Fri 12 November 2021: The UK military will assist Poland in strengthening its border fence with Belarus, according to Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak on Friday. “Reconnaissance activities have been launched before the support of the UK engineering troops. Our soldiers will cooperate in strengthening the fence on the Polish-Belarusian border,” Blaszczak wrote […]
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Fri 12 November 2021: Opposition to namaz at open spaces in Haryana’s Gurgaon reared its ugly head again today, after members reportedly affiliated with Hindu groups occupied a site in Sector 12A to stop Muslims from praying. Visuals from the site showed people sitting around – they assembled in the morning and claimed to be making a volleyball […]
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Thu 11 November 2021: Some 4,000 to 5,000 Afghan refugees are fleeing daily into neighbouring Iran since the Taliban took control of their country in August, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said yesterday. “Many Afghan refugees called their relatives telling them they are on their way to Iran and many want to go on to […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: Bahraini lawmaker, Abdulrazzaq Hattab, has issued a scathing condemnation of India for the violence against Muslim which has increased in the country over the years, threatening to start a boycott of trade between the two countries. In a speech he gave in Bahrain’s parliament recently, Hattab spoke against the deliberate targeting […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: According to a report released on Tuesday, China has intensified its persecution on its ethnic Uyghur Muslim minority to the point where it may be considered genocide. The Washington, DC-based Holocaust Museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide pointed to what it said is “damning” evidence that China is no […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: Senior security officials from Russia, Iran, and five Central Asian countries are meeting in India to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, but there is no Afghan representative present. Following the fall of the US-backed government and the Taliban’s takeover of the country, India’s archrival Pakistan and China also declined to attend […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: World Bank president David Malpass indicated Monday that the institution is unlikely to resume direct aid to Afghanistan, after suspending financing at the end of August when the Taliban seized power. “I would not envision us operating inside given the full breakdown” of the economy, he said in a conversation at […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: Singapore wildlife park Officials announced Wednesday that four lions have tested positive for the coronavirus after coming into touch with infected zookeepers. Symptoms include coughing and sneezing. At the weekend, the rare Asiatic lions began to show indications of disease, leading officials to order coronavirus tests. According to the government’s animal […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: Bird flu has been discovered at a poultry farm in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Akita, prompting local officials to slaughter 143,000 birds, according to the prefectural government. After a positive result in a preliminary test the day before, the outbreak of avian flu, the first in Japan this season, was […]
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Wed 10 November 2021: The Beijing-backed expansion of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in many African countries risks fuelling the illegal wildlife trade and threatens the future of some of the world’s most endangered species, a new report has warned. The growth of the TCM market, coupled with the perception of Africa as a potential source […]
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