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For the first time in 10 years elections have taken place in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in the Indian union territories bordering Pakistan. Peaceful integration into the Indian federation The former state, which now a lower status (the...

A Facade of Peace Religious Suppression How can India claim normalcy when religious rights, a fundamental human freedom, are denied to millions? The people of Kashmir, who have long used their religious spaces for solace, protest, and spiritual renewal, now face...

The Story Here is Hājar , a noblewoman given as a servant to Ibrahim and Sarah , who leaves her native Egypt only to be abandoned in a desert with her son at the command of a god she can...

A Palestinian and Kashmiri couple has launched a website called 'DisOccupied' aimed at cataloguing all the brands they have found to indirectly support the Israeli military. Nadia and Shehzad, the husband-wife team, have implemented a ranking system on their platform,...

Dachigam National Park forest guard Ghulam Ahmad Bhat films a rare sighting of a hangul deer herd in Kashmir, November 2023 (Video: Ghulam Ahmad Bhat) An ‘extinction vortex’ An illustration of Kashmir’s elusive hangul deer, from The deer of all lands: a...

Kashmir’s growing birding scene Recommended Can bird sightings help science in Kashmir? The orange bullfinch, a species that breeds only in and around Kashmir (Image: Alamy) Reyan Sofi watching birds in Hokersar wetland, Kashmir (Image: Adeeb Ahmad) Recommended Birdwatchers step into conservation The ibisbill, a rare and...

In 2018, during a trip to the Indian capital, New Delhi, two friends came across a frozen delicacy that would change their lives forever – traditional Turkish ice cream, Anadolu Agency reports. Blown away by the unique flavour, they sought...

Rubeena Akhtar has a lot to do before Thursday, the day Indian-administered Kashmir will celebrate Eid Al-Adha, or the "Feast of Sacrifice". Relatives and friends will be coming over all through the day and Akhtar wants everything to be perfect....

There is an air of mourning in Bandli, a small village nestled among lush green hills in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Anadolu Agency reports. Grief has gripped this village since last week's shipwreck off the coast of Greece, a tragedy that has...

Recommended Government assurances Recommended How medicinal plants are regulated in Jammu and Kashmir The root and rhizome of Podophyllum hexandrum, which grows across the Himalayan region, are used in traditional medicine (Image: Alamy) Delays setting up BMCs A man collects water chestnuts, which are used in...

In Jammu and Kashmir, Eviction Drive Sparks Anger and Protests From a Cross-Section of Society New International Sanctions Announced on Myanmar’s Junta as Airstrikes, Arrests Keep Country on Edge Pakistani Brothers Finally Leave Guantanamo Bay After 20 Years Without Charge or Trial Attacks...

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Analysis: Concerns about Turkey's regional assertiveness have pushed Greece to adopt a more proactive foreign policy, with Athens building new military and diplomatic alliances. "Against the Iranian axis, a resounding and strong regional alliance has been formed. Greece, Cyprus, Egypt,...

The three countries' top diplomats discussed reconstruction efforts and an initiative to combat global Islamophobia. Azerbaijan has invited companies from Turkey and Pakistan to help rebuild the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, parts of which...

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He was tested many times but he proved his steadfastness, resolve and dedication. He had a natural inclination to worship one God and dislike for idol worship from the very beginning of his conscious life. He broke idols into pieces...

The year has been dominated by repression but also by resistance, says the human rights organisation in its annual review The year across the Asia-Pacific has been dominated by repression, but also resistance, as the two largest countries on Earth...

This year world leaders struggled to manage the fallout from the erratic tenant in the White House – as China flexed its imperial muscles. We look back at the events that created the most turbulence Click here for 2019’s reasons...

We don't know all the countries Israel's secretive arms industry is targeting for future sales. What we do know is that the people of Myanmar, Kashmir, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Palestine, and others will pay the price. The post Israeli weapons...

50+ academics and activists condemn Indian Consul-General’s call for Israeli model in Kashmir, and call for military embargo on Israel In the News By calling for a...

Nearly 30 Euro MPs, drawn mainly from extreme right-wing parties, will on Tuesday be the first international delegation to visit Indian Kashmir since authorities imposed a security clampdown in August to back the ending of the region's autonomy. The post...

The ongoing crackdown by the Xi administration in the Xinjiang region has been described as an effort to “re-engineer” the Uyghur identity and as a form of “cultural genocide.”...

THE YEAR is 2025 and militants have attacked India's parliament, killing most of its leaders. New Delhi retaliates by sending tanks into the part of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan. The post India-Pakistan nuclear war could kill 100 million, trigger...

by Giorgio Cafiero Without doubt, the Indian government’s bold decision to revoke Article 370 of the Indian constitution, thereby ending the special legal autonomy Kashmir has enjoyed for over 70 years, has left Tehran in a difficult position. Fostering closer…...

by James M. Dorsey Protest is back on the front burner. Protesters occupy streets in cities ranging from Hong Kong and Moscow to Khartoum and Algiers. They would likely do so in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, were it…...

AFTER a year-long countdown, Arshi Nisar's wedding plans are in tatters, with the Kashmiri bride-to-be fearing for her guests' safety as an Indian security and communications clampdown on the Himalayan valley leaves residents on edge. The post Kashmir trims...

by James M. Dorsey Recent diametrically opposed responses to repression of Muslims by China, India and other Asian countries highlight deep differences among Gulf states that ripple across Asia. The different responses were evident in Gulf reactions to India’s unilateral…...

by Shubh Mathur “The hasty stroke goes oft astray.” This piece of remembered wisdom from The Lord of the Rings seems to be an apt description of the Indian military siege of Kashmir. On August 5th, at midnight local time,…...

INDIA'S decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir in early August, and the repression and communications blackout that followed, is another step in India’s long history of colonising Kashmir. The post Kashmiris are living a long...

by James M. Dorsey India’s decision to deprive Kashmir of its autonomy, alongside a clampdown in the troubled north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang and US-backed Israeli annexation of Arab land, is the latest indication of what a new world order…...