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Palestinian resistance Hamas has signed the Gaza peace deal, an act that US President Donald Trump has lauded, yet Israeli attacks continue.

Hamas agrees to the US's Gaza peace plan, but Israeli attacks continue.

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South Asia

RSS centenary celebrations on Gandhi's birth anniversary reveal how his killers captured power and abandoned his Palestine solidarity policy.

As India celebrates both Gandhi's 156th birth anniversary and the RSS centenary today, irony reveals how the Hindutva organisation, accused of killing Mahatma, now dismantles his Palestine solidarity policy, ignoring the pile of corpses in Gaza.

Modi's stance on Trump's Gaza peace plan indicates India's desperation in wooing the US and strengthening ties with Israel.

Modi reveals his desperation by supporting Trump's controversial Gaza peace plan, following Pakistan's footsteps.

CPN (Maoist-Centre) organises a 10-day meeting of its central committee to introduce reforms following Nepal's Gen-Z movement.

CPN (Maoist-Centre) deputy general secretary told the East Post that it's implementing changes within the organisation in response to criticism.

Bangladesh-China diplomatic ties reached its sixth decade.

Bangladesh-China diplomatic ties entered the sixth decades—a watershed moment celebrated in Dhaka.

The global south

Hamas agrees to the US's Gaza peace plan, but Israeli attacks continue.

The left-wing PFLP opposes Israel's Gaza genocide while hailing the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on its second anniversary.

Hamas has shown two facts on Operation Al-Aqsa Flood's second anniversary—it thrives despite all attacks, and that the operation didn't give it the benefits it sought.

Israel attacks the Global Sumud Coalition to stir panic among the activists.

The conflicts

Palestinian resistance Hamas has signed the Gaza peace deal, an act that US President Donald Trump has lauded, yet Israeli attacks continue.

Hamas agrees to the US's Gaza peace plan, but Israeli attacks continue.

PFLP hails Al-Aqsa Flood on its second anniversary, condemning Israel's genocidal attack on Gaza, blaming the West for aiding Zionism.

The left-wing PFLP opposes Israel's Gaza genocide while hailing the Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on its second anniversary.

While Israel has nearly killed 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza, Hamas continues to thrive on the second anniversary of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood.

Hamas has shown two facts on Operation Al-Aqsa Flood's second anniversary—it thrives despite all attacks, and that the operation didn't give it the benefits it sought.

India not only remained quiet on the genocide carried out by Israel, but also didn't send adequate aid to Gaza in two years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has himself tweeted only four times on Gaza: twice in October 2023, once in September 2025 and once in October 2025.

Geopolitics

Pakistan extends nuclear protection to Saudi Arabia through a controversial mutual defence pact, triggering concerns across West Asia while potentially reshaping regional security dynamics and economic partnerships.

The Alaska 'Pursuing Peace' summit offered no ceasefire for Ukraine, but Putin walked away with revived talks and a softened Trump—signs that Russia’s strategy now reaches beyond the battlefield.

Finally, the British, French and German join the chorus demanding an independent Palestinian state but without any sovereignty.

Understanding the implications of the BRICS expansion as the bloc's Summit starts in Brazil in a few days.

Geoeconomy

The cotton duty slash, hailed in Washington, has sparked outrage in India’s farm belt over Modi’s retreat.

Discount-laden Russian crude greases the wheels of India’s refinery boom—but Trump’s latest duties turn that advantage into a delicate balancing act between state claims and market realities.

Bangladesh's economy has shown promising performance in the year since the July Revolution.

The World Bank's recent data shows India's poverty has fallen drastically. However, experts raise an eerie alarm over this data and survey methodology.

With nothing new to offer, does Bangladesh's austerity budget for 2025-26 disappoints the very youth who toppled Sheikh Hasina's regime last year?

As civilian tolls rise with India-Pakistan military conflict escalating across the LoC and international border, who is benefitting from the war?

Trump's China tariffs of 145% can't scare Beijing; a diplomat asserted that posting a video of Mao Zedong

As the US president launches a global trade war, world leaders are quick to condemn—except for a peculiar trio. The East Post examines how Modi's unusual acquiescence is trading India's economic interests for personal political capital.

Chinese AI start-up Zhipu AI launched its new AI model AutoGLM Rumination, which has the potential to disrupt the industry.

Who will be hurt more due to Trump's tariffs on Canada and China when it comes to agriculture? It will be the US agricultural sector.

Editorial & Op-eds

While the UNGA saw one after another Western country recognise Palestine as an independent state, what lies behind this spree?

The UNGA saw the West's Palestine recognition spree. But what's the catch?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi displays what he is best at—diplomatic volte-face to appease the US-Israel nexus after condemning it a week ago.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is showing his monthly geopolitical acrobatic stunts again, this time by rapproaching the US-Israel nexus.

The Trump administration officials appear to be scared of a monster under the bed, and this monster looks like China.

Why do American officials, despite growing up, still see a monster under the bed? Why are they so scared of China?

China-US trade meet in Stockholm may help building bridge

The recently-concluded China-US trade talks hold potentials to rebuild the bridges that Donald Trump and his predecessor had tried burning.

The West

The war crime complaint against Benjamin Netanyahu adds to the series of humiliation Israel has been suffering over its Gaza aggression.

A war crime complaint filed against Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials by a Freedom Flotilla activist in a Spanish court adds to Tel Aviv's ignominy.

Citing Britain's frantic militarisation drive against 'Russian aggression', the Russian Embassy in the UK tried to infuse some common sense.

The Russian Embassy to the UK tried to infuse some common sense into the sarcastic British minds regarding the threat posed by Moscow using a humorous social media post.

Trump's Middle East gambit: weapons deals amid Gaza's destruction

What did Donald Trump's Middle East tour aim at? Arming the Arabs to support Israel's aggression?

Agriculture & Labour

KITU announces victory in forcing the Karnataka government to withdraw the proposal to increase working hours for the IT/ITeS sector.

KITU claims victory in forcing the Karnataka government in India to retreat on the proposal to increase the working hours for the IT/ITeS sector to 12 hours a day.

KITU opposes the TCS's layoff decision, which will axe 12,000 workers, and has appealed to the workers not to resign under any pressure

KITU has asked the workers not to panic and not to resign under any type of pressure.

KITU raises eerie alarm after Congress government in Karnataka attempts to push tech workers into a 12-hour workday to appease corporates.

KITU alleges the Congress government is helping corporates to axe more tech workers by running two 12-hour shifts than three eight-hour shifts.

On the occasion of International Labour Day, the PFLP has called for global solidarity of workers in support of Palestine and Gaza.

Amid Israel's aggression on Gaza, the left-wing Palestinian resistance group PFLP called for workers' solidarity on International Labour Day in Palestine.

Dark clouds loom over agriculture due to low paddy sowing and mango farmers’ woes

Farmers have sown a lesser amount of paddy crops this kharif season. Mango farmers are also suffering this season due to several issues.

Japanese management and Indian workers

Japanese management and Indian workers are embroiled in a standoff over retrenchment. Labour union resorts to protracted movement.

Caste & communalism

Art, culture, films & more

The second WOW Congress will take place in Russia on September 20th-21st.

The Chinese film industry has transformed from "chaser" to "leader," with 2025's Spring Festival box-office reaching 10.5 billion yuan, surpassing North America as the world's largest market.

On the 225th birth anniversary of Alexander Pushkin, a competition was organised for Russian and African journalists on great personalities in the history of Russian-African relations.

Art as resistance, from Palestinian ballads to anti-colonial paintings, reveals deep truths and inspires global solidarity against oppression.

Law

Amid a nationwide witch hunt targeting "illegal migrants", Indians face an identity crisis, rooted in South Asia's complex citizenship matrix

India's large-scale drive against Bengali-speaking people, labelling them as Bangladeshi infiltrators, exposes South Asia's citizenship matrix's inherent problems.

While a few Handala activists have agreed to deportation, the majority have decided to face Israel's kangaroo court to defend themselves.

Most of the abducted Handala activists have decided to defend themselves in an Israeli kangaroo court.

Hamas's appeal in the UK for "deproscription" amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, can't have an easy and smooth sail.

Hamas's appeal in the UK against the ban on it exhibits the West's hypocrisy regarding the anti-colonial struggles in the Global South.

The introduction of the new criminal laws in India has put the defence lawyers, the frontline soldiers of justice, in a difficult position.

With the introduction of new criminal laws and codes, India's defence lawyers face a lot of confusion and with them, justice delivery also faces uncertainty.

Climate

Landslides in HP caused by deforestation and unplanned constructions experts allege

Experts say that behind the massive landslides in Himachal Pradesh is the rampant deforestation and unplanned constructions.

Flash floods affect Himachal Pradesh, nine dead, over 200 stranded

Cloudburst and flash floods have wreaked havoc on Himachal Pradesh, killing nine people and leaving over 200 stranded due to road closures.

The southwest monsoon arrives in southern Bengal

Finally, southwest monsoon arrives in southern West Bengal, providing a brief relief to the people living in a severe heat-like situation.

West Bengal to provide 30 acres of land to ECL for open-cast mining in Asansol

The West Bengal government has decided to allot around 30 acres of land to the ECL for open-cast mining in Asansol.

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