(Photo: File, GSM News) Occupied Kashmir, 10 May 2025 – GSM News: In a significant yet tentative development, India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire following one of the most intense military escalations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors in recent decades. The truce, brokered on May 10, 2025, comes after days of cross-border hostilities…
(Photo: File, GSM News, Edition Maldives ) Malé City, Maldives, 11 May 2025 – Kanba Aisha Ishaq, GSM News: In a press statement broadcast live on Channel 13 and RaajjeTV, Ageela Naeem, sister of Hawwa Yumnu Rasheed, addressed the public on behalf of the family—stating that Yumnu did not fall or jump voluntarily and alleging…
(Photo: File, GSM News) Malé City, Maldives, 25 April 2025 – GSM News: Despite clear calls for restraint by the opposition and youth leaders the government of Maldives has escalated response to peaceful youth demonstrations by arresting organisers Aishath Shimon Mohamed and Mahzoom Majidh. The youth demonstrations have been ongoing for 8 days straight. Tonight…
(Photo: File, All credits to original owner, Maldives youth demonstration) Malé City, Maldives, 25 April 2025 – GSM News: Journalists and public left with more questions than answers after detailed police briefing. Video footage appeared inconsistent with timestamps and ultimately police fessed up to editing video and audio, leading to more anger by public as…
Jaffna, Sri Lanka – April 25, 2025 – GSM News National People’s Power’s candidate for Mayor of Jafna Municipal Council, Kabilan Suntharamoorthy, has come out swinging in the important local council elections. President Anura Kumara Disanayake launched the campaign for Jaffna Mayor candidate, sources close to NPP say Suntharamoorthy is upcoming key figure in the…
Indore, India 23 April 2025 – GSM News: A day after Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) Leader of Opposition was arrested following clashes with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker, top Congress leaders visited him in the prison and accused the ruling party of acting out of “arrogance of power”. Madhya Pradesh Congress in-charge Harish Chaudhary and president Jitu Patwari were…
Ayesh Indranath RanawakaExecutive Director INORA Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 April 2025 – GSM News: Sri Lanka’s marine tourism sector, long underappreciated despite its vast potential, has finally begun to receive the attention it deserves. The recent unveiling of the Marine Tourism Roadmap by the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), in collaboration with the Asian…
Malé City, Maldives, 22 April 2025 – GSM News: A young woman in her twenties was found on the roof of H. Fentenoy building in Malé City with critical injuries in the early hours of Friday 18 April at morning 07:30. She was then rushed to the hospital for emergency care. As more details emerge,…
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, issued a vehement rebuke of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, describing them as a campaign of “indiscriminate massacres” against Palestinians and lamenting the global silence surrounding the conflict. Erdogan decried what he referred to as “a state of utter madness” by the Israeli government while speaking at a…
Airlangga Hartarto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, made the announcement on Friday that Indonesia has been selected as one of the first nations to engage in discussions with the United States regarding the 32 percent import tariff imposed on Indonesian goods as a result of former President Donald Trump’s trade policy. Hartarto stated at a…
