Mon 27 May 2024: Russia has invited Afghanistan’s Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to remove a ban on the extremist group, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as saying on Monday. Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 as U.S.-led forces withdrew after 20 years of war, Russia has […]
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Sun 26 May 2024: Cyclone Remal has struck Bangladesh’s low-lying coast, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents. The storm began hitting the southern district of Khepupara around 8 pm (14:00 GMT), according to meteorologist Shamim Ahsan. With winds reaching up to 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph), the cyclone led officials to […]
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Sun 26 May 2024: A fire at a children’s hospital in New Delhi has resulted in the deaths of at least seven infants, according to a fire service official. Twelve newborns were rescued from the hospital and transferred to another facility, but five succumbed to smoke inhalation, reported fire officer Atul Garg on Sunday. Five […]
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Sun 26 May 2024: After radical modification and what is being called as “sinicisation”, China’s last major mosque – which once had Arabic-style architectural features – has now lost its domes and minarets, according to a report published in The Guardian. China’s grandest mosque, the Grand Mosque of Shadian, is located in a small town in southwestern Yunnan province. Till last […]
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Sat 25 May 2024: The UN human rights office on Friday said that an estimated 45,000 Rohingya reportedly fled to areas near the Bangladesh border amid the ongoing fighting. “We are receiving frightening and disturbing reports from northern Rakhine State in Myanmar of the impacts of the conflict on civilian lives and property. Some of […]
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Afghan girl walks past the cliffs pockmarked by caves where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan, Afghanistan on October 3, 2021. — AFP Thu 23 May 2024: Bamiyan officials announced that the Italian organization Vento, in collaboration with the University of Florence, will construct 100 houses for local cave dwellers. […]
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Wed 22 May 2024: Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, approved AI-manipulated political advertisements inciting violence and spreading disinformation during India’s election, according to a report shared with the Guardian. The investigation by India Civil Watch International (ICWI) and corporate watchdog Ekō revealed that the tech giant allowed inflammatory ads targeting Muslims. These ads, submitted to test […]
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Mon 20 May 2024: Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday met Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the World Water Forum being held on the resort island of Bali. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan the coordinating minister of maritime and investment affairs, told reporters after the meeting that Jakarta has proposed building an electric vehicle […]
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The Arakan Army (AA) claims full control over the town of Buthidaung and its surrounding military bases in the northern Rakhine region. AA media channels have released a photo of its soldiers, standing in the center of town. Sun 19 May 2024: The reported seizure of Buthiduang town of Myanmar’s Rakhine state by the […]
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An Afghan Air Force helicopter crashed due to “technical issues” while attempting to recover bodies from a river in Ghor. Sat 18 May 2024: At least 50 people have died, and thousands of homes have been destroyed due to recent heavy rains and flooding in central Afghanistan, officials have confirmed. Weeks of torrential seasonal […]
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