a cyber attack on Optus, the co...

At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre

BBC 2022-09-30 12:02:37

Police in Kabul say a suicide attack at an education centre in the Afghan capital has killed at least 19 people and injured many others. The blast took place at the Kaaj educati...

To tackle a kimchi crisis, South Korea banks on massive cabbage warehouses

REUTERS 2022-09-30 11:42:30

South Korea's kimchi makers are in serious pain - brought low as a climate change-induced shortage of cabbages sent prices rocketing this year, exacerbating damage inflicted by cheaper offerings from...

Iran protests over young woman's death continue, 83 said killed

REUTERS 2022-09-30 11:16:48

Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said at least 83 people had be...

Pakistan court acquits Nawaz Sharif's daughter in graft case

-- 2022-09-29 21:01:33

A Pakistani court on Thursday quashed the conviction of Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in a corruption case that had seen her sentenced to seven years in jail, her p...

Indian official mocks student’s free sanitary pad request

-- 2022-09-29 17:54:22

A female civil servant's response to a schoolgirl's request for free sanitary pads has sparked backlash in India. The teenager made the request at a workshop organised with Unicef in the eastern stat...

India shut off internet in Kashmir at least 106 times last year

-- 2022-09-29 17:33:11

For editors at The Kashmir Walla, fact-checking a story used to involve a flurry of googling before press time. So when an 18-month internet and phone shutdown began in the Indian Himalayan region in...

Armenia says three soldiers killed by shelling from Azerbaijan

-- 2022-09-29 17:17:18

Armenia said three soldiers were killed by shelling from Azerbaijan on Wednesday, Tass agency reported, as the two neighbours accused each other of violating a ceasefire that ended two days of warfare...

India’s all passenger cars must have at least six airbags from October next year

-- 2022-09-29 17:07:25

India will require all passenger cars to have a minimum of six airbags from Oct 1, 2023, a year later than originally planned. The move, aimed at improving safety in a country that has the world's de...

Lebanese parliament fails to elect new head of state

-- 2022-09-29 16:09:00

The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new head of state on Thursday to replace President Michel Aoun when his term ends on Oct 31, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he would call another ses...

Myanmar beauty queen lands in Canada after Thai airport limbo

-- 2022-09-29 15:50:37

A Myanmar beauty queen, who had spoken out against military rule in her country and became stranded at Thailand's airport, said she was relieved but remained defiant after landing in Toronto on Wednes...

'Meta must pay': Facebook algorithms fuelled anti-Rohingya atrocities, says Amnesty

UNB 2022-09-29 13:51:29

Amnesty International has slammed Facebook owner Meta for its "failure to curb hate speech" on its social media platform that eventually "fuelled a storm of hatred" against the Rohingya Muslims over t...

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi and Australian economist to 3 years in jail

-- 2022-09-29 12:47:30

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday sentenced deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, to three years in prison, a source familiar wi...

Iran president says Amini's death is 'tragic incident', but 'chaos' unacceptable

REUTERS 2022-09-29 10:50:10

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday said that the death of a young woman in custody had "saddened" everyone in the Islamic Republic, but warned that "chaos" would not be accepted amid spreadi...

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman named prime minister of Saudi Arabia

-- 2022-09-28 19:48:30

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's prime minister and his second son Prince Khalid as defence minister, a royal decree sh...

India extends free food programme by three months

-- 2022-09-28 18:27:23

India has extended by three months its free food programme for the poor, a move that will add $5.46 billion to the government's costs and make for a bigger challenge to efforts to rein in the fiscal d...

Taliban official calls for schools to be reopened for girls

-- 2022-09-28 16:56:47

A senior member of the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan has called on the country’s new rulers to reopen schools for girls beyond the sixth year, saying there is no valid reason in Islam fo...

Pakistan appoints new finance minister amid economic crisis

-- 2022-09-28 15:15:15

Pakistan appointed a new finance minister on Wednesday, as the impoverished Islamic nation struggles to recover from an economic crisis worsened by deadly floods. Ishaq Dar, a senior figure in the ru...

China repeats call for stability in Korean peninsula

-- 2022-09-28 13:59:10

China's consistent position is to maintain stability in the Korean peninsula, its foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after South Korean media reported that North Korea may conduct a nuclear test in t...

Iran protest death toll rises to 76 as crackdown intensifies: Rights group

BBC 2022-09-28 13:35:54

At least 76 protesters have been killed by Iranian security forces during 11 days of unrest sparked by the death of a woman in custody, activists say. Iran Human Rights (IHR), a Norway-ba...

India bans Islamic group PFI for five years after detentions, raids

REUTERS 2022-09-28 11:07:56

Indian authorities declared the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates an "unlawful association" with immediate effect on Wednesday, banning it for five years.The order comes after the author...

Iran security forces clash with protesters over death in police custody

-- 2022-09-27 21:48:17

Iranian security forces clashed with demonstrators in dozens of cities on Tuesday, state media and social media said, amid continuing protests against the death of young Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in p...

Japan bids farewell to Shinzo Abe with flowers, prayers, 19-gun salute

-- 2022-09-27 19:19:43

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honoured slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years - a ceremony that has become as...

India cracks down on Islamic group for 'anti-national activities'

-- 2022-09-27 17:56:10

Indian authorities detained scores of members of an Islamic organisation on Tuesday, accusing them of violence and anti-national activities. The arrests follow a crackdown earlier this month on the P...

India’s Congress party likely to get first non-Gandhi chief in 25 years

-- 2022-09-27 17:06:10

India's main opposition Congress party is likely to elect a new party president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years, as it looks for a reset ahead of the next e...

The One China Policy versus Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

Sayeef Ahmed 2022-09-27 17:06:03

Taiwan was a part of mainland China for 1800 years. In 1949, with the end of the Chinese civil war the defeated nationalist force of China retreated to the island of Taiwan and made it their home. The...

Iran says US attempting to use unrest to weaken country

REUTERS 2022-09-27 11:12:59

Iran faced more international criticism on Monday over the death of a woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests after Tehran accused the United States of using the unrest to try to de...

Iran protests Western stance on protests over woman's death

-- 2022-09-26 19:58:37

Iran summoned the British and Norwegian ambassadors over what it called interference and hostile media coverage of the nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a woman detained by the morality poli...

‘Worst’ cholera outbreak in Syria for years kills 29

-- 2022-09-26 16:26:28

A cholera outbreak in several regions of Syria has killed 29 people, the Syrian health ministry said on Monday in what the UN has called the worst outbreak in the war-torn country for years. Rapid as...

Pakistani military helicopter crashes, killing six soldiers

REUTERS 2022-09-26 12:04:15

A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the southwest area of the country late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, including two officers, the military said on Monday. The helicopter cras...