Wed 21 April 2021: The Taliban’s refusal to participate in the international conference on Afghanistan in Istanbul does not mean that the intra-Afghan negotiations stalled, the movement continues contacts with the government, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Sputnik in an interview. Istanbul was scheduled to host a conference with participation of the Afghan government and […]
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Wed 21 April 2021: The United Nations rights envoy on Wednesday drew attention to the fact that almost a quarter of a million people have been displaced by the military junta in Myanmar as the country’s new leaders for months have continued a brutal crackdown on anti-coup protesters killing, beating and torturing them. The military […]
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Wed 21 April 2021: While the year 2020 witnessed an overall decline in the number of global death penalties, some countries increased the number of executions they carried out. In its annual global review of the death penalty (PDF), Amnesty International said that the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic contributed to a trend of decline in […]
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Wed 21 April 2021: India’s daily COVID-19 cases reached a new high early Wednesday after the country registered over 295,000 infections and more than 2,000 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry figures. Healthcare and other essential services across India are close to collapse as a second coronavirus wave that started in mid-March tears […]
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Tue 20 April 2021: Malaysian opposition lawmakers led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad submitted a petition to the country’s king on Tuesday seeking an end to a coronavirus emergency, saying it had transformed the country into a “dictatorship”. The king approved Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s plan for an emergency in early January to curb […]
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Tue 20 April 2021: After violent protests across the country, Pakistan government will ask parliament to vote on whether to expel the French envoy over offensive caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad published in France last year, the interior minister said. The Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) group has waged an anti-France campaign ever since Macron vehemently supported […]
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Mon 19 April 2021: Hundreds of members and supporters of an Islamist group, including its influential leader, have been arrested in Bangladesh over the past week, officials said, over deadly protests against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month for the country’s golden jubilee celebrations of independence. The protests across several districts […]
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Mon 19 April 2021: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned on Monday the jailing of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai over organizing and participating in “unauthorized assemblies” during August 2019 protests and demanded his immediate release. “The sentencing and punishment of pro-democracy leaders who took part in peaceful demonstrations is a clear attack on the fundamental rights of the people of Hong Kong. The […]
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Mon 19 April 2021: The Indian capital will be under a strict lockdown for six days starting on Monday night, Delhi state’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, adding the healthcare system was at a breaking point because of the worsening COVID-19 outbreak. “If we don’t impose a lockdown now, we will be looking at a […]
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Sun 18 April 2021: There are no scheduled meetings between Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers during their visits to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), officials from both countries confirmed on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi arrived in Abu Dhabi for a three-day visit on Saturday and his Indian counterpart, S. Jaishankar, will […]
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