Sun 24 September 2023: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday condemned “new forms” of racism, Muslim stereotyping and Quran burnings, calling them “clear Islamophobic” acts. In his address to the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Ibrahim said inaction against such acts sends a “dangerous” message to humanity. “We are concerned about emergence of […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: A prominent Uighur scholar specialising in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison. Rahile Dawut was convicted on charges of endangering state security in December 2018 in a secret trial, the San Francisco-based Dui Hua Foundation said in a statement on Thursday. Dawut […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: As the United States pressured New Delhi to cooperate with an inquiry, Canada claims it gave evidence “many weeks ago” of alleged Indian security services involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist on its soil. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Ottawa has solid intelligence linking Indian operatives to […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Western powers through their support to Ukraine have effectively entered direct war against Moscow, Lavrov told a news conference at the United Nations. “You can call it anything you want, but they are fighting with us, they are straight-up fighting with us. We call it a hybrid war, but that doesn’t […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) announced on Friday that more than 114,000 people were displaced during the past week in Sudan. UNOCHA shared in a report on developments in the humanitarian situation in Sudan that, given the continued fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since last April, […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report this developing news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos. Nine people were killed and 16 injured, […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: UK Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian reported on Friday. According to the Whitehall sources, PM Sunak was looking at measures similar to those brought in […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Pope Francis said Friday that tragedies and challenges of migration which turned the Mediterranean into a “cemetery” need to be humanely addressed across the region, Anadolu Agency reported. The pope met local religious members involved in the care of seafarers, migrants and refugees at the Monument to the Heroes and Victims […]
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Prince Alemayehu, pictured in 1868. Queen Victoria took an interest in him after he was taken to Britain from what is now Ethiopia.Sepia Times / Universal Image Group via Getty Images Sat 23 September 2023: Artifacts looted by the British troops during a conflict with Ethiopia’s Emperor Tewodros II in the 19th century and […]
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A statue to Egerton Ryerson, an architect of Canada’s residential schools system, was pulled down at the university that bears his name in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Fri 22 September 2023: An investigation into unmarked graves and missing children at four sites in Canada has confirmed at least 158 deaths and also uncovered more unmarked burial sites, […]
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