March 13, 2026

World News

China pledges USD 200,000 in aid after airstrike kills scores at Iranian girls’ school

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China pledges USD 200,000

China announced on Friday, March 13, that it will provide USD 200,000 in emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran following a devastating airstrike on a girls’ primary school in Minab, southern Iran, that killed around 150 people and wounded nearly 100 more, with many of the dead believed to be students. The aid, channelled through the … Read more

Indian students praised at US Senate hearing on foreign influence in universities

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Indian students

Indian students received a rare moment of positive recognition in Washington on Thursday, even as a sweeping Senate hearing exposed the scale of China’s financial reach into American higher education and raised urgent questions about the vulnerability of US university campuses to foreign exploitation. The hearing and its purpose The Senate Health, Education, Labour, and … Read more