Thu 05 September 2024: Iran’s Parliament has proposed reducing the foreign national population by 10 percent annually, amid growing public controversy over the increasing Afghan influx. Although the proposal does not explicitly mention any nationality, the term ‘foreign national’ is widely used by Iranian officials and media to target Afghan migrants, who constitute a […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Saudi Arabia decided today to cancel fees for issuing commercial activity licences for hotels, hotel apartments and residential resorts in the kingdom, state news agency SPA has reported. The decision is effective immediately. It is part of the Tourism Investment Enabler Programme that Saudi Arabia launched in March, aimed at making the kingdom […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Russia previously wanted Joe Biden to win the U.S. presidential election but now it supports Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Putin had said earlier this year, before Biden withdrew from the race, that he preferred him over Trump because Biden was a more predictable “old school” politician. Ready for talks Russian […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Bangladesh transitional government chief Muhammad Yunus said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must keep silent as her political remarks from India are “causing discomfort” between the two neighboring nations. In an interview to Press Trust of India, Yunus said Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture,” asserting […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Beijing, China – China will voluntarily and unilaterally open its markets wider for African countries, says President Xi Jinping. Delivering his keynote address at the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China, Chinese President Xi said China has decided to give all least developed countries (LDCs), which have diplomatic relations […]
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Thu 05 September 2024: Consumers in the Middle East are boycotting Coca-Cola and Pepsi, fuelling a surge in demand for local sodas as the global brands face backlash over the Israeli war in Gaza, Reuters reports. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, after years of investing heavily in Muslim-majority nations such as Egypt and Pakistan, now face growing […]
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Russkiy Islands. [4 September 2024]. Thu 05 September 2024: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Thursday that the country will continue its oil and gas exploration activities in the South China Sea, despite China’s claims of territorial infringement. Speaking from Russia […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Heavy rains and torrential floods that hit Yemen during the period between April and August 2024 have directly affected more than 420,000 people and destroyed thousands of homes, temporary shelters for the displaced, and infrastructure, a new report revealed on Monday. “About 63,195 families, consisting of about 424,123 people, were directly […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Settlements above the Law, a new film from BBC Eye, investigates extremist Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank amid claims that they are increasingly using violence to seize land and property from Palestinians in the region. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that the area has become increasingly violent since Hamas killed […]
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Wed 04 September 2024: Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa early on Monday, adding that the situation was now under control. In a statement posted on X early on Tuesday, Interior Minister Shabani Lukoo said a […]
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