Sun 02 October 2022: At least 174 people have died in a fatal football stampede after Arema FC lost 3-2 to Persebaya Surabaya in a home game on Saturday night at Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java, Indonesia, Deputy East Java Governor Emil Dardak told local media on Sunday. A police statement said supporters of the […]
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Sat 01 October 2022: At least 35 people have died as a result of a suicide bombing that occurred in a Kabul classroom, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan confirmed to AFP on Saturday. Kabul’s security department’s spokesman Khalid Zadran said that students came to the center, in PD13, to take the Kankor university entrance […]
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Fri 30 September 2022: A suicide bomber blew himself up at an educational center in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 19 people and injuring 28 more on Friday morning. The suicide bomber targeted students at the Kaaj educational institution in the Dasht e Barchi neighborhood at 7:30 a.m. local time (0300GMT). Officials said they were taking their examinations. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: Rising Hindu nationalism in India fuelled by the ruling BJP party has led to widespread attacks on Muslims, Sikhs and Christians in the country. Now these tensions are being exported to the UK. Violence in Leicester – a city with a substantial British Asian population – erupted after a cricket match […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: All women are entitled to a safe and legal abortion process and making any distinction between a married and an unmarried woman in this regard is unconstitutional, the Indian Supreme Court ruled today. “Even an unmarried woman can undergo abortion up to 24 weeks on par with married women,” Justice D […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: Taliban representatives on Wednesday said, that Afghanistan’s government has signed a provisional agreement with Russia to import wheat and petroleum products at a reduced price. According to Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the agreement calls for the annual purchase of two million tonnes […]
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Thu 29 September 2022: Facebook owner failed to take action on hate speech against Rohingya despite repeated warnings, says rights group. A prominent human rights group says Facebook’s owner Meta owes the Rohingya reparations for the platform’s role in fuelling violence against the mostly Muslim minority in Myanmar. Amnesty International issued the call for compensation […]
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Wed 28 September 2022: There is no justification in Islam for the ban on girls attending schools past the sixth year, according to a senior member of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government. During a Taliban gathering in Kabul on Tuesday, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy minister of foreign affairs, made the appeal. Since regaining control, […]
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Wed 28 September 2022: In offshore trading, the Chinese yuan hit a record low against the US dollar, joining a long list of other currencies that have seen significant drops against the dollar. According to the Bloomberg news agency, the offshore yuan, which is traded outside of mainland China, dropped to $7.2386 against the dollar […]
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PFI, SDPI workers protest in Hubballi. Credit: PTI Photo Wed 28 September 2022: After authorities detained more than 100 PFI members this month, India declared the Muslim organization Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates illegal, accusing them of supporting “terrorism,” and banned them for five years. “The Popular Front of India and its […]
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