Death toll from Nepal protest violence rises to 51

September 12, 2025

Police reported Friday that 51 people were killed during violent anti-corruption protests in Nepal this week, as the full scale of chaos that toppled the government emerges, AFP reports. Talks continue between the president, protest representatives, key potential figures who may lead an interim administration and the army — which has imposed a curfew and […]Continue Reading

Belgium to recognise Palestinian statehood, impose sanctions on Israel

September 3, 2025

Belgium will recognise the State of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) later this month, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot has announced, Al Jazeera reports. “Palestine will be recognised by Belgium at the UN session! And firm sanctions will be imposed against the Israeli government,” Prevot, who is also the deputy prime minister, […]Continue Reading

Afghanistan death toll passes 1,400 as second earthquake strikes

September 3, 2025

The Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured, The Guardian reports. Rescuers searched into the night for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Many Continue Reading

‘Idea that Islam won’t remain is not Hindu thinking’: RSS’s Mohan Bhagwat

August 29, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said the organisation does not believe in attacking anyone on religious grounds and insisted that Hindu thinking does not suggest that Islam will cease to exist, reports Press Trust of India. Speaking at the centenary celebrations of the RSS in New Delhi on Thursday, […]Continue Reading

China’s new mega dam triggers fears of water war in India 

August 26, 2025

India fears a planned Chinese mega-dam in Tibet will reduce water flows on a major river by up to 85% during the dry season, according to four sources familiar with the matter and a government analysis seen by Reuters, prompting Delhi to fast-track plans for its own dam to mitigate the effects, REUTERS reports. The […]Continue Reading

Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of ‘disaster’

August 23, 2025

Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a “full-blown disaster”, BBC reports. The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have […]Continue Reading

Myanmar to hold 1st phase of general election on 28 Dec, state television reports

August 19, 2025

Myanmar will hold the initial phase of its general election on December 28, state television said on Monday, outlining a roadmap for the first polls in the war-torn country in nearly five years that have already been derided by critics as a sham, Reuters reports. The dates for the subsequent phases of the elections, which […]Continue Reading

India’s Assam allows firearms licenses for residents along Bangladesh border

August 17, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK Residents of remote areas along the Bangladesh border will now be able to apply online for firearms licences, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced, Anandabazar Patrika reports.  The move, first approved by the Assam cabinet in May, is aimed at what the government calls “sons of the soil” — indigenous […]Continue Reading

Awami League ‘party office’ set up in Kolkata: BBC

August 8, 2025

PARBATTA NEWS DESK The Awami League has opened an office in a commercial complex in a suburb near Kolkata, West Bengal, for leaders who left Bangladesh after the Aug 5, 2024 mass uprising, BBC Bangla has reported. Citing party sources, the report said the office is used by senior and mid-level leaders of the Awami […]Continue Reading

Myanmar’s figurehead president dies after long illness

August 8, 2025

Myanmar’s figurehead president who came to power after a 2021 coup, Myint Swe, has died, the South East Asian nation’s military leaders said. He was 74, AP reports. Before his death, Myint Swe had been on medical leave for over a year due to declining health. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has been performing Myint […]Continue Reading