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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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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