Thu 23 June 2022: Poor communications and a lack of functional roads are making it difficult for Afghan authorities to access a rural location that was affected by an earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, according to officials. “We can’t reach the area, the networks are too weak, we trying to get updates,” Mohammad […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: Over 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured in southeastern Afghanistan, the Culture and Information Department has told Al Jazeera. Neighbouring Pakistan’s Meteorological Department said the quake’s epicentre was in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, some 50 kilometres (31 miles) southwest of the city of Khost. Buildings were also damaged […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: A deadly earthquake has killed over 920 people and injured 610 in eastern Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Maulvi Sharafuddin Muslim, deputy minister of state for disaster management, said so far 920 people have been killed and over 610 wounded in the earthquake, state-run Bakhtar News Agency quoted him as saying […]
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Wed 22 June 2022: A strong earthquake that struck rural areas of southeast Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan has left at least 280 people dead and more than 200 others injured, Aaccording to the country’s disaster management authority. According to Salahuddin Ayubi, an official with the interior ministry, the majority of the fatalities were reported in […]
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Tue 21 June 2022: Imports from China’s Xinjiang region were banned in the United States as of yesterday, due to the new regulations. Firms will be required to declare that commodities produced in the region do not use forced labor in accordance with the regulations. According to US authorities, members of the region’s minority Uyghur […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Taking a swipe at the centre amid violent protests against the new military recruitment plan ‘Agnipath’, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi asked how many protesters’ homes will be razed by bulldozers now. Mr Owaisi, who leads the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), made the remark against the backdrop of the action against […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Anger against a new army recruitment scheme has intensified across India, with crowds of protesters burning trains, blocking roads and ransacking public property to demand that the plan be rolled back. “The protests will continue till there is a rollback. We have been cheated,” Lalit Kumar (name changed), a 19-year-old army aspirant who […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh staged demonstrations to demand repatriation back to Myanmar, where they fled a brutal military crackdown five years ago. Simultaneous marches and rallies were allowed to be held on Sunday, a day before World Refugee Day, despite a ban on rallies since a 100,000-strong protest in […]
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Mon 20 June 2022: China’s defense ministry claimed a land-based missile intercept test “achieved its expected purpose,” describing it as defensive and not aimed at any country. The ministry announced in a brief statement late Sunday that the “ground-based midcourse anti-missile intercept technology” test had carried out that night. “The test reached its expected goals,” […]
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Sun 19 June 2022: Since achieving independence in 1948, Sri Lanka has been through the biggest economic crisis in its history, and there has been widespread public outrage about the situation. The situation deteriorated further on Saturday, when the military opened fire on people to prevent unrest at a gas station as fuel prices continue […]
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