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Supporters of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), an alliance of Kashmir civil rights groups, chant slogans as they gather to attend the funeral of men who were killed during a protest following a shutter-down strike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Pakistan October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Naseer ud Din

Explainer: What happened in Pakistan-administered Kashmir after days of anti-government protests?

The current unrest is the third major wave in two years, showing deep-rooted dissatisfaction with governance and subsidies in the region

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Carter, Civiletti, and the birth of the shutdown: America’s political gridlock explained

A visitor walks past the White House and a new flag pole installed on the North Lawn in Washington, DC, US, June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo

Explainer: What would stay open, what would close if the US Government shuts down

Natural sinkholes in Xiaozhai Tiankeng, China (left) and Great Blue Hole, Belize (right). Source: UNB

Explainer: What causes sinkholes, and why do they collapse so suddenly?

An aerial view of a China Coast Guard ship navigating near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, as Philippine Coast Guard aircraft carrying journalists patrols the area, days after two Chinese vessels collided in the area while allegedly trying to block a Philippine supply mission, in the South China Sea, August 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Adrian Portugal/File Photo

What is the Scarborough Shoal and what is China planning there?

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Explainer: Savar declared a 'Degraded Air Shed': What does it mean?

Officials of the NBR, under the banner of the NBR Unity Council, continued their protest on Sunday since 9am. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Govt declares NBR jobs as 'essential services'. How it may affect the ongoing protest

A US Air Force B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber (C) is flanked by 4 US Marine Corps F-35 fighters during a flyover of military aircraft down the Hudson River and New York Harbor past York City, and New Jersey, US 4 July, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Explainer: What are B-2 Stealth Bombers and why US used it to target nuclear sites in Iran

Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, June 18, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Explainer: How did Iran manage to pierce through Israel’s air defence systems?

MATS students protest at National Press Club, Dhaka on 10 February 2025. File Photo: Focus Bangla

What is behind dispute between MATS grads and medical students?

A man living on the streets of San Francisco, California, displays what he says is the synthetic drug fentanyl. February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

Explainer: What is fentanyl, the 'deadliest ever drug' in crosshairs of Trump's tariffs on Canada, Mexico

A person reads a newspaper following the appointment of Harini Amarasuriya as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at a stall in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 25, 2024. REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/File Photo

Sri Lanka: Why did new president call a snap general election?

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The three reasons stated by govt for banning Jammat-Shibir