Tue 06 June 2023: Underage marriages have reduced in Afghanistan, according to a poll released by country’s National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA) on Tuesday. The survey shows that 9.6 percent of girls get married under the age of 15 and another 28.7 percent are married from the age of 18. Based on the survey, […]
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The original photo (left) of Ben Roberts-Smith displaying a Crusader’s cross on his uniform while on duty in Afghanistan. The evidence was later edited out (right) in the official photo released by Defence.CREDIT:ADF Tue 06 June 2023: Judge releases full judgement in defamation case lost by country’s most decorated soldier who had sued newspapers […]
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Mon 05 June 2023: On Monday, the German government approved extra funding for the persecuted Rohingya Muslims residing in refugee camps in Bangladesh and in Myanmar worth around €12 million ($13 million). According to a news release from the German embassy in Dhaka, Susanne Fries-Gaier, director for humanitarian assistance in the German Foreign Ministry, made […]
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Mon 05 June 2023: Lower living costs in cities such as Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh are attracting some expats away from Singapore. Singapore – For marketing professional Benedikt Becker, living and working in Singapore had always been “the dream”. Becker, who landed a job with a marketing agency in Singapore in 2020, thrived on […]
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Sun 04 June 2023: Pakistan’s embattled former Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the powerful military and its intelligence agency of openly trying to destroy his political party, saying he has “no doubt” he will be tried in a military court and thrown in jail. Khan has hinted previously at the military’s hand in a crackdown on […]
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Sun 04 June 2023: An under construction bridge collapsed in Bihar’s Bhagalpur on Sunday, June 4. The visuals were caught on camera and showed two parts of the bridge collapsing one after another. So far, no casualties have been reported. The Aguwani Sultanganj Ganga bridge was being constructed in Bihar’s Khagaria with a cost of […]
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Members of the Taliban Badri 313 military unit. Sun 04 June 2023: Iran expects Taliban to fulfill its promises in practice, while also wondering about stance of international community, regional actors In three questions, Mehmet Koc discusses the dispute between Iran and the Taliban with possible scenarios for the region. What is the dispute […]
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Sun 04 June 2023: Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu has said Beijing seeks dialogue over confrontation with the United States, warning that any conflict between the two nations would bring “unbearable disaster for the world”. Speaking at Asia’s top security summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, Li said on Sunday that the world was big enough for China […]
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Sun 04 June 2023: Japan’s birth rate fell to a record low in 2022 for the seventh year in a row, according to the health ministry, emphasizing the sense of crisis that the nation is experiencing as its population is quickly aging and shrinking. The ministry reported on Friday that the fertility rate, or the […]
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Sat 03 June 2023: Rescue workers raced against time to extract survivors from the debris after three trains collided tragically in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, killing at least 261 people. According to Pradeep Jena, the state’s top civil servant, the disaster on Friday in the Balasore region of Odisha state, India’s bloodiest rail […]
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