China launches ‘punishment’ war games around Taiwan

A furious China launched "punishment" drills around Taiwan on Thursday in what it said was a response to "separatist acts", sending up heavily armed warplanes and staging mock attacks as state media denounced newly inaugurated President Lai Ching-te. The exercises, in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands that

Bigotry against religious, sectarian minorities growing in Pakistan

On January 18, 2023, National Assembly approved amendments to Section 298-A of the Pakistan Penal Code 1860, enhancing the punishment for “defiling” the sacred names of wives, family and companions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to 10 years with a million rupees fine. This is the newest slip down the slippery