Bomb attacks occurred one after another in India and Pakistan, countries that share a border and have long been rivals, and in just one day tensions are rising again between the two nations, which had barely maintained a ceasefire since their armed clash in May. According to Bloomberg News and others on the 12th (local time), at around 6:52 p.m. on the 10th, a vehicle exploded near the famous Red Fort heritage site in Delhi, India. Eight people were killed and 20 were injured

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The Israeli government announced on May 9th (local time) that it would exclude Turkish troops from the International Stabilization Force (ISF) to be deployed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip. According to Reuters, Israeli government spokesperson Shosh Bedrosian stated at a press conference that "Turkish troops will not set foot in (the Gaza Strip)," adding, "This has not happened in the past, it is not happening now, and it will not happen in the future." The ISF, to be establis

Anger is exploding after a 20-year-old activist who burned a picture of Iran's supreme leader died mysteriously in his car, the British Guardian reported on the 8th. According to Iranian media, Omid Sarlak (22) was found with a gunshot wound to the head and gunpowder traces on his hands in his car in western Iran on the 1st. Police have declared Sarlak's death a suicide, but fellow activists suspect he may have been killed for his views. Opposition media and activists say the

The Kurdish separatist armed group, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), announced it will withdraw from Türkiye. According to Reuters on the 26th (local time), the PKK released a statement from its base in the Kandil mountains in northern Iraq saying it has decided to withdraw all armed fighters from Türkiye. This measure is a follow‑up step after the group declared in May that it would disband and end the armed struggle it had been waging against the Turkish government. They

Recently, the Pakistani government announced on the 29th (local time) that ceasefire negotiations with Afghanistan, following deadly armed clashes that killed dozens, have collapsed. Ataullah Tarar, Pakistan’s Minister of the Intelligence Bureau, stated on X (formerly Twitter) that the four-day ceasefire talks held in Istanbul, Turkey, had “failed to produce a viable solution.” Minister Tarar criticized Afghanistan, saying, “The Afghan side avoided responsibility, relied on d

According to AP on the 30th (local time), North Africa’s Morocco has prosecuted 2,480 people in connection with nationwide protests led by Generation Z (born in the mid-to-late 1990s to early 2000s). The report states that the charges include armed rebellion, insulting and assaulting public officials during the performance of their duties, and incitement to serious crimes. Among them, 1,473 people have been prosecuted while in custody. In Morocco, protests led by the youth gr

Reports continue to emerge that in key cities of western Darfur, Sudan, controlled by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), civilians are experiencing mass killings and other harms. According to The Guardian , on the 30th (local time), at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council held in New York, senior UN officials testified that after the RSF captured Al-Fashir, the last stronghold in western Darfur, the local situation had turned into an “even darker hell.” Ma

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on the 6th (local time) that Kazakhstan has joined the “Abraham Accords,” an agreement that normalizes relations between Israel and surrounding Muslim nations, and expressed his vision to expand the accord’s scope. President Trump shared this news during a dinner speech at the White House after meeting with the leaders of five Central Asian nations — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. He stated, “Kazakhstan

Pakistan has granted visas to about 2,000 Indian Sikhs who wish to enter the country to attend a religious festival. This move draws attention as it is the first such measure in six months since all exchanges between the two countries were effectively halted following armed clashes in May. According to AFP and other reports on the 1st (local time), the Pakistani High Commission in India announced that it had issued visas to approximately 2,100 Indian Sikhs. (omitted) In Pakis

In Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, a series of explosions occurred inside a high school mosque, injuring 54 people. Police are investigating whether the suspect, a 17-year-old male student, carried out the attack in revenge after being bullied, and whether there is any link between the attack and the white-supremacist or anti-Islamic phrases written on his toy gun. According to AP, AFP, and Reuters on the 8th (local time), the explosions took place around 12:15 p.m. the previous

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The U.S.-based Christian Daily International (CDI) reported on November 2, in observance of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP), that global prayer and human rights advocacy for Nigerian Christians are intensifying again. At the same time, however, backlash is growing among the Nigerian government and some diplomatic lobbyists who claim that “the massacre of Christians is exaggerated.” CDI stated that in Washington, legislative efforts continue to

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said, “Since the Syrian civil war is over, Syrian refugees in Germany should return to their home country.” He even warned that they could face deportation if they do not. According to Reuters on the 3rd (local time), during a visit to Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany, Chancellor Merz stated, “Syrian refugees no longer have any reason to apply for asylum in Germany. I expect them to voluntarily return and participate in rebuilding their

About two years after the war broke out in the Palestinian Gaza Strip in October 2023, the devastation of the site has finally been revealed to the media. The scene was complete destruction—ruins and rubble everywhere. (omitted) It was once a neighborhood where tens of thousands of Palestinians lived, but now there was no trace of human habitation. The remains of buildings were scattered like b

Marjan (49), a woman living in Tehran, Iran, has recently been deliberately taking off her hijab whenever she encounters police on the street. Most officers simply pass by without saying a word. "When I ride the subway, I see many women without hijab, even when surveillance cameras are rolling," Marjan said. Recently, a growing number of women have been walking the streets of Tehran without hijab and with their hair exposed, but it's rare to see police arrest them. The Washin

At least nine people, including two children, were killed in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday (local time), The Indian Express reported. According to the outlet, 25,000 devotees had crowded the Venkateswara Swamy temple in Srikakulam that morning to mark Ekadashi, a day when Hindus fast and offer prayers to Lord Vishnu. The stampede occurred due to the large number of devotees crowding the temple at once. Police explained,

Another clash occurred between Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban forces and the Pakistani military, resulting in the deaths of 15 civilians. According to Reuters and AFP on the 15th (local time), Ali Mohammad Haqmal, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s local intelligence department, said that overnight fighting broke out in Spin Boldak, southern Afghanistan, leaving 15 civilians dead. Abdul Jan Barak, an official from a hospital in the Spin Boldak area, confirmed the number of casualti

A Turkmen opposition activist in his 30s, from the Central Asian dictatorship of Turkmenistan, was deported back to his home country from Russia and sentenced to a long prison term after criticizing his government while living abroad. According to the Kyrgyz news outlet Times of Central Asia (TCA) on the 21st, Sadam Gulamov, born in 1991 in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, was arrested in Russia between late 2023 and early 2024 and sent back to his home country. He was

The international community continues to crack down on Chinese-led cybercrime networks operating across Southeast Asia, such as in Cambodia and Myanmar. Just a week after the United States and the United Kingdom sanctioned Cambodia’s Prince Group, Myanmar’s military raided the notorious online fraud compound KK Park, located near the Thai border. With international cooperation and pressure increasing, governments across Southeast Asia are now taking the lead in eradicating C