Zobaidul Amin, 28, is in Alaska where he is set to be brought to trial. Wanted since 2022, he is accused of running an international online sexual exploitation ring. The case highlights the vastness of these networks, based on encryption, cloud computing, and cryptocurrencies. Cooperation between local and Western police is growing, while Asia remains the operational hub for such offences.
Partial results in Nepal’s election to the House of Representatives clearly show the victory of the party led by a 35-year-old rapper, a former mayor of the capital. Voter turnout was low. Both the Communist Party and the Congress Party suffered a heavy defeat. After the Generation Z revolution, the vote suggests a compromise between stability and change.
In Gujarat, an amendment to the marriage registration law introduces new requirements that risk hindering unions between people of different religions or castes. The High Court of Allahabad, in Uttar Pradesh, had to reiterate that interfaith relationships between consenting adults do not constitute a crime. Two parallel cases that reignite the debate on the relationship between state legislation, constitutional rights and political campaigns against so-called “love jihad”.
A new traffic system for private vehicles goes into effect tomorrow in Myanmar to address cuts in fuel imports due to the Mideast war. Electric vehicles are exempt. The EV sector is dominated by companies linked to General Min Aung Hlaing's family, while blackouts continue across the country.
In a letter to the authorities and the people, the apostolic vicar speaks of days “marked by the pain and uncertainty of war”. He calls for a “common and tireless commitment to peace”. Iranian attacks continue, with two buildings and a hotel hit overnight. In the background are the sectarian tensions between Shiites and Sunnis that have inflamed the country in the past.
Today's headlines : the heaviest night of bombing in Tehran since the start of the war. Two Japanese citizens are in Iranian prisons. Balandra's RSP “Balen” Shah clearly in the lead in Nepal's election count. Jimmy Lai will not appeal his 20-year sentence. In February, for the first time, electric giant BYD sold more cars abroad than in China.
