Fri 17 May 2019: The Trump administration wanted to reimburse the Taliban for their expenses attending recent peace talks, according to a congressional aide. But a Capitol Hill committee denied the request to cover the militants’ costs such as food and lodging, a lawmaker’s spokesman told the BBC. It was rejected because it would have […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amazon.com faced a social media backlash in India on Thursday after toilet seat covers and other items emblazoned with images of Hindu gods were spotted on its website. Thousands of Twitter users backed a call for a boycott of the U.S. retailer, making #BoycottAmazon India’s top trending topic […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: Parents nervously watch as their children wait to be tested for HIV in a village in southern Pakistan, where hundreds of people have been allegedly infected by a doctor using a contaminated syringe. Dispatched to keep order, police scan the anxious crowd as families hustle into one of five different screening […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – A tanker carrying Iranian fuel oil in violation of U.S. sanctions has unloaded the cargo into storage tanks near the Chinese city of Zhoushan, according to ship tracking data on Refinitiv Eikon. The discharging of the nearly 130,000 tonnes of Iranian fuel oil onboard the tanker, the Marshal […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: Security concerns among Muslims in Sri Lanka have grown after sword-wielding rioters killed one man while vandalizing scores of shops and mosques in apparent reprisal for the Easter bombings After a deadly terrorist attack in Sri Lanka, many Muslims have been bracing for revenge attacks with mosques, Muslim-owned businesses and homes […]
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Thu 16 May 2019: Indonesia’s counter-terrorism squad has rounded up at least 10 people suspected of planning attacks during next week’s announcement of the results of April’s hotly contested presidential election, police said on Wednesday. The arrests come as tension runs high and security is tightened in the world’s third-largest democracy ahead of the May […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – WhatsApp clones and software tools that cost as little as $14 are helping Indian digital marketers and political activists bypass anti-spam restrictions set up by the world’s most popular messaging app, Reuters has found. The activities highlight the challenges WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook Inc, faces […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: The victim and the accused belong to different Muslim sects. Fears of sectarian clashes grew as fake pictures and videos began circulating on social media. The police have refuted social media rumours that the rape accused is a minor. Soon after the incident, images began to be circulated of a handwritten […]
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Wed 15 May 2019: YANGON (Reuters) – A U.N. official has urged Myanmar to grant aid workers “predictable, sustained access” to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives. Ursula Mueller, a U.N. assistant secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, […]
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Tue 14 May 2019: Bollywood star-turned-politician Kamal Haasan is facing harsh criticism and even calls for his arrest over his recent claim that independent India’s “first terrorist” was a Hindu nationalist who killed Mahatma Gandhi. Haasan, who heads the small Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Centre for Justice) party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, […]
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