Thu 18 August 2022: Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and witnessed the murder of 14 members of her family by a Hindu mob during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in the western Indian state of Gujarat, is back in the news. On Monday, 11 inmates who were serving life terms for the case’s rape and murder […]
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Thu 18 August 2022: The United States will take steps in the coming weeks and months to counter China’s military and economic activity around Taiwan, State Department spokesman Ned price said on Wednesday. “We will continue to take steps that are resolute but also calm to uphold peace and stability in the face of Beijing’s […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has been in existence for one year now, but change has been agonisingly slow; early promises on women’s rights are as yet unrealised; and the closure of schools for teenage girls continues to be a running sore for the international community. The country is in dire […]
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Wed 17 August 2022: Refugees from the Rohingya minority urged Michelle Bachelet, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, to actively involve the organization in helping Myanmar create the conditions necessary for the sustained repatriation of the persecuted minority, Anadolu Agency reported. Bachelet’s visit marked the first time a United Nations High Commissioner for Human […]
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Tue 16 August 2022: After further lifting the family planning policy to allow each couple to have up to three children, China is working to further create a fertility-friendly environment and the support policies. According to China’s National Health Authority, the country would discourage abortions in order to increase its birth rate. China now has […]
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Tue 16 August 2022: The 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano case are freed from Godhra jail after the state government approves their application for remission of sentence. Eleven men serving life imprisonment for gang rape and murders during the 2002 Gujarat riots have been freed, Indian media reports said. The 11 convicts in what came […]
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Tue 16 August 2022: The Red Cross on Monday appealed to states and donors to set aside their political objections to the Taliban and resume aid flows to Afghanistan‘s state institutions to ease an “unbearable” humanitarian situation there. The hardline group Taliban marked a year in power on Monday with small scale celebrations as the country struggles with rising […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: In response to a US Congress delegation’s visit to the island on Monday, Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Wu Qian said that China’s army will put an end to outside forces’ plans to interfere in China’s domestic political affairs and will also foil separatists’ attempts to break away from Taiwan. “The People’s […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: India’s democracy is under pressure like never before as dreams of an ethnic Hindu nation leave its minorities sleepless. New Delhi, India – As India celebrates 75 years of independence, the country’s Muslims and other minorities say they find themselves in a state of siege. Ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) […]
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Mon 15 August 2022: On this day in 2021, the Taliban reached Kabul as the US-backed regime in Afghanistan crumbled and 20 years of American occupation ended in failure. What: The fall of Kabul When: 15 August 2021 Where: Afghanistan What happened? Shortly after 10pm on 15 August 2021, a small troop of Taliban fighters entered the Presidential […]
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