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EXPLAINER: Resistance leader’s death deepens Kashmir strife

7Sep

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EXPLAINER: Resistance leader’s death deepens Kashmir strife

NEW DELHI (AP) — The death of a top separatist leader in disputed Kashmir and the ensuing crackdown on public movement and communications by Indian authorities have highlighted the turmoil seething just below the surface in the region. Here’s a closer look at what Syed Ali Geelani meant to Kashmir and why problems still roil the region two years after India revoked its semi-autonomy and declared it a federal territory. WHY HAS THIS DEATH STRUCK A RAW NERVE? For many in the region, Geelani was the face of Kashmiri resistance against India. To his detractors, he was a hard-liner responsible for stoking tensions in the region, a charge he had denied. Geelani was part of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a conglomerate of various Kashmiri political and religious groups that was formed i

Brutal benchmark: Arizona passes 1 million COVID-19 cases

6Sep

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Brutal benchmark: Arizona passes 1 million COVID-19 cases

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases Friday, becoming the 13th state to reach the grim milestone while contending with yet another major spike in infections. The benchmark is the latest in a tumultuous year and a half where Arizona went from being touted as a pandemic success story to being “the hot spot of the world” and then being a model again when vaccinations became available. Now, the state, like the rest of the country, is coping with a surge — mostly of the unvaccinated — and ongoing conflicts over mask and vaccine mandates. It ranks 13th nationwide in the number of cases per 100,000 residents, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID Data Tracker. COVID-19 came early to Arizona. In January 2020, a person with ties to Arizona

5Sep

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Tigers under threat

WWF report highlights slow progress in govt plan to double the big cat's population by next year A file photo taken in 2019 captures a tiger walking in Thap Lan National Park near highway No.304 in Prachin Buri. The government's commitment to double the population of wild tigers by 2022 is marked by uneven progress, according to the latest report by the World Wildlife Fund. While the report said that wild tiger populations are declining all across mainland Southeast Asia -- it claimed there are fewer wild tigers in the region now, compared to in 2010, when countries across the region committed to doubling the tigers' numbers -- the report underlined the fact that a significant decline has been reported in Malaysia, Myanmar, and to a lesser extent, Thailand. The report's findings, howev...

Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Palestinians meet in Cairo

4Sep

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Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Palestinians meet in Cairo

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president held talks in Cairo on Thursday with the King of Jordan and the president of the Palestinian Authority aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process and strengthening a ceasefire that halted the Israel-Hamas war. Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, King Abdullah II of Jordan and the Palestinian Authority’s Mahmoud Abbas discussed the elusive two-state solution to the conflict with Israel, according to a statement from el-Sissi’s office. The three leaders said the Palestinians have a right to an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israel staunchly opposes such a plan. “We very much welcome the meeting of these three leaders,“ U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. “We hope it will lead to a positive outcome and a regain of traction of diploma

Chinese, Russian militaries hold drills in northwest China

3Sep

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Chinese, Russian militaries hold drills in northwest China

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese and Russian troops have engaged in joint exercises in northwestern China in a sign of growing military ties between Moscow and Beijing amid shared concerns over the instability in Afghanistan. The military exercises involving ground troops and combat aircraft are to continue through Friday in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The region is located in northwestern China east of Xinjiang, where China has detained more than 1 million Uyghurs and members of other Muslim minorities in what it calls a campaign against terrorism and extremism. Critics say the detentions violate the human rights of a minority group. Xinjiang shares a narrow frontier with Afghanistan, and Beijing is concerned about violence spilling over its border if the Taliban take control in Afghanist

Doha peace talk will bring end to the war: Amrullah Sale

30Aug

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Doha peace talk will bring end to the war: Amrullah Sale

Kabul, Afghanistan: "The intra-Afghan dialogue was flawed from the very beginning as the Taliban never believed in a political solution to the decades-long conflict," Saleh said. Saleh further called for the international recognition of the resistance pocket in Panjshir and for providing him with moral and political support, Sputnik reported. For a long time, fighters in Panjshir have prevented the capture of the region from Taliban terrorists by firing a heavy machine gun into a deep valley from the top of the rocky mountain. These fighters are from the National Resistance Front (NRF), the remaining strongest force after the siege of Kabul by the Taliban. The valley lies in the Hindu Kush mountains, approximately 90 miles north of Kabul. The Taliban have been unable to take t...

29Aug

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Asean too late for Myanmar?

Asean too late for Myanmar? The appointment of Brunei's Second Foreign Minister Erywan Yusof as Asean special envoy to Myanmar last week is better late than never. The special envoy's appointment is part of a five-point consensus that was agreed upon by Asean leaders during an April 24 meeting searching for a solution to the Myanmar crisis following the Feb 1 coup that ousted the elected civilian government under Aung San Suu Kyi who has been detained together with other civilian officials. The delay in the envoy's appointment is described by the international media as due to internal wrangling within the group; with Indonesia and Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines opting for a proactive approach; while the rest, including Thailand, preferring quiet diplomacy which is almost synony...

28Aug

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54 years on, Asean needs new modality

54 years on, Asean needs new modality Flags of Asean countries are displayed in front of the Asean head office in Jakarta, Indonesia. The bloc celebrated its 54th anniversary on Sunday. Asean faces an unprecedented challenge in dealing with the political crisis in Myanmar. (PHOTO COURTESY OF ASEAN) After 54 years of being together, Asean is at the end of its tether. It has never been more divided than now, split within member states and across all 10 of them, dominated once again by divisive superpower rivalry and competition. In practice, this means Asean will appear increasingly ineffectual and inert. There will be much bureaucratic motion but few substantive organisational and policy outcomes amid unresolved challenges from within and from outside the region. Asean's best way forward ...

Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir

25Aug

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Indian troops kill 2 rebel commanders, 3 others in Kashmir

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian government forces killed two senior rebel commanders and three other militants in two separate counterinsurgency operations in disputed Kashmir, police said Tuesday. The killings come during an intensified government offensive against anti-India rebels in Kashmir, which is divided between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan and claimed by both. Rebels have also killed several members of India’s governing party in the region and carried out attacks on Indian troops. Police and soldiers raided a village in the northwestern Sopore area late Monday and engaged at least three militants hiding in a house in a gun battle, police said. Three militants were killed in the clash, which ended Tuesday, police said. They said troops recovered a rifle and two pistols from th

China blames US over Afghanistan, but says will work with it

24Aug

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China blames US over Afghanistan, but says will work with it

BEIJING (AP) — China has expressed a willingness to hold talks with the U.S. to promote a “soft landing” in Afghanistan, while heavily criticizing Washington and again demanding that the Biden administration halt its attacks on China. Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a phone call Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, blamed what he called America’s “hasty” military withdrawal the chaos accompanying the Talibain’s seizure of power in Afghanistan, according to a Foreign Ministry statement dated Tuesday. “China is willing to conduct communication and dialogue with the U.S. to promote the soft landing of the Afghan issue and avoid a new civil war or humanitarian disaster ... and not let it become a breeding ground and shelter for terrorism once again,“ Wang was quoted as saying in

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