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The new president of the Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, campaigned on criticism of his predecessor’s appetite for Chinese loans and investment. Solih signaled a strong desire to realign his country toward India and seek help from the India-U.S. alliance to relieve the burden of Chinese debt.

Contents: Sri Lanka constitutional crisis grows as president dissolves parliament; New Maldives government begins untangling previous government’s secret deals with China

The president’s Twitter account posted a “Sanctions are coming” meme on Friday, playing on the popular Game of Thrones “Winter is coming” meme.

The United States has agreed to give eight countries waivers from the tough round of Iran sanctions that will go into effect next week.

India expressed its ongoing commitment to the development of the Chabahar port in Iran this week, a project expected to uplift the Iranian economy as the Trump administration reimposes sanctions on Tehran as well as countries and entities that engage in business with the Islamic Republic.

This October marks the one year anniversary of the start of the #MeToo movement, launched when scores of actresses, models, producers, and women in the entertainment industry accused Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, abuse, and rape.

Activists in Malawian capital of Blantyre are protesting a planned statue of Indian independence leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi because of “racist slurs” he made when he was a young man. 

China is seeking to boost its trade and economic ties with India as their trade war with the Trump administration shows no sign of abating, diplomats announced on Thursday.

From ensuring other NATO countries pay their fair share, to demanding fair and reciprocal trade deals, President Trump has proven time and time again that he is willing to stand up for America’s interest.

The “end goal” of a $700 million deal that multinational corporation Verizon has cut with the country’s largest outsourcing firm, Infosys, is to eventually lay off thousands of American workers and send their jobs to India.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during his visit to India today, is expected to finalize a multi-billion dollar arms deal with New Delhi to the dismay of the United States and China.

Boeing, the second biggest beneficiary of United States Defense Department government contracts, is creating 3,000 jobs in India after profiting more than $1 billion from the GOP-pass tax cuts. 

Boeing, the second biggest beneficiary of United States Defense Department government contracts, is outsourcing manufacturing and about 3,000 jobs to India.

Multinational corporation Verizon is set to outsource its IT department to the Indian outsourcing firm, Infosys, a move that executives say will result in 1,000 potential layoffs.

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Clashes in Kashmir after Indian police brutally kills innocent shepherd Number of Kashmir militants surges as India’s ‘Operation All-Out’ fails Clashes in Kashmir after Indian police brutally kills innocent shepherd Mohammad Saleem Malik’s mother grieves

Authorities in India arrested a bishop Friday for allegedly sexually abusing a nun at a convent in the Indian state of Kerala 13 times between 2014 and 2016.

New Delhi canceled a meeting on Friday between Pakistani and Indian ministers on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, citing Islamabad’s “evil agenda” and “unclean intentions” as the reason.

Afghanistan, in a move described as unprecedented by some Indian media outlets this week, deported a 26-year-old man back to his native country of India for trying to join the South Asian wing of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).

Seven people in India’s second most populous state, Maharashtra, reportedly beat a 55-year-old man to death with wooden sticks for refusing to withdraw a molestation case registered by his daughter against one of them, local police revealed this week.

The executives of Silicon Valley’s tech conglomerates, outsourcing firms, and the farm industry have joined together to fight President Trump’s tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, and Chinese-made products.

Fifteen people and five businesses are facing charges for their alleged involvement in a $5.5 million call center scheme out of India that defrauded more than 2,000 Americans.

The UK is to hand almost £100 million in “aid” to India, one of the world’s largest economies, despite the nation spending almost the same figure on a new moon landing.

Multinational conglomerate AT&T is continuing layoffs of more than 16,000 American workers since 2011 to outsource those jobs to foreign countries while it rakes in record profits. 

Google is partnering with Indian banks to “bring quick loans to the masses,” according to a report.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s wife makes a fashion statement by wearing a white niqab to his swearing-in ceremony.

An investigation in 2015 found that Third World slum-dwellers were being paid 28 pence (35 cents) an hour to make Superdry products.

According to recent reports, Apple is lagging behind competitors such as Samsung and Xiaomi in the world’s largest smartphone market — India.

North Koreans are reportedly refusing to use Chinese medicine because they fear the products might be unsafe in light of a major scandal in China involving the manufacturing of faulty vaccines, a report revealed on Wednesday.

Catholic leaders in India have forcefully denounced a proposed government ban on the sacrament of confession, saying it is unconstitutional and a violation of religious freedom.

The registrar general of India announced on Monday that some four million people have been removed from citizenship rolls in the northeastern state of Assam, which borders Bangladesh.

Kansas GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder engineered a committee vote in the House which puts 200,000 Indian visa-workers on a fast-track to green cards and citizenship, despite the growing economic impact of visa workers on American college graduates.

Facebook was reportedly forced to remove as many as 20,000 posts relating to a conspiracy theory surrounding PepsiCo snack foods after the company filed an interim order to block references to the theory in the Delhi High Court in New Delhi, India.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in South Africa as a guest of the BRICS annual summit on Thursday, celebrated that his nation had tripled the number of its embassies in Africa under his rule.

The State Department is bringing together Christian and other religious leaders from all corners of the world this week for a ministerial advocating religious freedom around the world, including Muslim-majority nations like Pakistan, predominantly Hindu India, and communist China, where both Christians and Muslims face harsh oppression.

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley pushed the idea of a multicultural America during a visit to India.

Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping landed in South Africa Monday night for the third leg of his regional trip and spent Tuesday negotiating with President Cyril Ramaphosa, ultimately signing a million-dollar investment deal with his country.