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Mon, October 18, 2021 | 00:10

Women's sports banned in Afghanistan: report

Australia's SBS TV has quoted a Taliban spokesperson as saying that women's sports - and women's cricket specifically - will be banned by his group in Afghanistan.

2021-09-09 16:27

Hong Kong police arrest defiant Tiananmen vigil leaders

Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four leaders of the group that organized the city's annual Tiananmen Square commemorations after they refused to cooperate in a national security investigation, the group said.

2021-09-08 19:19

Myanmar opposition leader calls for nationwide uprising against army

The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar's military government issued a sweeping call for a nationwide uprising on Tuesday, raising the prospect of spiraling unrest.

2021-09-08 15:18

Iran pressing on with uranium enrichment: UN watchdog

The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Tuesday that Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons in contravention of a 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain Tehran's nuclear program.

2021-09-08 15:17

UN-blacklisted man takes top role in Taliban gov't

The Taliban announced their government on Tuesday, with a U.N.-blacklisted veteran of the hardline movement in the top role, weeks after they swept to power and toppled the U.S.-backed president.

2021-09-08 11:25

Myanmar resistance movement calls for nationwide uprising

The main underground group coordinating resistance to Myanmar's military government called for a nationwide uprising on Tuesday.The National Unity Government views itself as a shadow government composed of elected legislators who were barred from taking their seats when the military seized power in February.

2021-09-07 21:07

United Nations launches urgent appeal for Afghanistan aid

Ahead of a conference on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) made an urgent appeal for more than 600 million dollars in emergency aid for the country. "Basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing and food and other life-saving aid is about to run out," OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke said in G...

2021-09-07 20:51

Deserted Afghan universities open as Taliban impose new rules

Universities in Kabul were almost empty on the first day of the Afghan school year on Monday, as professors and students wrestled with the Taliban's restrictive new rules for the classroom.

2021-09-07 13:31

Israel searches for 6 Palestinians after rare prison break

Israel launched a massive manhunt in the country's north and the occupied West Bank early Monday after six Palestinian prisoners tunneled out of their cell and escaped from a high-security facility in the biggest prison break of its kind in decades.

2021-09-07 10:29

Taliban say they took Panjshir, last holdout Afghan province

The Taliban said on Monday they have taken control of Panjshir province north of Kabul, the last holdout of anti-Taliban forces in the country and the only province the Taliban had not seized during their blitz across Afghanistan last month.

2021-09-06 21:20

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