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Pakistan PM orders probe into PIA’s controversial post
Pakistan PM orders probe after  PIA ad shows plane flying at Eiffel Tower 
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an investigation after the nation's flag carrier drew widespread criticism for putting out an advertisement that showed a plane flying toward the Eiffel Tower in Paris.The ad was meant to promote the resumption of Pakistan International Airlines' flights to the French capital and had the caption "Paris, we're coming today".Some social media users noted the ad's resemblance to the terrorist attacks in the US on 11 September 2001.The image has been viewed more than 21 million times on X since it was published last week and has drawn swift backlash.Sharif ordered an investigation into the matter, while Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar has also criticized the ad, Pakistan's Geo News...
January 16, 2025

Pakistan PM orders probe after  PIA ad shows plane flying at Eiffel Tower 

Saif Ali Khan was injured in a midnight attack at his home
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan stabbed at his Mumbai home
NEW DELHI — Popular Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan has been admitted to hospital with multiple stab injuries after an intruder reportedly barged into his house and attacked him.The attack took place early Thursday morning in an upscale neighborhood of Mumbai city, where Khan lives with his family.The city police told BBC Marathi that the actor was injured after a scuffle broke out between him and an unidentified man who entered his house sometime after midnight.Khan's family has not made any public statements but his publicity team said it was a case of "attempted burglary" without giving any further details.Khan has been taken to the city's Lilavati Hospital where he is undergoing surgery.Niraj Uttamani, the hospital's chief operating officer, told BBC Marathi that...
January 16, 2025

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan stabbed at his Mumbai home

Investigators from the anti-corruption agency  make their way to the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to execute an arrest warrant, Jan. 15, 2025
South Korean president arrested after weekslong showdown
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for questioning, according to the country’s anti corruption agency, in the latest chapter of a weekslong political saga that began with the embattled president’s shock martial law decree last month.Yoon left his residential compound with investigators in a motorcade Wednesday morning and was taken into custody – the first time such an action has been taken against a sitting president in South Korea.Yoon is wanted for questioning in multiple investigations related to his short-lived declaration, including over accusations of leading an insurrection – a crime punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty.The embattled president has been holed up in his fortified residence for weeks surrounded by his...
January 15, 2025

South Korean president arrested after weekslong showdown

India's foreign secretary Vikram Misri met acting Afghan foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai
India reaches out to the Taliban, signaling policy shift
NEW DELHI — India's latest diplomatic outreach to Afghanistan's Taliban government signals a marked shift in how it sees the geopolitical reality in the region.This comes more than three years after India suffered a major strategic and diplomatic blow when Kabul fell to the Taliban.Two decades of investment in Afghanistan's democracy — through military training, scholarships and landmark projects like building its new parliament — were swiftly undone. The collapse also paved the way for greater influence from regional rivals, particularly Pakistan and China, eroding India's strategic foothold and raising new security concerns.Yet, last week signaled a shift. India's top diplomat Vikram Misri met Taliban acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai — the...
January 15, 2025

India reaches out to the Taliban, signaling policy shift

South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during a news conference at the National Assembly on March 10, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea
Dramatic showdown looms in South Korea as Yoon faces possible arrest
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s fate remains in the balance after the suspended leader failed to appear at the first day of his impeachment trial Tuesday following weeks of evading arrest, delaying what is set to be a dramatic political showdown.Yoon has been holed up in his fortified residence, surrounded by his Presidential Security Service (PSS) team, after his short-lived declaration of martial law in December triggered widespread public outrage and protests, plunging the country into its biggest political crisis in decades.The former prosecutor-turned-politician was stripped of his presidential powers last month after parliament voted to impeach him over the decree. The country’s Constitutional Court now has the ultimate say over whether he will be formally...
January 14, 2025

Dramatic showdown looms in South Korea as Yoon faces possible arrest

Yoon has been suspended from presidential duties since he was impeached by parliament, but remains in office
South Korea's impeached president gets pay rise
SEOUL — South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his annual pay rise despite his impeachment for briefly placing the country under martial law, the government has said.Yoon's salary will increase by 3% to 262.6 million won ($179,000; £147,000), in line with the standard for government officials.Since his impeachment in December, Yoon has resisted attempts to investigate and arrest him for alleged insurrection and abuse of power, placing the country deeper in political turmoil.While suspended from his duties, Yoon remains in office until South Korea's constitutional court upholds his impeachment.Yoon cited threats from "anti-state forces" and North Korea to justify his martial law declaration. However, it soon became clear that his move had been...
January 13, 2025

South Korea's impeached president gets pay rise

Galagodaatte Gnanasara leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group and is a close ally of outsed former president Rajapaksa
Controversial Buddhist monk jailed for insulting Islam
COLOMBO — A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred.Galagodaatte Gnanasara was convicted on Thursday for the remarks dating back to 2016.Sri Lanka rarely convicts Buddhist monks, but this marks the second time that Gnanasara, who has repeatedly been accused of hate crimes and anti-Muslim violence, has been jailed.The sentence, handed down by the Colombo Magistrate's Court, comes after a presidential pardon he received in 2019 for a six-year sentence related to intimidation and contempt of court.Gnanasara was arrested in December for remarks he made during a 2016 media conference, where he made several derogatory remarks against Islam.On...
January 10, 2025

Controversial Buddhist monk jailed for insulting Islam

This handout photo provided by the Arakan Army shows the aftermath of an airstrike by Myanmar's army in Kyauk Ni Maw village, in Ramree township, in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on January 8, 2025
Airstrike on village in western Myanmar kills at least 40 people
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s army bombed a village under the control of the Arakan Army, killing about 40 people and injuring at least 20 others, officials of the ethnic minority group and a local charity said Thursday.Hundreds of houses burned in a fire triggered by the airstrike, the Associated Press reported quoting the officials.The attack occurred Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, an area controlled by the Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area.The situation in the village could not be independently confirmed, with access to the internet and cellphone service in the area mostly cut off.Myanmar is wracked by violence that began when the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021....
January 10, 2025

Airstrike on village in western Myanmar kills at least 40 people

Wang Xing's case is a grim reminder of South East Asia's booming scam industry
Viral plea on social media saves Chinese actor from Myanmar's scam centers
BANGKOK — A small-time Chinese actor had been missing for two days in Thailand when his girlfriend decided to ask the internet for help."We have no choice but to borrow the power of the internet to amplify our voices," Wang Xing's girlfriend wrote on the Chinese social media platform Weibo on 5 January.The plea went viral after it was shared by some of China's biggest celebrities, including singer Lay Zhang and actor Qin Lan.Wang, 31, had the country's attention — as well as that of his government.On 7 January, Wang was rescued from a scam center across the border, in Myanmar, and the news met with a wave of relief.But the swift yet mysterious rescue has also led to questions about the fate of those who remain trapped inside the scam centers. The case is a grim...
January 10, 2025

Viral plea on social media saves Chinese actor from Myanmar's scam centers

In one verified video, a policeman is seen beating a protester with a baton
Violent protests in China after student falls to his death
SINGAPORE — The death of a teenage boy sparked violent protests in northwest China, the BBC has confirmed.In the videos shared on social media, protesters can be seen hurling objects at police and officers beating some demonstrators in Pucheng in Shaanxi province.Authorities said the teenager fell to his death on 2 January in an accident at his school dormitory. But following his death allegations began spreading on social media that there had been a cover-up.Protests erupted soon after and lasted several days, before they were apparently quelled earlier this week. The BBC has seen no further evidence of protest in Pucheng since then.Public demonstrations are not uncommon in China, but authorities have been particularly sensitive about them since the 2022 White Paper protests against...
January 10, 2025

Violent protests in China after student falls to his death

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