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Two-month ceasefire in Yemen starts with Ramadan

The truce deal includes stopping military operations, opening Sanaa International Airport to a number of flights, and opening the port of Hodeidah to a number of oil derivatives ships, reports Asian Lite

April 2, 2022

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Sri Lanka declares emergency amid unrest over economic crisis

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he believed there was a “public emergency in Sri Lanka” that necessitated invoking the tough laws, reports Asian Lite News Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared

April 2, 2022

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Pak opposition begins march to counter PTI rally

The PTI, meanwhile, is preparing Islamabad’s Parade Ground for its grand rally on Sunday, with thousands of its supporters having left for Islamabad, reports Asian Lite News The opposition parties in Pakistan

March 26, 2022

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Biden calls Putin ‘a butcher’

After initially looking to downplay a personal rivalry between himself and Putin, Biden has ramped up his rhetoric against Putin over the last 10 days, reports Asian Lite News US President Joe

March 26, 2022

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Jaishankar to visit crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Triggered by a shortage of foreign exchange, with last week’s $1 billion, India has provided $2.4 billion financial assistance to Sri Lanka since January, a report by Susitha Fernando Proving the priority

March 26, 2022

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Deuba to visit Varanasi during India visit

This will be his first visit to India after becoming Prime Minister of the Himalayan nation in July 2021, reports Asian Lite News Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba will visit Varanasi

March 26, 2022

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Imran’s trump card has ‘nothing to do with army’

The Prime Minister instead stressed that “attacking the army and damaging it means damaging the future of Pakistan”, reports Asian Lite Newsdesk Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his much-discussed

March 26, 2022

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5th BIMSTEC Summit on March 30

BIMSTEC is a regional organisation that was established on June 6, 1997, with the signing of the Bangkok Declaration. To cement economic, trade and security cooperation with friendly neighbouring countries in South

March 26, 2022

Asia News·India News

Indian Army conducts airborne drill in sensitive Siliguri Corridor

Siliguri Corridor is the strategically important region near the country’s northern border with China that also borders Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, reports Asian Lite News Around 600 paratroopers of the Indian Army’s

March 26, 2022

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‘Russia doesn’t have funds for prolonged war’

The situation is similar with payment of mercenaries hired by Russia’s private military campaigns (PMC) to take part in the war, according to the Chief Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence,

March 26, 2022

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