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Bank services suspended amid the Taliban serge in Afghanistan

24Aug

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Bank services suspended amid the Taliban serge in Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan: Amid the crises in Afghanistan the price of commodities is touching sky and the banking services have also suspended dure to the Taliban takeover, the people are facing human rights violation, trying to flee from the country and who are staying have to face this. People in Kabul are difficulties due to the closure of banks and the biggest money-changing market Sarai Shahzada, Khaama Press reported. Government officials and other private employees are also facing financial issues as the month is nearing to end and they have no clue about their salaries. Closure of banks has hit the people most as despite having money in their bank accounts they can't access that. On Saturday, Sarai Shahzada in a statement said that since the money-changing market is di...

Top US diplomat talks relocation of Afghan allies in Kuwait

23Aug

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Top US diplomat talks relocation of Afghan allies in Kuwait

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States is negotiating with Kuwait and other countries whether they can host Afghans who supported the American war effort and could face Taliban revenge attacks if they stay in Afghanistan, America’s top diplomat said Thursday. During a visit to tiny, oil-rich Kuwait, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not announce any deal or disclose critical details about the process, such as who would be eligible for relocation or where they would be housed. As American troops complete their withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Biden administration has come under heavy pressure to quickly evacuate Afghan interpreters, drivers and other workers who helped U.S. forces during the two-decade war and now find themselves at risk of retribution by the Taliba

Beijing urges Washington to stop ‘demonising’ China as US official visits

16Aug

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Beijing urges Washington to stop ‘demonising’ China as US official visits

Beijing urges Washington to stop 'demonising' China as US official visits Wendy Sherman is the highest-level official to visit China under President Joe Biden's administration. BEIJING: Beijing urged Washington to stop "demonising" China on Monday as rancour marked the start of talks with the highest-level US envoy to visit under President Joe Biden's administration. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman's visit to the northern city of Tianjin is the first major meeting between the world's leading economies since March discussions in Anchorage between the countries' top diplomats collapsed into mudslinging. Sherman's trip aims to seek "guardrails" as ties continue to deteriorate on a range of issues from cybersecurity and tech supremacy to human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang. "Th...

Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation

16Aug

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Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Government forces patrolled much of Indian-controlled Kashmir and ordered shops and businesses to remain open Thursday to foil a planned strike by separatists on the second anniversary of India’s revocation of the disputed region’s semi-autonomy. Government forces placed steel barricades and razor wire across many roads, bridges and intersections and set up additional checkpoints in anticipation of anti-India protests. Some shops and businesses remained shut in Srinagar, the region’s main city, while police and soldiers checked vehicles and frisked pedestrians. In Srinagar’s main business center, men escorted by police used iron rods and bricks to break locks on some shuttered shops. “They’re forcing us to open our businesses to show normalcy,” said shopkeeper Naz

Tibetan children to undergo military training in summer vacation

12Aug

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China, Conflict, World

Tibetan children to undergo military training in summer vacation

China over the time has always oppressed Tibetan people. This time China id forcing school children to opt for compulsory military training during their summer vacation as Communist Party believes in military education. Relationship between India and China touched new lows last year during border conflict. Attendance at the two camps, called the Young Tibetan Snow Hawk Military Summer Camp and the Tibet Rong He Military Training Center, is depriving Tibetan schoolchildren of the few opportunities still available to them to learn their own Tibetan language in private settings outside of school, sources told RFA. “Coinciding with school break now in Lhasa, Tibetans are not permitted to hold private classes to learn Tibetan, and so the Chinese authorities are forcing Tibetan childre

Ethiopia PM urges civilians to join armed forces as war rages

12Aug

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Ethiopia PM urges civilians to join armed forces as war rages

Ethiopia PM urges civilians to join armed forces as war rages A camp for displaced people in the town of Azezo. More than two million people have fled their homes since fighting in Tigray began last November, according to UN figures. DIS ABABA - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a call Tuesday for all eligible civilians to join the armed forces as fighting raged in multiple regions of Africa's second most populous nation. "Now is the right time for all capable Ethiopians who are of age to join the Defense Forces, Special Forces and militias and show your patriotism," Abiy's office said in a statement released less than two months after he declared a unilateral ceasefire against Tigrayan rebels. Abiy sent troops into Ethiopia's northernmost Tigray region last November to topple...

When crossed arms cross lines: Will the Olympic Lords of the Rings come after Raven Saunders’ silver?

11Aug

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When crossed arms cross lines: Will the Olympic Lords of the Rings come after Raven Saunders’ silver?

TOKYO—A twerk, arms crossed in a defiant “X,” and a tweet warning that, if authorities tried to repossess her silver medal for breaking rules about athlete protests, they’d have to wrest it from her cold unrelinquishing hands. “Let them try and take this medal,” wrote Raven Saunders — Black, lesbian, South Carolinian — after expressing herself on the podium as Olympic champion shot putter with something to say. “I’m running across the border even though I can’t swim.” Or — should it come to that — Saunders can dig in her heels, maybe seek refuge from the U.S. embassy, and refuse to get on a plane. As has Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, who sought help from Japanese police at Haneda airport on Sunday after her delegation tried to bundle her onto a flight and out of the countr

11Aug

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Asean at 54: In need of some speed

Asean at 54: In need of some speed Despite the plethora of criticism, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in its 54th year is actually stronger and bolder than ever. That might sound propagandistic but it is not. Today, member countries are more engaged and expressive in their exchanges of opinions and ideas, especially on proposed plans of action in relation to the challenges confronting the bloc. External powers are also wooing Asean in a way that has never seen before. Given the current regional strategic environment, the role of Asean has expanded and is under close scrutiny by the international community. Indeed, in the era of smartphones and social media, Asean members can no longer hide their disagreements. Taking it a step further, a few Asean members also have sav...

Canadian faces spy ruling as Huawei decision looms

11Aug

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Canadian faces spy ruling as Huawei decision looms

BEIJING (AP) — A Canadian entrepreneur who was charged with spying after his government arrested an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a possible verdict Wednesday as Beijing steps up pressure on Canada ahead of a court ruling on whether to hand over the executive to face U.S. criminal charges. Michael Spavor and another Canadian were detained in China in what critics labeled “hostage politics” after the executive’s 2018 arrest in connection with possible violations of trade sanctions on Iran. On Tuesday, a court rejected the appeal of a third Canadian whose prison term in a drug case was abruptly increased to death following the executive’s arrest. Canada and other governments including Australia and the Philippines face growing Chinese pressure including trade boycotts in dis

10Aug

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UK carrier group in Indo-Pacific

UK carrier group in Indo-Pacific Tomorrow, HMS Richmond will enter Thailand's territorial waters to conduct a maritime military exercise with the Royal Thai Navy. This will be the first visit of a Royal Navy ship to Thailand since HMS Daring visited in 2014, and the first engagement of the UK Carrier Strike Group with an Asean nation. HMS Richmond is part of the United Kingdom's Carrier Strike Group, the greatest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the UK in a generation. Led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest and most powerful surface vessel in the Royal Navy's history on her first operational deployment, the group consists of nine ships, 32 aircraft, and 3,700 personnel. Whilst strong on our own, we are stronger with allies. The Carrier Strike Group will lead several Nato...

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