Category: Asia

TURKEY TO SEND 700 TONS OF AID TO AFGHANISTAN ON ‘CHARITY TRAIN’

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Women wait for free bread in front of a bakery in Kabul. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fri 21 January 2022: The Turkish President announced on Wednesday that the country would be sending a “charity train” to Afghanistan carrying emergency goods, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking after a Cabinet meeting in the capital, Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the train, carrying […]

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UK ASKED TO PROBE INDIAN OFFICIALS OVER KASHMIR ‘WAR CRIMES’

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Fri 21 January 2022:  The request by a London-based law firm was made to the British police under the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ allowing the prosecution of individuals accused of crimes against humanity committed anywhere in the world. A London-based law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army […]

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FACEBOOK STALLING REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT IN INDIA -WHISTLEBLOWERS

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Thu 20 January 2022: Facebook opponents are urging the company to share the results of a human rights impact assessment it commissioned in 2020 to look into hate speech on its platforms in India. The social network firm, now known as Meta, is under increased criticism for its management of abuses on its services, particularly […]

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AFGHAN ACTING PREMIER CALLS FOR OFFICIAL GLOBAL RECOGNITION OF TALIBAN GOVERNMENT

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Thu 20 January 2022: Mullah Hassan Akhund, Afghanistan’s acting prime minister, called for world nations to recognize the country’s Taliban administration on Wednesday, saying at a news conference in Kabul that all conditions had been met. “I ask all governments, especially Islamic countries, that they should start recognition,” Akhund said, in his first major public […]

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WHY HAVE SO MANY HOSTAGE-TAKERS DEMANDED THE RELEASE OF AAFIA SIDDIQUI?

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Wed 19 January 2022: In a recent Texas hostage-taking incident, the perpetrator demanded US officials release Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman imprisoned for alleged connections with Al Qaeda. Imprisoned Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui’s name reemerged in last weekend’s Texas hostage-taking incident, in which Malik Faisal Akram, a 44-year-old British citizen, took hostages in a synagogue, demanding Siddiqui’s […]

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INDIA: MUSLIM GIRLS WEARING HIJAB BARRED FROM ATTENDING CLASSES IN KARNATAKA

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The photo of the girls sitting on the stairs of the college that went viral on social media. Tue 18 January 2022:  Bengaluru, India – When A H Almas, 18, and two of her friends stepped into their classroom on a December morning, the teacher immediately yelled at them: “Get out.” The Muslim girls were not […]

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EARTHQUAKE: 26 KILLED, HUNDREDS OF HOUSES DAMAGED IN AFGHANISTAN’S BADGHIS

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Tue 18 January 2022: As a result of an earthquake that struck western Afghanistan on Monday, at least 26 people were killed, four more were critically injured, and hundreds of homes were demolished or damaged, according to local officials. On Monday, the western province of Badghis was jolted by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. According to […]

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CHINESE SCIENTISTS DISCOVER EARLIEST ANT MIMICS FROM MID-CRETACEOUS AMBER

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Mon 17 January 2022: Chinese scientists announced Monday that they uncovered a new form of insect nymph from mid-Cretaceous amber Xinuha reported. According to scientists this insect dates back to nearly 100 million years ago, extending the geological range of ant mimicry by almost 50 million years. More than a dozen ant-like alienopterid nymphs were […]

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