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This month Iran launched a missile attack into Pakistan's Balochistan region, claiming to target an Iranian anti-regime militant group based there. Days later Pakistan retaliated with missiles it claimed were directed at Baloch-Pakistan militants in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province. 麻豆社 Urdu's Saher Baloch visited the border city of Turbat in Pakistan's Balochistan province to find out what impact this is having on cross border relations, and what these militants want.

Chinese students choose Thai universities
麻豆社 Thai recently reported that more and more Chinese students are choosing to study in Thai universities, making up 60% of all international students. It's particularly common with private universities, so Thanyaporn Buathong visited Krirk university near Bangkok to find out why.

Shamans and Indonesian politics
Indonesia is the largest Muslim country in the world, but many people are also very superstitious. So during elections, many politicians turn to shamans to give them the edge over their opponents, as Hanna Samosir of 麻豆社 Indonesian reports.

Nigeria's youth curling team
A group of Nigerian teenagers known as "The Broomzillas" have made history as the first curling team from Africa to appear at the Winter Youth Olympics which opened in South Korea last week. 麻豆社 Africa sports journalist Emmanuel Akindubuwa met the team to find out what obstacles they鈥檇 overcome to get there.

"Hunting" foreigners
A debate emerged in Vietnam about the term and practice of 'hunting foreigners'. Many students seek out English speakers to practice their linguistic skills on, and while many tourists are happy to oblige, others find it intrusive or inappropriate. 麻豆社 Vietnamese's Thuong Le explains the debate, while 麻豆社 Chinese's Yan Chen remembers his own English hunting days.

(Photo: Blue informal fuel trade trucks on Pakistani Balochistan border with Iran. Credit: 麻豆社)