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Hundreds of medical facilities at risk of closure in Afghanistan: WHO

-- 2021-09-07 14:31:25

Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Orga...

India plans 50pc increase in oxygen production before potential third Covid-19 wave

-- 2021-09-07 13:44:06

India aims to ramp up its medical oxygen production capacity to 15,000 tonnes per day before a potential third wave of coronavirus infections that is expected to hit the country as soon as mid-Septemb...

Myanmar shadow government calls for revolt against junta rule

-- 2021-09-07 12:03:13

Myanmar’s shadow government, formed by opponents of military rule, called for a revolt against the junta on Tuesday, setting out a strategy that included action by armed militias and ethnic forc...

Myanmar military frees firebrand Buddhist monk Wirathu

-- 2021-09-07 11:45:01

Myanmar's military junta has released controversial Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu, known for his nationalist and anti-Muslim rhetoric. He had previously been charged for sedition against the ci...

Japan PM candidate Kishida calls for more than $270 billion stimulus package

-- 2021-09-07 10:44:48

Japan's former foreign minister Fumio Kishida, a strong contender to become next prime minister, has called for a package of more than 30 trillion yen ($273 billion) to cushion the blow from the coron...

Hundreds of health centres at risk of imminent closure in Afghanistan, says WHO

-- 2021-09-07 10:05:06

Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Organi...

Myanmar junta agrees to ASEAN call for ceasefire

-- 2021-09-06 14:54:20

Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to an ASEAN call for a ceasefire until the end of the year to ensure distribution of humanitarian aid, Japan's Kyodo news agency said, citing the envoy of the sou...

Taliban claim full control of Panjshir province

-- 2021-09-06 11:47:20

The Taliban have taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being held by resistance forces, the Islamist militant group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Monday....

Australia urged to speed up efforts to drop coal

-- 2021-09-06 10:15:51

Australia's government should increase its efforts to phase out coal or else climate change will dramatically damage the country's economy, Selwin Hart, the United Nations special adviser on climate c...

Afghanistan's resistance front leader Ahmad Massoud now ready to talk with Taliban

-- 2021-09-06 08:22:20

The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end...

Taliban say they have entered capital of holdout Afghan region

-- 2021-09-05 21:33:21

The Taliban said on Sunday their forces had fought their way into the provincial capital of the Panjshir valley, their latest claim of progress in fighting against opposition forces holding out in the...

New Zealand tried for years to deport Auckland knife attacker

-- 2021-09-05 18:28:30

Court documents identify Auckland attacker as a Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka who was granted refugee status in 2013, reports Al Jazeera. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says her gove...

Japan's Takaichi secures enough support to join race to succeed PM Suga

-- 2021-09-05 13:34:36

Japanese former cabinet minister Sanae Takaichi has secured enough support in the ruling party to join the race to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, public broadcaster NHK reported. The former i...

Surfer killed in shark attack at Australian beach

-- 2021-09-05 12:43:14

A surfer died on Sunday after being bitten by a shark off a surfing beach on Australia's east coast, paramedics said. The incident took place off the Emerald Beach, some 550 km (342 miles) north of S...

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 220 million

-- 2021-09-05 12:29:22

The global Covid-19 caseload has now surpassed 220 million, with the world still grappling to contain the pandemic. The total caseload and fatalities now stand at 220, 223,874, and 4,560,727 respecti...

Kabul airport reopens to receive aid

-- 2021-09-05 11:54:15

General view of an entrance gate to Hamid Karzai International Airport which has been close for the maintenance of aircrafts in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept 4, 2021 — WANA (West Asia News Agency) vi...

Two injured, buildings damaged as Missile intercepted over Saudi oil region

-- 2021-09-05 11:31:48

Two children were injured and buildings were damaged when a ballistic missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia's oil-rich eastern region on Saturday, the ministry of defence said. The missile was in...

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...

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

-- 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

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

-- 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

-- 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

-- 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

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

-- 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'

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...

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

-- 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...

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...