Sri Lanka crash out of T20 World Cup 2022

Surge in Pakistan-based foreign militants in Jammu Kashmir following Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

The number of foreign militants is rising in Indian administered Kashmir for the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government scrapped the region’s limited autonomy in 2019, forcing New Delhi to adjust to a shifting geopolitical environment following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan in August, Nikkei Asia reports. Many of the foreign fighters crossing into Kashmir are affiliated with Jash-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), groups based in Pakistan that have been fighti

08 Oct, 2021

Bribery Commission records statement from Thirukumar Nadesan

The Bribery Commission today recorded a statement from businessman Thirukumar Nadesan over the Pandora Papers leaks. Nadesan appeared before the Commission today after being issued summons. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had instructed the Bribery Commission to investigate the allegations in the Pandora Papers. In the Pandora Papers, confidential documents, obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, revealed that as the country was ravaged by a bloody, decades-long c

08 Oct, 2021

China auctions off property of detained Uyghurs, raises millions

Amid China?s ongoing mass internment of its own citizens in Xinjiang Province, the authorities have been auctioning off the property of some detainees and raising tens of millions of U.S. dollars, according to a report?in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Authorities have auctioned off assets valued at US$84.8 million (NT$2.4 billion) since 2019, according to the report. The property, which was sold on e-commerce sites by the local courts, came from at least 21 people. Real estate accounted for m

08 Oct, 2021