China desperate to protect Myanmar's military regime in Naypyidaw

Baidya Bikash Basu | September 24, 2025 9:12 PM

Dhaka: A series of infrastructure projects and economic hubs coming up under the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) will give Beijing access to the Indian Ocean in the garb of promoting bilateral economic and trade cooperation. CMEC is part of the controversial Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and China's multi-stakeholder strategy involves increasing intervention and support.

Human rights body condemns brutal massacre of Pashtoon civilians in Pakistan

IANS | September 24, 2025 9:11 PM

Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent brutal massacre of innocent Pashtoon civilians in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, describing it as a deliberate policy of genocide that has long targeted “oppressed nations” within the country.

Two more Baloch civilians extrajudicially killed by Pakistani forces: Rights group

IANS | September 24, 2025 8:46 PM

Quetta, Sep 24 (IANS) At least two more Baloch civilians were extrajudicially killed by the Pakistani forces in Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues amid an escalating wave of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances across the province, said leading human rights organisations on Wednesday.