Mon 07 October 2024: Severe flooding has impacted more than 30,000 families across Thailand, with rescue and relief operations currently in full swing. As of Sunday, local media reported that 20 northern and northeastern provinces, including Chiang Mai, Ayutthaya, and Ubon Ratchathani, remain overwhelmed by the devastation. According to the Department of Disaster Prevention and […]
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Sun 06 October 2024: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said, on Friday, that a decision to remove the Taliban from a list of terrorist organisations had been “taken at the highest level”, the state TASS news agency reported. The decision needs to be followed up with various legal procedures in order to make it a reality, President Vladimir Putin’s […]
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Sat 05 October 2024: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that more than 230,000 Afghan migrants have returned to the country from Iran over the past month. According to the report, this is the highest number of returnees recorded from Iran to Afghanistan this year. The report stated that this marks a significant […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: The report noted that after the election results, there were at least 28 attacks targeting Muslims, linking the surge in anti-Muslim violence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s re-election campaign. New Delhi: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), a bipartisan congressional advisory body, has reported a “deteriorating and concerning trajectory” for […]
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Thu 03 October 2024: Indonesia raised its alert level to Level III as of Thursday due to the eruption of Mount Merapi, the country’s most active volcano, which has already generated 21 significant lava flows. Located on the densely populated island of Java, the volcano’s increased activity presents a heightened risk to surrounding communities, as […]
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Sun 29 September 2024: Recovery operations are underway across Nepal as the death toll from severe flooding and landslides has climbed to 126, with another 63 individuals still unaccounted for, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). Police officials warned on Sunday that the number of casualties could rise further as […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: In part 1 of this episode of Centre Stage, our guest is Clive Stafford Smith, a civil rights lawyer and legal counsel for many of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. His best known client is Aafia Siddiqui, who he says is a victim of circumstance, and should never have ended up […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: Iran’s military has built a wall along more than 10 kilometers of its eastern border with Afghanistan, the main entry point for immigrants, Iranian media reported Monday. “More than 10 kilometers of walls have been built on the border and another 50 kilometers is ready to be walled off,” ISNA news […]
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Fri 27 September 2024: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has officially approved a $7 billion bailout package for Pakistan, aimed at stabilising the country’s struggling economy and addressing its financial challenges. The decision comes as Pakistan faces mounting fiscal deficits, dwindling foreign reserves and economic instability. The bailout package, which includes a multi-year program of […]
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Thu 26 September 2024: India had the most people living abroad of any country worldwide in 2020, according to the UN’s latest data published in the World Migration Report 2022. Just under 17.9 million born in the country were recorded as living overseas as of the mid-year. Mexico and Russia, also large countries with vast populations, came […]
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