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Pakistan Slaps Terror Case on Baloch Activists

Mahrang is currently lodged in Quetta District jail along with 150 others after the brutal crackdown on the Baloch leaders at their protest camp…reports Asian Lite News Pakistan has accused Mahrang Baloch,

March 24, 2025

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Carney Calls Snap Election Amid Trump’s Pressure

Carney Sets April 28 Election to Reset Ottawa’s Global Ties…reports Asian Lite News Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election as his country faces US President Donald Trump’s onslaught,

March 24, 2025

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UNICEF Alarmed by Rising Child Crimes in Bangladesh

The agency’s monitoring revealed that from January 2025 to March 16, media and local human rights organisations recorded approximately 50 cases of child rape….reports Asian Lite News The United Nations Children’s Agency

March 24, 2025

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Meloni torn between Trump and European allegiance

A nationalist with deep admiration for Donald Trump, she is battling to reconcile the growing gulf between her ideological instincts, which lie with Washington, and Italy’s strategic ties to the EU

March 23, 2025

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EU plans significant increase in defence spending

The ReArm Europe plan, which was announced earlier this month, includes 150 billion euros of loans that member states can access to invest in defense and security capabilities The European Union

March 23, 2025

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Rwanda-backed rebels push into Congo’s mineral-rich town

The decades-long conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January, when the M23 rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma, followed by the town of Bukavu in February Rwanda-backed M23 rebels

March 23, 2025

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Mali pulls out from alliance of French-speaking countries

The Organization Internationale de la Francophonie had already suspended the membership of the three countries over military coups in recent years. Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are now all ruled by military

March 23, 2025

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Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill USAID funding gap

The funds collected will go to a new Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund to pay for projects previously funded by USAID, Ethiopia’s biggest partner for development and humanitarian efforts Ethiopia’s parliament on

March 23, 2025

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At least 44 civilians killed in Niger terror attack

Authorities have blamed the deadly attack in the town of Kokorou on the Islamic State in the Great Sahara, an ISIL affiliate The government of Niger has declared three days of

March 23, 2025

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Namibia inaugurates its first woman president

The 72-year-old Nandi-Ndaitwah won an election in November to become one of just a handful of African female leaders after the likes of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Joyce Banda of Malawi,

March 23, 2025

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