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West Asia
The Misuse of History in Modern Debate: Claiming the Past as Proof of Superiority
Jaafar Salman By Ahmed SalehColumnist, Al Ayam MANAMA: More than a week ago, an incident unfolded that resonates far beyond Bahrain. It is a familiar pattern across the Gulf that resurfaces with unsettling regularity and where shallow thinking, inflamed sentiment, and a regressive strain of tribal chauvinism reveal themselves in…
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The Map and the Mandate: India’s Gender Reform Meets Its Federal Fault Lines
India has passed a landmark law for women’s representation but by tying it to delimitation it has turned a social reform into a high-stakes political contest over who holds power in the world’s largest democracy. By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: In September 2023, India appeared to close a chapter that…
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South Asia
China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and the Shifting Strategic Landscape of South Asia
By Leo Nirosha Darshan COLOMBO: According to World Bank reports, China has extended nearly $48 billion in loans to South Asian nations. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh hold record levels of debt to Beijing. In 2024, China became Pakistan’s largest creditor, with loans totaling $29 billion. Between 2006 and 2022,…
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South Asia
Dhaka Celebrates Bengali New Year 1433
A New Year procession ‘Baishakhi Shobhayatra’ in the capital Dhaka on 14 April. By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: The Bangla New Year 1433 was celebrated on Tuesday (April 14) with colorful arrangements in capital Dhaka and various parts of Bangladesh. On this day, the entire capital’s residents were united in…
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Australia And Singapore “Good Neighbours” in Good and Bad Times
By Ivan Lim SINGAPORE: Australia and Singapore, in a show of “friends in need are friends in deed” have inked a bilateral agreement to keep fuel supplies and essential goods flowing between them in the wake of the disruption in supply chains created by United States-Iran conflict, now entering its…
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Seeking World Peace, ‘Biju Festival’ Begins in Bangladesh’s Hill Districts
Girls are floating flowers in river in Rangamati to celebrate Biju Festival on Sunday. By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: The three-day ‘Biju festival’ of the Chakma community in Bangladesh’s Rangamati and Khagrachari hill districts began on Sunday, April 12. The festival is celebrated to bid farewell to the old year…
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East Asia
Heuristic, World Hangung Association, Hangung Globalization Research Institute Sign MOU to Standardize AI-Based Dementia Prevention Exercise
By Seok-jae KangVice President, Asia Journalists Association CHEONGYANG, South Korea: Heuristic Co., Ltd., the World Hangung Association, and the Hangung Globalization Research Institute signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on April 6, 2026 to advance the AI transformation and global standardization of the “Hangung Dementia Prevention Exercise.” The signing ceremony…
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West Asia
The War Behind the War: How Misinformation Wins
Nouha Belaid By Nouha BelaidPhD in Media & Communication, Master in Public Law DUBAI: I got into my car, paused for a moment… and then it hit me: the footage was old, recycled and recast as if it belonged to the current escalation surrounding Iran. In that instant, it became…
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West Asia
“Pseudo-Experts” Turn Crisis into Currency as Media Faces Credibility Test
Mohammad Al Momani addressing the media By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Amid the brutal war gripping the Middle East, and as tensions intensify, concern is mounting over a growing class of “pseudo-experts” who are transforming crises into content and confusion into personal fame. This noticeable phenomenon has taken hold well beyond…
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Two Rockets, Two Worlds: One Reaches the Moon, the Other Targets Lives
Contrasting worlds: People cheer as the Artemis II rocket carries hope and dreams in Florida (Right). Buildings damaged and people injured as rocket (missile) hits residential area in Bahrain (Left) By Habib Toumi MANAMA: In Florida, crowds gather with a sense of awe and collective pride, watching as the Artemis…
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