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To our youths: A note on the future Asean

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 27 -- When I grew up, one of the most fascinating films on time travel was Back to the Future. I thought about this film as Malaysia finished hosting the Economic Ministers from As... Read More


Trump points finger at First Lady Melania as couple 'argues'; lip reader decodes conversation

India, Sept. 27 -- Things seemed a little heated up there for a while between US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump in a video of their exchange from aboard the Marine One after it la... Read More


UN Rights Expert Warns Afghanistan's Ban on Women's Education Is 'Extremism'

Afghanistan, Sept. 27 -- UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett warned Afghanistan's ban on women's education constitutes extremism, saying the policy threatens the country's future stability, developm... Read More


"A jackal doesn't become a lion by wearing its skin...": Eknath Shinde slams Pakistan PM over UNGA remarks

Pune, Sept. 27 -- Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday strongly objected to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's remarks made during the 80th session of the United Nations Gen... Read More


Afghan Women Left on the Margins of Earthquake Relief

Published on, Sept. 27 -- September 27, 2025 11:57 AM A deadly 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on August 31, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring some 3,600 in Kunar and Na... Read More


No more powerless 'Human Rights Commission' needed: Debapriya

Dhaka, Sept. 27 -- Distinguished Fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya has said the people of Bangladesh do not want another weak and toothless human rights commissi... Read More


R Venkataramani's term as Attorney General of India extended by two years

India, Sept. 27 -- The Centre has extended the tenure of Attorney General (AG) for India R Venkataramani for another two years after his three-year term ends on September 30. "The President is please... Read More


IBSA voices serious concern over discriminatory & coercive trade measures

New York, Sept. 27 -- In a thinly veiled criticism of Washington's tariff tussle, India, Brazil and South Africa have expressed serious concern over imposition of unilateral tariff and other coercive ... Read More


Iran urges 'Nuclear-Free Middle East' at UNGA months after US strikes on its nuclear sites

New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Iran renewed its decades-long call for the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, sharply criticising both the... Read More


Shehbaz Sharif calls Donald Trump 'a man of peace' at UN speech

India, Sept. 27 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday reiterated his country's nomination of US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize from the UN General Assembly podium, cre... Read More