Mon 16 January 2023: A historical mosque located in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh was reportedly demolished on Sunday in order to “widen the road”. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s former chair of International Water Cooperation Ashok Swain shared a video of the mosque being bulldozed on his official Twitter handle. […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: Police in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, said on Sunday that an unidentified assailant shot and killed a former female lawmaker there along with her bodyguard. Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female lawmakers still residing in Kabul in August 2021, when the Taliban established their rule over the country. After the […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: The Afghan Taliban have welcomed the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) recent meeting and declaration on Afghanistan, in which it expressed concern over restrictions on women, but asked the international community not to “interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs.” In a statement on Thursday, Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the group which seized power in the war-torn country in 2021, said: “The […]
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Sun 15 January 2023: At least 67 people were killed when a plane carrying 72 people crashed in Nepal on Sunday, the Himalayan country’s deadliest aviation disaster in three decades. 72 passengers were on board the flight, according to Yeti Airlines, which operated it. There were 68 passengers and 4 crew members. The foreign nationals […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: In response to accusations that it was hiding data, China has revealed roughly 60,000 fatalities among COVID patients since the beginning of December. The National Health Commission reported on Saturday that the “emergency peak” of COVID-19’s most recent surge appears to have passed. The death toll from December 8 through Thursday […]
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Sat 14 January 2023: A warship, maritime patrol plane and drone have been deployed to monitor the Chinese vessel in the North Natuna Sea. Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area both countries claim as their […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: Thousands of Afghan citizens who served Britain in its army and other bodies were evacuated with their families from Afghanistan in what was reported as the biggest British military evacuation in over 70 years, Anadolu News Agency reports. Although the majority of more than 21,000 refugees have now been placed in accommodation, almost […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: Sri Lanka’s State Minister of Defence Premitha Bandara Tennakoon has stated that it is expected to downsize the existing Sri Lanka Army cadre of 200,783 to 135,000 by next year. Taking to Twitter, Tennakoon stated that military expenditure is a state-born expense which indirectly, both, stimulates and opens avenues for economic […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: A Pakistani official denies British media reports after a package containing the radioactive metal was discovered last month. Islamabad has denied reports in the British media that a package containing uranium, which arrived at London’s Heathrow airport in December, originated from Pakistan. Newspapers including The Sun, a tabloid, and the Guardian […]
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Fri 13 January 2023: The existing loan of $2bn will be topped with an additional loan of $1bn, a statement by the Pakistani prime minister’s office says. The United Arab Emirates is pledging a $1bn loan to cash-strapped Pakistan and also agreed to roll over an existing loan of $2bn in a boost to the […]
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