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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, according to state media. KCNA reported on Tuesday. In the message, Kim sent New Year greetings to Putin and all Russians, including his troops, and expressed his willingness to further…
Puerto Ricans were left without power on New Year’s Eve after a grid failure left nearly the entire island without power. About 90 percent of customers were without power Tuesday morning at 9:30 (6:30 PST), according to power distribution company LUMA Energy’s real-time portal. It will likely take between 24 and 48 hours to turn…
The chief minister of India’s northeastern state of Manipur apologized Tuesday for months of ethnic unrest that has killed at least 250 people and sparked criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal government. Conflict between the Meitei majority and Kuki tribal communities in the state of 3.2 million people erupted in May 2023 and has…
Thousands of Bangladeshis marched in a “Unity March” in the capital Dhaka on Tuesday to commemorate the student-led uprising five months ago that led to the overthrow of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and remember the more than 1,000 dead. in violence. The group Students Against Discrimination (SAD), which led the protests, abandoned a plan…
U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that the Taliban authorities who govern Afghanistan must revoke a ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively removed from public spaces, prompting the United Nations to denounce the “gender apartheid” that the administration has…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday formally unveiled the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29, called “Uraan Pakistan: Homegrown National Economic Plan”. The five-year plan aims to address key economic challenges through a specific framework called the “Five E’s”: Exports; E-Pakistan; Equity and Empowerment; Environment, Food and Water Security; and Energy and Infrastructure. Earlier in April,…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will soon unveil the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29. The five-year plan aims to address key economic challenges through a specific framework called the “Five E’s”: Exports; E-Pakistan; Equity and Empowerment; Environment, Food and Water Security; and Energy and Infrastructure. Earlier in April, Prime Minister Shehbaz had called for the creation…
2024 was a particularly violent year for Balochistan. What transpires in the new year hinges on Islamabad’s engagement with the province’s young, educated activists. As we bid adieu to 2024, Balochistan finds itself at a critical juncture — grappling with a year shaped by political turmoil, devastating floods, spiralling violence, and the rise of grassroots…
Several roads in Karachi were reopened to traffic on Tuesday as city-wide sit-ins against the recent killings in Parachinar, located in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, subsided after warnings from the police. The religious political party Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen (MWM) had called for protests throughout the country to express its solidarity with the people of Parachinar,…
On Tuesday, Beijing responded to accusations that a Chinese state-sponsored actor was behind a cyber breach at the US Treasury Department, calling the claims “baseless.” Treasury said the attack resulted in access to some of its workstations, according to a letter to Congress seen by AFP. According to Treasury, the incident occurred earlier this month,…
