Diaa Hadid
Stories
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As Sri Lanka celebrated its New Year, the war in Iran was felt
Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday. As residents in the capital Colombo celebrated, a war thousands of miles away was making itself felt.
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Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, Buddhists and Hindus marked their New Year on Tuesday while a war thousands of miles away is making itself felt.
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'Hanging by a thread': Fertilizer shortage in India deepens due to ongoing Iran war
With shipments through the Strait of Hormuz stalled after the Iran war began, fertilizer shortages are deepening across India.
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Updates on the cease-fire between the U.S. and Iran
Israel continued strikes on Lebanon Friday as Iran insisted on a cease-fire there in order for formal negotiations with the U.S. to begin.
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UN working to rescue thousands of seafarers trapped in the Strait of Hormuz
Some 20,000 seafarers are trapped in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz; the UN says its trying to extricate them.
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Hindu minority in Bangladesh faces surge in attacks after 2024 uprising
Ever since mass protests ousted Bangladesh's leader Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, minorities have faced a surge of vigilante attacks.
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U.S. submarine sinks Iranian warship in Indian Ocean as conflict widens
The U.S. and Israel's war with Iran has expanded to the Indian Ocean, as a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters.
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Shia protests erupt over the assassination of Iran's supreme leader
Shia communities in South Asia erupted in anger as news emerged of the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Indian prime minister Modi is set to visit Israel at a perilous moment in time
The Indian prime minister will meet his Israeli counterpart in Israel this week amid a rapidly shifting geopolitical crisis.
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For years the Taliban told women to cover up in public. Now they're cracking down
At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat.
