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UAE: 57 Bangladeshis sentenced to jail for protesting against their government in the Gulf country
Following the completion of the prison terms, the Bangladeshi citizens will be deported from the UAE as per the Abu Dhabi court order. Protests are banned in UAE and any public protests generally invite legal action.
The story of Bhagat Singh Thind: A Sikh immigrant who claimed to be ‘White’ and sought citizenship in the USA
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Bhagat Singh Thind claimed to be “White” to gain citizenship contending he was a Caucasian belonging to the Aryan race. The crux of the case was whether Thind, who belonged to a high caste in India, could be considered “White” under the naturalization laws of the US.
Anti-quota agitation in Bangladesh: Who were the Razakars and why has the word provoked unprecedented fury in the country
'Razakars' were a paramilitary force formed by the Pakistan Army to oppose the independence movement in Bangladesh.
BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami may try to grab power unconstitutionally taking advantage of student protests: Bangladesh government
The Bangladesh protests turned violent last week after alleged students at Dhaka University started clashing with police.
Muslims open up about how women go missing in Mecca: Kidnapped, groped, and abused, how crimes against women during Hajj go largely unnoticed
An X user replied, "Mohammed Junaid Khan wrote, "I remember the driver taking us from Makkah to Madinah was throwing phone numbers at all the women. The whole way he was harassing. A similar incident happened. The husband got down to buy water, the driver fled away taking the wife. She was never found."
Joe Biden announces decision to drop out from US Presidential Election 2024, endorses Kamala Harris as his replacement for the race
Ending weeks of speculation, President Joe Biden has announced that he is dropping out from the presidential election
Bangladesh: Students to continue protests over other demands even after Supreme Court scraped almost all quota in govt jobs
A spokesman for one of the student groups stated that the protests in Bangladesh would continue.
Bangladesh Supreme Court revokes High Court order on govt job quota that led to deadly protests, reduces reservation from 56% to 7%
In a significant decision, the Bangladesh Supreme Court has scrapped most of the quotas in govt jobs amid violent protests against the reservations for grandchildren of freedom fighters.
Anyone who harms us will pay a heavy price: PM Netanyahu after Israel attacks Houthi-controlled Yemen port which left 3 people dead, injured 87...
The Supreme Political Council of the Houthis declared that there would be an "effective response" to Israel's airstrikes.
Pakistan economy is very fragile: Global financial report on the country facing economic collapse
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The analysis made some dire predictions for the Pakistan economy saying that it remains extremely fragile and that growth was weighted to the downside.
