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KABUL 25 Aug (Online): Afghan women’s rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women increasingly cut off from education and public life under the ruling Taliban. Since taking over Afghanistan a year ago, the Islamist Taliban have […]

Damascus, Aug 25 (AFP/APP): Syria said Thursday two civilians were wounded in a series of Israeli air strikes on the western Hama and Tartus regions, state news agency SANA reported. “Around 7:15 pm (1615 GMT) our air defences faced an Israeli attack coming from the […]

Kutupalong, Bangladesh, Aug 25 (AFP/APP): Thousands of Rohingya refugees held “Genocide Remembrance Day” rallies on Thursday across a huge network of camps in Bangladesh, marking five years since fleeing a military offensive in Myanmar. In August 2017 around 750,000 of the mostly Muslim minority streamed […]

Tehran 24 Aug (Online): Iran will not allow inspections beyond what is in a 2015 nuclear deal, the country’s nuclear chief said on Wednesday, as the United States prepares to respond to a proposal to revive Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. “We are committed […]

DHAKA 24 Aug (Online): Bangladesh will close schools for one extra day a week and cut office timings by an hour to save power, a government official said on Monday, as the country battles a shortage after shutting down all of its diesel-run power plants. […]

Washington, Aug 24 (AFP/APP):Russia could begin announcing referenda designed to formalize its control of occupied parts of Ukraine as soon as this week, a senior White House official said Wednesday. The United States has learned “that Russian leadership has instructed officials to begin preparing to […]

Paris, Aug 24 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron warned Wednesday that France faced “sacrifices” in a new era marked by climate change and instability caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that signalled “the end of abundance”. After a summer marked by drought, massive wildfires and […]

Tokyo, Aug 24 (AFP/APP): Japan’s prime minister on Wednesday called for a push to revive the country’s nuclear power industry in a bid to tackle soaring imported energy costs linked to the war in Ukraine. Such a move could prove controversial, after the 2011 Fukushima […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug 23 (AFP/APP): Washington warned on Tuesday that Russia could attack Ukrainian government facilities in the coming days as Moscow said it would show “no mercy” over an assassination it has blamed on Ukraine. World leaders also reasserted their support for the country […]

Baghdad, Aug 23 (AFP/APP):Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr held a sit-in outside the top judicial body for several hours on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance. Caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi cut short a visit to Egypt […]