Thu 25 August 2022: Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh – Rohingya people cannot be guaranteed safety in Myanmar, advocates say, where the government has been accused of decades of abuse that has left the long-persecuted ethnic minority largely stateless. For the nearly one million Rohingya living in the world’s largest refugee settlement in neighbouring Bangladesh, conditions are squalid and what limited […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: Iranian authorities had publicly contradicted each other on whether FIFA and AFC’s letter made it compulsory for them to allow women into stadiums. Tehran, Iran – A limited number of Iranian women have been allowed into a stadium in Tehran to watch a league football match for the first time after pressure […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: The World Health Organization stated on Thursday that there have been more than 41,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide and 12 fatalities, with most cases occurring in the United States, Reuters reported. The outbreak was deemed a global health emergency by the WHO in July. According to the WHO’s most recent epidemiological […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: Turkiye’s Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, said Turkiye will not buy F-16 warplanes from the US if restrictions are imposed on their use, Haber Global TV reports. According to the report, the US House of Representatives, in July, proposed allowing President Joe Biden to sell Turkiye upgraded F-16s on condition that Ankara will not […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: When Pope Francis attends a gathering of religious leaders in Kazakhstan next month he will not meet the Russian Orthodox patriarch, who backs the war in Ukraine, RIA news agency cited a senior Orthodox official as saying on Wednesday. Francis, due to be in the capital Nur-Sultan from Sept. 13-15 to attend the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: The Title Transfer Facility (TTF) in Amsterdam, a key natural gas trading hub, stated Thursday that a lack of natural gas has led the price of gas to continue rising. Natural gas prices rose beyond €300 ($300) on Thursday after being constant for two days. The morning price increased by more […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: Rescuers are digging through the rubble at the train station in Chaplyne, a small town in eastern Ukraine after Russian missiles targeted the site and killed 22 people were killed. Exactly six months after Moscow invaded its western neighbour, a Russian strike on Ukraine’s independence day killed at least 22 people […]
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Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed Al Thani with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Doha. Thu 25 August 2022: The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced it aims to spend $3bn on various commercial and investment sectors in Pakistan, which is currently facing a dire economic crisis, according to a statement released by Qatar’s […]
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Thu 25 August 2022: The United States has expressed its concerns to Turkiye over its ongoing business ties and trade with Russia, warning it of similar sanctions on Turkish businesses, if cooperation continues. In a statement by the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD), it confirmed that the US Treasury and its Deputy Secretary, Wally […]
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Wed 24 August 2022: Imran Khan’s supporters rally behind him over the government’s actions against the cricketing icon-turned-politician. Islamabad, Pakistan – As legal cases mount against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, his supporters have expressed anger over the government’s actions. Khan, 69, came under pressure last week after he was booked under anti-terrorism laws for “threatening” senior police officials […]
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