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Iran ready for talks but not with Western 'pressure', says Raisi

Iran ready for talks but not with Western 'pressure', says Raisi

-- 2021-09-05 10:43:45

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday Iran was ready to hold talks with world powers to revive its 2015 nuclear accord but not under Western "pressure", adding Tehran was seeking negotiatio...

Thousands of Tigray rebels killed in fighting, Ethiopian military claims

Thousands of Tigray rebels killed in fighting, Ethiopian military claims

-- 2021-09-05 10:25:18

The Ethiopian military claims it has killed more than 5,600 members of the Tigray rebel forces it is fighting in the north of the country. A bloody conflict has been raging since November, bu...

Myanmar envoy in talks with junta over access to Suu Kyi

Myanmar envoy in talks with junta over access to Suu Kyi

-- 2021-09-04 21:49:29

The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said on Saturday he is still negotiating with the military on the terms of a visit and has sought acces...

Fresh fighting reported in final anti-Taliban stronghold

Fresh fighting reported in final anti-Taliban stronghold

-- 2021-09-04 18:03:11

Fresh fighting has been reported in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, the final pocket of territory which remains out of the hands of the Taliban. One of the resistance leaders in the valley, Amrullah S...

Kabul airport reopens to receive aid: Qatari envoy

Kabul airport reopens to receive aid: Qatari envoy

-- 2021-09-04 18:01:16

A technical team has been able to reopen Kabul airport to receive aid and that it would be prepared for civilian flights soon, according to Qatar’s ambassador to Afghanistan, reports Al Jazeera....

At least 17 killed in triumphant gunfire in Kabul

At least 17 killed in triumphant gunfire in Kabul

REUTERS 2021-09-04 16:46:56

At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday, after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province in Afghanist...

India restores mobile services in Kashmir two days after death of separatist leader Geelani

India restores mobile services in Kashmir two days after death of separatist leader Geelani

-- 2021-09-04 14:05:46

Mobile services in Indian Kashmir were restored late on Friday, two days after they were suspended following the death of a veteran secessionist leader in the disputed Himalayan region, a police offic...

Seven wounded in New Zealand mall stabbing, PM vows stricter laws

Seven wounded in New Zealand mall stabbing, PM vows stricter laws

-- 2021-09-04 12:26:45

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed on Saturday to tighten counter-terrorism laws this month after a knife-wielding militant known to the authorities stabbed and wounded seven people in...

Afghan evacuees face extended limbo in third countries before moving to US

Afghan evacuees face extended limbo in third countries before moving to US

-- 2021-09-04 12:04:38

In mid-August, Ahmad got an urgent call from his nephew, Zia, telling him to come immediately to Kabul airport to try to get on an evacuation flight. Members of the Taliban had been to Ahmad's house...

Afghanistan's women judges seek escape

Afghanistan's women judges seek escape

REUTERS 2021-09-04 11:43:45

Safe in Europe after escaping from Kabul, an Afghan woman judge describes how she was hunted by men she had once jailed, now freed by the Taliban fighters who took over the country. "Four or five Tal...

Google locks Afghan government accounts amid fear of Taliban action

Google locks Afghan government accounts amid fear of Taliban action

-- 2021-09-04 10:33:19

Google has temporarily locked down an unspecified number of Afghan government email accounts, according to a person familiar with the matter, as fears grow over the digital paper trail left by former...

Taliban says it will 'raise voice for Kashmir Muslims'

Taliban says it will 'raise voice for Kashmir Muslims'

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-09-04 10:32:31

The Taliban intends to "raise its voice for Muslims" in Indian-administered Kashmir, the BBC reports quoting a spokesman. Suhail Shaheen told the BBC's Hindi service: "As Muslims, we also have a righ...

Angola tailings pollution kills 12, Congo to seek compensation

Angola tailings pollution kills 12, Congo to seek compensation

-- 2021-09-04 10:08:43

The Democratic Republic of Congo will seek compensation from the owners of an Angolan diamond mine after a tailings dam leak polluted drinking water, causing 12 deaths and making thousands of people i...

Afghanistan's all-female orchestra falls silent

Afghanistan's all-female orchestra falls silent

-- 2021-09-04 08:31:20

Negin Khpalwak was sitting at her home in Kabul when she got word that the Taliban had reached the outskirts of the capital. The 24-year old conductor, once the face of Afghanistan's renowned all-fem...

Police in New Zealand kill 'extremist' who stabbed six in supermarket

Police in New Zealand kill 'extremist' who stabbed six in supermarket

-- 2021-09-03 21:40:34

New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a superm...

Air pollutants dropped in 2020, says UN agency

Air pollutants dropped in 2020, says UN agency

-- 2021-09-03 17:15:26

The UN weather agency says the world experienced a brief, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and travel restrictions put in place because of the coronavirus pan...

Japan's Prime Minister Suga steps down

Japan's Prime Minister Suga steps down

-- 2021-09-03 14:45:55

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling pub...

Mullah Baradar to lead Taliban-led government in Afghanistan

Mullah Baradar to lead Taliban-led government in Afghanistan

-- 2021-09-03 14:13:47

Mullah Baradar, the head of the Taliban's political office, will lead the new government in Afghanistan, at least three sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, reports Reuters. Mullah Mohammad...

Afghan rebels hold out in Panjshir Valley as Taliban form government in Kabul

Afghan rebels hold out in Panjshir Valley as Taliban form government in Kabul

-- 2021-09-03 11:08:10

Taliban forces and fighters loyal to local leader Ahmad Massoud battled in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley on Thursday, more than two weeks after the Islamist militia seized power, as Taliban leaders in...

Rocky Mountain dry as water scarcity affects Canada's farm belt

Rocky Mountain dry as water scarcity affects Canada's farm belt

-- 2021-09-03 10:59:19

Where fly fisherman Shane Olson once paddled summer tourists around in a boat, he now guides them by foot – carefully navigating shallow waters one step at a time. “Every year, these rive...

India's interests come before vaccine exports: Minister

India's interests come before vaccine exports: Minister

-- 2021-09-03 10:32:00

India would resume exports of Covid-19 vaccines only after its own interests are taken care of, a health ministry official said on Thursday, as a recent surge in immunisations raised hopes of foreign...

Bangladeshi-origin Nusrat Chowdhury recommended to become US federal judge

Bangladeshi-origin Nusrat Chowdhury recommended to become US federal judge

-- 2021-09-02 20:22:43

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday asked President Joe Biden to nominate three women experienced in civil rights litigation to serve as federal judges in New York, including one who...

China cracks down on showbiz for 'polluting' society

China cracks down on showbiz for 'polluting' society

-- 2021-09-02 19:17:48

China ordered broadcasters on Thursday to shun artists with "incorrect political positions" and "effeminate" styles, and said a patriotic atmosphere needed to be cultivated, widening a crackdown on it...

Emergencies declared in NY, New Jersey, nine dead in record rains

Emergencies declared in NY, New Jersey, nine dead in record rains

-- 2021-09-02 17:08:40

The governors of New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency late on Wednesday as record-breaking rains from tropical storm Ida led to flooding and hazardous conditions on the roads, with me...

Taliban preparing to unveil new Afghan government

Taliban preparing to unveil new Afghan government

-- 2021-09-02 13:40:38

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers were preparing on Thursday to unveil their new government as the economy teetered on the edge of collapse more than two weeks after the Islamist militia captured Kabul and...

British man facing global movie piracy charges extradited to US

British man facing global movie piracy charges extradited to US

-- 2021-09-02 10:40:59

A British man has been extradited to the United States to face charges he was involved in a global piracy ring that distributed movies and television shows online before their scheduled release dates,...

US childcare is in short supply as burned-out workers quit

US childcare is in short supply as burned-out workers quit

-- 2021-09-02 10:33:56

Rochelle Wilcox, the owner of three childcare centres in New Orleans, receives 10 to 15 phone calls almost every day for each school from parents asking if there is room for their children. But Wilco...

EU won't 'rush into recognising' the Taliban

EU won't 'rush into recognising' the Taliban

-- 2021-09-02 10:21:37

The European Union will need to engage with the Taliban but it will not rush into formally recognising the Islamist militant group as the new rulers of Afghanistan, a senior European Union official sa...

Moderna to recall Covid-19 doses in Japan after stainless steel contaminants found

Moderna to recall Covid-19 doses in Japan after stainless steel contaminants found

-- 2021-09-02 10:05:35

Moderna and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd on Wednesday said they are working with Japanese authorities to recall three batches of Covid-19 vaccine after an investigation found stainless steel contamina...

Singapore PM wins $275,000 in defamation suits against bloggers

Singapore PM wins $275,000 in defamation suits against bloggers

-- 2021-09-01 22:07:05

Singapore's high court ordered two news bloggers to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong a combined S$370,000 ($275,113) in damages on Wednesday, over an article about the status of the home of his late...