313 Taiwanese missing, detained in China since Jan 2024: Taiwan MAC

IANS | March 26, 2026 2:51 PM

Taipei, March 26 (IANS) Reports of Taiwanese missing, being arrested or questioned or having their personal liberties restricted in China have reached 313 since January 2024, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) revealed in a data, local media reported on Thursday.

Nepal’s probe panel report detailing Sept firing on Gen Z protestors may have serious political, social implications

IANS | March 26, 2026 2:16 PM

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) A day before Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which swept the March 5 national election, officially names its Prime Minister on Thursday, the interim government was reportedly forced to release a probe agency report that investigated the September 8-9 firing on youngsters in Kathmandu, that led to several deaths.

Dhaka expert sounds note of caution on Bangladesh’s nuclear power plant: Report

IANS | March 26, 2026 2:12 PM

New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Bangladesh stands on the threshold of a historic milestone as fuel loading is scheduled to start at the first unit of the country’s Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant on April 7, bringing the reactor alive for the generation of electricity, according to an article in the Dhaka-based The Daily Star newspaper.

BNM flags grave human rights violations in Balochistan at UNHRC session

IANS | March 26, 2026 12:50 PM

Geneva, March 26 (IANS) The Baloch National Movement (BNM) accused the Pakistani authorities of serious human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and torture across Balochistan, during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.