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Blast hits Shia area of Afghan capital Kabul

Blast hits Shia area of Afghan capital Kabul

-- 2021-11-13 20:45:48

A magnetic bomb attached to a minivan exploded in a heavily Shia area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, causing an unknown number of casualties, a Taliban official and local residents said, rep...

Khaleda readmitted to Evercare Hospital

Khaleda readmitted to Evercare Hospital

-- 2021-11-13 19:21:02

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was readmitted to Evercare on Saturday for follow-up treatment, nearly a week after she was discharged from the same hospital. It is for the third time, the BNP chief was...

Indian paramilitary officer, family among seven killed

Indian paramilitary officer, family among seven killed

-- 2021-11-13 19:18:08

An officer of Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force of the Indian Army, wife and son along with four other soldiers were killed in the Manipur state of India on Saturday when armed men ambushed their con...

Blinken gave US commitment to defend Japan

Blinken gave US commitment to defend Japan

-- 2021-11-13 12:10:16

Japan's new foreign minister, Yoshimasa Hayashi, said on Saturday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured him in a phone call that the US commitment to defending Japan, including southern islets...

Saudi Arabia to grant citizenship to talented, innovative expatriates

Saudi Arabia to grant citizenship to talented, innovative expatriates

-- 2021-11-12 19:41:18

Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it will grant Saudi citizenship to highly talented and innovative expatriate residents, in a major shift for the kingdom as it tries to end dependence on oil. King Salma...

Antarctic penguin accidentally travels 3,000km to New Zealand

Antarctic penguin accidentally travels 3,000km to New Zealand

-- 2021-11-12 19:02:03

A penguin has found itself on the shores of New Zealand, at least 3,000 kilometres (1,864 miles) away from its natural habitat of Antarctica. The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionatel...

Three killed, 15 injured in mosque blast in Afghanistan

Three killed, 15 injured in mosque blast in Afghanistan

-- 2021-11-12 18:55:19

At least three people were killed and 15 wounded on Friday after a bomb blast at a mosque in Spin Ghar district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, a local official said. The official, on co...

1.0m Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition

1.0m Afghan children at risk of dying amid acute malnutrition

-- 2021-11-12 18:27:59

Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1.0 million of them at risk of dying as temperatures drop, a World Health Organi...

US journalist jailed for 11 years in Myanmar

US journalist jailed for 11 years in Myanmar

-- 2021-11-12 17:15:36

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Friday jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years, his lawyer and his employer said. Fenster, 37, managing editor of online magazine Frontier Myanmar,...

Dubai ruler says UAE to host COP28 climate conference in 2023

Dubai ruler says UAE to host COP28 climate conference in 2023

-- 2021-11-12 16:05:00

The ruler of Dubai said in a tweet on Thursday the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been selected to host the COP28 international climate conference in 2023, reports Reuters. "We will put all our capab...

China's Communist Party passes resolution on party history, feats

China's Communist Party passes resolution on party history, feats

-- 2021-11-11 19:06:51

China's ruling Communist Party approved a resolution on its history and achievements, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday, a measure seen as further consolidating the authority of Preside...

Woman, partner caned over extramarital affair in Indonesia

Woman, partner caned over extramarital affair in Indonesia

-- 2021-11-11 18:30:39

A woman in the Indonesian city of Banda Aceh has been given 17 lashings in public, for having an extramarital affair, along with her partner. She was pictured falling to the floor in agony while being...

Heavy rains in India, Sri Lanka leave 41 dead, authorities say

Heavy rains in India, Sri Lanka leave 41 dead, authorities say

-- 2021-11-11 13:59:53

Heavy rains across southern India and Sri Lanka have killed at least 41 people, authorities said on Thursday, with weather forecasters expecting the downpours to ease in the next few days as stricken...

Eight nations join Afghan talks in India, Pakistan and China stay away

Eight nations join Afghan talks in India, Pakistan and China stay away

-- 2021-11-10 22:54:38

India on Wednesday hosted senior security officials from Russia, Iran and five Central Asian countries to discuss the ramifications of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in talks that were boycotted...

Xi says China is ready to work with US to manage differences

Xi says China is ready to work with US to manage differences

-- 2021-11-10 16:50:51

China is ready to properly manage differences with the United States, President Xi Jinping has said, ahead of a virtual meeting with US President Joe Biden. In a letter read on Tuesday by China's amb...

Aid group says 4,000-5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily

Aid group says 4,000-5,000 Afghans crossing into Iran daily

-- 2021-11-10 16:46:24

As many as 4,000-5,000 Afghans have been crossing into Iran daily since the Taliban seized Kabul in August and hundreds of thousands more are expected to arrive in the coming winter, the Norwegian Ref...

India could resume vaccine deliveries to COVAX in a few weeks

India could resume vaccine deliveries to COVAX in a few weeks

-- 2021-11-10 11:17:41

India could resume deliveries of Covid-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sources said, ending a suspension of supplie...

Facebook unblocks '#saltbae' after Vietnamese minister's golden steak

Facebook unblocks '#saltbae' after Vietnamese minister's golden steak

-- 2021-11-09 17:03:22

Facebook's parent company said on Tuesday it had unblocked the hashtag for celebrity chef Nusret Gokce's nickname '#saltbae', having found the tag had been blocked globally days after a video was post...

Pakistan agrees one-month ceasefire with local Taliban

Pakistan agrees one-month ceasefire with local Taliban

-- 2021-11-09 14:28:39

Pakistan and local Taliban militants have agreed on a one-month ceasefire which may be extended if both sides agree, spokesmen said on Monday, opening the possibility of a fuller peace accord to help...

Iran wants US assurances it will never ditch nuclear deal if revived

Iran wants US assurances it will never ditch nuclear deal if revived

-- 2021-11-09 12:34:30

Iran said on Monday that the United States should provide guarantees that it will not abandon Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers again, if talks to revive the agreement succeed, Reuters repo...

At least four dead after heavy rains in southern India

At least four dead after heavy rains in southern India

-- 2021-11-09 12:19:27

At least four people have died after heavy showers triggered severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The state's capital, Chennai, is severely affected as officials have e...

Thousands of New Zealanders protest against Covid rules

Thousands of New Zealanders protest against Covid rules

-- 2021-11-09 10:53:29

New Zealand beefed up security measures at its parliament on Tuesday as thousands of people gathered to protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and government lockdowns aimed at controlling the pand...

Taliban appoint members as 44 governors, police chiefs around Afghanistan

Taliban appoint members as 44 governors, police chiefs around Afghanistan

-- 2021-11-08 21:45:17

The Taliban appointed 44 of its members to key roles including provincial governors and police chiefs on Sunday, a key step in shoring up its governance as the country grapples with growing security a...

Auckland reaches target of 90pc for first COVID-19 vaccine doses

Auckland reaches target of 90pc for first COVID-19 vaccine doses

-- 2021-11-07 16:48:47

All three district health boards (DHS) in New Zealand's largest city of Auckland have crossed the 90 per cent threshold for the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine Monday, a key milestone on the path to t...

Abu Dhabi to allow non-Muslim civil marriage

Abu Dhabi to allow non-Muslim civil marriage

-- 2021-11-07 16:47:42

Non-Muslims will be allowed to marry, divorce, and get joint child custody under civil law in Abu Dhabi according to a new decree issued on Sunday by its ruler, state news agency WAM said. It is the...

Sydney to further ease Covid restrictions on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Sydney to further ease Covid restrictions on Monday as vaccinations pick up

-- 2021-11-07 14:32:17

Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 per cent of peopl...

Iraqi PM survives drone attack

Iraqi PM survives drone attack

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-07 10:45:46

A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Baghdad early on Sunday in what the Iraqi military called an attempted assassination, but said Kadhim...

Israel suggests US should open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem

Israel suggests US should open consulate for Palestinians in West Bank, not Jerusalem

-- 2021-11-07 09:58:41

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacts during a news conference with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman (unseen) at the Government Press Office, (GPO) in Jerusale...

Dubai hopes to attract 25 million tourists in 2025

Dubai hopes to attract 25 million tourists in 2025

-- 2021-11-06 21:02:06

Dubai plans to merge the departments of economy and tourism and hopes to attract 25 million tourists in 2025, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai's Crown Prince, said on Twitter on...

Afghan baby handed to US soldiers in chaos of airlift still missing

Afghan baby handed to US soldiers in chaos of airlift still missing

-- 2021-11-06 10:20:30

It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on August 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when...