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Conflicts displace over 0.6m Afghans this year, says UN agency

Conflicts displace over 0.6m Afghans this year, says UN agency

-- 2021-09-16 20:51:47

More than 634,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflicts in 2021, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan said Thursday. A total of 6...

Singapore eases pandemic curbs, migrants get taste of freedom

Singapore eases pandemic curbs, migrants get taste of freedom

-- 2021-09-15 16:38:09

A group of migrant workers visited Singapore's Little India area on Wednesday for their a first taste of freedom in more than a year, under a pilot programme to ease movement measures imposed to halt...

India mulls resuming exports of Covid vaccine soon

India mulls resuming exports of Covid vaccine soon

-- 2021-09-15 15:02:38

India is considering resuming exports of Covid-19 vaccines soon, mainly to Africa, as it has partly immunised a majority of its adults and supplies have surged, a source with knowledge of the matter t...

Taliban takeover: Afghan women's football team leaves country for Pakistan

Taliban takeover: Afghan women's football team leaves country for Pakistan

-- 2021-09-15 14:51:00

Afghanistan's women's football team has left for neighbouring Pakistan, the information minister in Islamabad said on Tuesday, as questions linger over the status of female athletes under Taliban rule...

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into eastern waters

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles into eastern waters

-- 2021-09-15 11:51:43

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast Wednesday afternoon, two days after claiming to have tested a newly developed missile in a resumption of its weapons displays...

Chinese court rules against plaintiff in high-profile #MeToo case

Chinese court rules against plaintiff in high-profile #MeToo case

-- 2021-09-15 11:23:35

A Beijing court late on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in a high-profile Chinese sexual harassment case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support her claims, a decision likely to deal a...

Malaysia’s prime holiday destination readies for reopening with tourism bubble

Malaysia’s prime holiday destination readies for reopening with tourism bubble

-- 2021-09-15 11:21:20

Businesses at Malaysia's prime holiday destination are gearing up to welcome the return of tourists this week, as the country takes an early step towards recovery from a devastating coronavirus crisis...

One month after fall of Kabul, Taliban face daunting problems

One month after fall of Kabul, Taliban face daunting problems

-- 2021-09-15 10:15:39

A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government. After four decades of war and the deaths...

Pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects as climate talks near

Pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects as climate talks near

-- 2021-09-14 16:32:00

With six nations accounting for over 80 per cent of planned new coal projects globally, winning commitments to cancel those projects could help November's COP26 UN climate summit "consign coal power t...

New Zealand looks to boost Covid vaccinations

New Zealand looks to boost Covid vaccinations

-- 2021-09-14 15:40:17

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern asked New Zealanders on Tuesday to get vaccinated as soon as possible, as it was the only way to beat the spread of coronavirus and see curbs lift...

Myanmar's Suu Kyi returns to court after absence

Myanmar's Suu Kyi returns to court after absence

-- 2021-09-14 12:58:06

Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi returned to court on Tuesday, a day after a non-appearance on health grounds, seeming relieved, but saying she was still "somewhat dizzy", her lawyer...

Two killed in bomb blast in central Myanmar

Two killed in bomb blast in central Myanmar

-- 2021-09-14 12:46:50

Two people including a security force member were killed and at least four others injured in a bomb blast in Myanmar's Mandalay region on Monday, according to a release from the Ministry of Informatio...

Covid infections more than double in southeast China as Delta spreads

Covid infections more than double in southeast China as Delta spreads

-- 2021-09-14 11:25:04

New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China's southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, prompting officials to quickly roll out measures including travel restri...

Afghan women should not work alongside men, Taliban figure says

Afghan women should not work alongside men, Taliban figure says

-- 2021-09-14 10:29:31

Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling Taliban said, a position which, if formally implemented, would effectively bar them from employment in governmen...

Iran's no 'promise' on open nuke questions?

Iran's no 'promise' on open nuke questions?

-- 2021-09-14 10:16:14

Western powers on Monday scrapped plans for a resolution criticising Iran at the UN atomic watchdog after Tehran agreed to prolong monitoring of some nuclear activities, even though the watchdog said...

Afghan withdrawal raises questions For America's Arab allies

Afghan withdrawal raises questions For America's Arab allies

-- 2021-09-14 09:48:07

The United States' chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan has raised questions for its Arab allies in the Middle East about whether or not they can continue to rely on W...

Donors pledge $1.0b for Afghanistan

Donors pledge $1.0b for Afghanistan

-- 2021-09-13 22:33:02

Donors have pledged more than a billion dollars to help Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger have spiralled since the Islamist Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up, raising the spectre of...

Taliban breaking promises by excluding women from public sphere, UN says

Taliban breaking promises by excluding women from public sphere, UN says

-- 2021-09-13 17:47:30

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have contradicted public promises on rights including by ordering women to stay at home, blocking teenage girls from school and holding house-to-house searches for former...

Dengue suspected of killing dozens as Indian state suffers worst outbreak

Dengue suspected of killing dozens as Indian state suffers worst outbreak

REUTERS 2021-09-13 17:00:24

An outbreak of dengue fever is suspected of killing dozens of people in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh since the start of September, and authorities have launched a campaign to destroy mosqui...

Pakistan commercial passenger flight takes off from Kabul

Pakistan commercial passenger flight takes off from Kabul

-- 2021-09-13 15:36:04

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) commercial passenger flight took off from Kabul airport on Monday, bound for Islamabad, a Reuters witness said. The PIA flight is the first commercial pas...

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash that killed 21: Report

Pilot error likely caused fatal Air India Express crash that killed 21: Report

-- 2021-09-13 14:10:32

Pilot error and a failure to follow safety guidelines probably caused the Air India Express crash that killed 21 people last year, the country's worst aviation accident in a decade, investigators said...

Suu Kyi skips court hearing over dizziness

Suu Kyi skips court hearing over dizziness

-- 2021-09-13 13:20:50

Deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was unable to attend a scheduled court hearing for health reasons, a member of her legal team said on Monday, describing her condition as dizziness caused by mo...

N Korea fires new long-range cruise missile

N Korea fires new long-range cruise missile

-- 2021-09-13 13:04:36

North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, state media said on Monday, seen by analysts as possibly the country's first such weapon with a nuclear ca...

UN seeks $600m to avert humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

UN seeks $600m to avert humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

-- 2021-09-13 10:16:30

The United Nations is convening an aid conference in Geneva on Monday in an effort to raise more than $600 million for Afghanistan, warning of a humanitarian crisis there following the Taliban takeove...

Taliban say woman can study at university, classes must be segregated

Taliban say woman can study at university, classes must be segregated

-- 2021-09-12 19:00:50

Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's new Hi...

Foreign militants get drone training from Iran, Israeli minister says

Foreign militants get drone training from Iran, Israeli minister says

-- 2021-09-12 18:17:22

Israel's defence minister accused Iran on Sunday of providing foreign militias with drone training at an airbase near the city of Isfahan, a month after Tehran came under global scrutiny over a suspec...

UAE firms to fill 10pc job positions with Emiratis in five years

UAE firms to fill 10pc job positions with Emiratis in five years

-- 2021-09-12 16:32:38

Private sector companies in the UAE will have to fill 10 per cent of their positions with Emirati nationals in five years time, the UAE said on Sunday in its latest tranche of economic reforms. The G...

Chinese content platforms pledge clear cyberspace environment

Chinese content platforms pledge clear cyberspace environment

-- 2021-09-12 08:49:21

Chinese content platforms including Weibo and Tencent Video have agreed to enforce more self-discipline to help maintain a "clear" cyberspace environment, a government-affiliated industry association...

Afghans blame departed US forces for their woes

Afghans blame departed US forces for their woes

-- 2021-09-12 08:42:10

War-weary residents of Kabul expressed anger and feelings of betrayal by the United States on Saturday, as the world marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that prompted a U.S. invasion of Af...

India expresses concern over situation in Afghanistan

India expresses concern over situation in Afghanistan

-- 2021-09-11 22:32:00

India Saturday made it clear that the situation in Afghanistan is of concern after Foreign Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Aussie counterpart in the Australia 2+2 dialogue in Delhi. "We had...