Mon 18 October 2021: Myanmar’s junta head announced Monday that more than 5,000 individuals who were imprisoned for protesting against a February coup that overthrew the democratic government will be released. To honor the Thadingyut holiday later in October, a total of 5,636 detainees would be released, according to Min Aung Hlaing, who was excluded […]
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Mon 18 October 2021: According to law enforcement authorities, police in Bangladesh have detained at least 300 people for destroying and vandalizing Hindu temples across the country following unrest sparked by the claimed destruction of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, during a Hindu religious rite last week. After a photo of the Quran being […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: After several Indian migrant workers were killed by militants in Kashmir, the police commander on the Indian side of the disputed territory announced on Sunday that vulnerable Indian migrant workers will be relocated to army and police camps for security. After three laborers from the eastern state of Bihar were shot […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) authorities have pledged to step up security at Shi’ite mosques as hundreds of people gathered on Saturday to bury the victims of the second Islamic State (Daesh) suicide attack on worshippers in a week. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack on the Fatima mosque in Kandahar […]
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Sun 17 October 2021: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) sent 96 tonnes of humanitarian goods to the Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan, according to the head of the cargo center, Nodirbek Jalilov, Sputnik reported. “The total volume of delivered cargo is 96 tonnes, these are essential items,” Jalilov said. He noted that […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: Apple has removed one of the most popular Quran apps in China from its store at the request of regulators. The app, called Quran Majeed, is available on the App Store all across the world. Millions of Muslims use it, and it has approximately 150,000 reviews. It seems to have been […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after four weeks in which Afghan boys have been allowed a secondary education but girls have not. “The de facto minister of education told us that they are working on […]
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Sat 16 October 2021: The Shenzhou 13 spacecraft docked with the Tiangong space station core module on Saturday, beginning a six-month stay in orbit for the three-person crew, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). According to an agency statement, Shenzhou 13 docked Saturday, some 6.5 hours after taking off from the Jiuquan Satellite […]
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Fri 15 October 2021: Having previously run Kabul airport, Turkey can take similar steps in the future, along with Qatar and Afghanistan, if the three countries can reach a deal, the Turkish president said on Friday. Speaking to reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that during a recent visit to Turkey, […]
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Fri 15 October 2021: The first plane with humanitarian assistance dispatched by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) for Afghanistan arrived in Uzbekistan’s Termez on Friday, a representative of the local airport told Sputnik. The UN announced earlier this week that its refugee agency will send three planes with humanitarian aid for Afghanistan via Termez in […]
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