Mon 15 August 2022: On 15 August 2021, the world looked on with trepidation as the situation in Afghanistan reached a critical juncture with the Afghan Taliban assuming power in the country. The takeover was swift, and relatively peaceful, with little resistance from the masses, followed by the abrupt withdrawal of US forces, leading to […]
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US Congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit. Mon 15 August 2022: In a show of solidarity for Taiwan amid escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait, five U.S. legislators who are now in Taiwan met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and other lawmakers on Monday. The […]
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Sun 14 August 2022: Michelle Bachelet, the head of the UN’s human rights office, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday for a four-day visit that will include a visit to the squalid camps where nearly a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are housed. The Myanmar army offensive against the predominantly Muslim minority in 2017 was the […]
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Distributions underway at the Kutupalong refugee camp (FILE: alimdaad.com) Sat 13 August 2022: Michelle Bachelet is to make the first visit by a UN rights chief to Bangladesh next week, including to the sprawling refugee camps home to nearly a million Rohingyas. Bachelet’s office announced Friday that the trip from Sunday to Wednesday was at […]
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Fri 12 August 2022: Xi Jinping, the president of China, is apparently planning to travel to Saudi Arabia the next week, according to news reports in the international media, However, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry stated on Thursday that he had no information to provide at the time in response to a question […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, a renowned Taliban religious leader, was killed in an explosion at a seminary in Kabul, according to Taliban authorities. “Very sadly informed that respected cleric [Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani] was martyred in a cowardly attack by enemies,” said Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration, on Thursday. It […]
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Scientists believe the virus likely emerged in shrews. Thu 11 August 2022: Scientists in Asia have identified a new virus that can cause severe fever and was likely transmitted to humans from animals in eastern China. The Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 people in the Shandong and Henan provinces of China, who were […]
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Thu 11 August 2022: Members of a Hindu outfit on Thursday staged a protest against Aamir Khan-starrer film “Laal Singh Chaddha”, demanding a ban on it in Uttar Pradesh as they accused the actor of making fun of deities. Members of the Sanatan Rakshak Sena raised slogans against the movie and held a protest in […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: The voices of Hindutva – Hindu supremacy – are ascending, spreading division and hate speech. It has worked its way through the body politic like a slow-acting poison. And the effect on the secular fabric of the Indian republic and the lives of minorities – especially Muslims – has proven toxic, […]
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Wed 10 August 2022: China refused to rule out the use of force to reunite Taiwan with the mainland on Wednesday, accusing “external forces” of inciting and initiating dangerous moves by separatist forces, Anadolu Agency reported. However, Beijing stated that “one country, two systems are our basic principles for resolving the Taiwan question and the […]
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