Tag: Guardian Asia
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 💥 Guardian Asia Dozens of civilians reported dead by Taliban after latest violence between countries that fought war in FebruaryPakistani airstrikes in three eastern provinces of Afghanistan killed 36 civilians and wounded 163 others, the Taliban government’s deputy spokesperson has said as attacks between…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 East Asia (approximate area) · ⚔️ East Asia · 🪖 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected All branches of the military will be taught how to use technology that has become a ‘game changer on the battlefield’, says defence ministerAll of South Korea’s military forces will be trained as drone operators…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 📍 Guardian Asia In today’s newsletter: Amid rising anti‑immigration rhetoric across Europe, the decision to engage with the Taliban signals a profound shift in how the EU balances security and human rightsGood morning. It’s a slap in the face. That’s the phrase I kept…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Philippines (approximate area) · ⚔️ Philippines · 📍 Guardian Asia Investigators said one of the teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at a high school had regularly used the GoreBox gaming appPhilippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 East Asia (approximate area) · ⚔️ East Asia · 📍 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected The heightened rhetoric from Pyongyang has left analysts asking why North Korea appears to need so many nuclear weaponsAt a ruling Workers’ party meeting that concluded this week, Kim Jong-un declared that steadily expanding North…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Afghanistan (approximate area) · ⚔️ Afghanistan · 📍 Guardian Asia Directive aimed at government workers, but reports of wider implementation spark warnings of future Afghanistan-wide prohibitionThe Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the use of smartphones by government officials – in what some analysts say could foreshadow broader, population-level restrictions.In…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Ukraine (approximate area) · ⚔️ Ukraine · 🚀 Guardian Asia Ordinary Taiwanese, young and old, are joining courses to learn how to fly drones amid looming China military threatIn a small, crowded room in Taipei, Pan Chien-chin is trying to keep a drone hovering steadily. Imagining himself flying a plane, he…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Iran (approximate area) · ⚔️ Iran · 📍 Guardian Asia Relations at lowest ebb in years after Washington refuses to apologise for deaths in strait of HormuzMiddle East crisis – live updatesFury has continued to mount in India over the US’s refusal to apologise for the deaths of Indian sailors killed…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 East Asia (approximate area) · ⚔️ East Asia · 🚀 Guardian Asia 🆕 New conflict detected South Korea’s former president was given a life sentence in February for leading an insurrection with his 2024 martial law declarationSouth Korea’s former-president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for…
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Image: Guardian Asia 📍 Iran (approximate area) · ⚔️ Iran · 📍 Guardian Asia Washington claims vessel was violating its blockade of Iranian ports and failed to comply with instructionsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Indian government has voiced a “strong protest” after three Indian seafarers were killed in US military strikes against oil tankers…