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January 8, 2025 11:15 AM

Bangladesh cancels passports of 97 people, including Sheikh Hasina

The Bangladesh Department of Immigration and Passports has cancelled the passports of 97 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, due to their alleged involvement in enforced disappearances and the July killings.   “The Passports Department cancelled passports of 22 people inv...

January 8, 2025 10:53 AM

Pakistan-China trade route blocked for 5th day

In Pakistan, the critical trade route with China remained blocked for the fifth day yesterday as thousands of people continued their protests over prolonged power outages in the mountainous region of Pakistan-Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The organisers of the sit-in demonstration in Hunza city have vo...

January 7, 2025 9:19 PM

Mount Ibu Erupts in Indonesia; Flight Alert Issued

In Indonesia, Mount Ibu, located in North Maluku province, erupted today, prompting the Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation to issue a flight alert. The volcano, situated in the West Halmahera regency, expelled a column of ash that reached up to three km into the sky, and the res...

January 7, 2025 8:47 PM

Nepal-Tibet border earthquake: Death toll reaches 126, 188 injured

The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Nepal-Tibet border region has reached 126. Chinese official media reported that 188 people were also injured after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake in the region this morning. The epicentre was located at a depth of 10 kilometres in Xizang, the Tib...

January 7, 2025 2:01 PM

South Korea: Police issue 3rd summons to head of Presidential Security Service

South Korea's police have summoned the head of the Presidential Security Service for questioning later this week. This is the third summons over allegations of blocking investigators from detaining impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Chief of the Presidential Security Service, Park Chong-jun, was boo...

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