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Afghan women sing to protest Taliban’s new laws
Afghan women are posting videos of themselves singing online to protest a new set of Taliban laws.
Categories: South Asia
10-month-old boy is Gaza’s first confirmed polio case
A 10-month-old baby is the first confirmed case of polio in Gaza in 25 years.
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US issues more sanctions over Israeli ‘settler violence’ in West Bank
Biden administration urges Israel to hold those responsible for violence against Palestinian civilians accountable.
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Telegram boss Pavel Durov placed under formal investigation in France
Durov granted bail on condition that he pay a five-million-euro ($5.56m) deposit and not leave France.
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What we know about major Israeli raid on occupied West Bank
Israel says it carried out its largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years.
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Swiss court convicts two executives for embezzling $1.8bn from 1MDB
Court sentences PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in Malaysia investment fund fraud case.
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Hasina, floods, visas: What’s troubling India-Bangladesh relations?
Bangladesh's opposition demands Sheikh Hasina be extradited from India and tensions sour following her overthrow.
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What is the deadly ‘Triple E’ mosquito virus spreading in northeastern US?
The US has reported five cases of eastern equine encephalitis this year.
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In Pakistan’s Balochistan, deadly attacks rip uneasy migrant-local equation
Nearly half of 70 people killed in this week's attacks were workers from neighbouring Punjab. Why were they attacked?
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Sweden charges two men over 2023 Quran burnings
Prosecutors say the men 'treated the Quran in a manner intended to express contempt for Muslims because of their faith'.
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What we know about Israel’s latest captive ‘rescue’
Israel says it has freed a captive from Gaza in a ‘complex rescue operation’, amid conflicting reports on what happened.
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Israel’s war on the West Bank
Ongoing Israeli attack on locations across northern West Bank highlights Israel's treatment of the occupied territory.
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Creating hope for Gaza’s student doctors amid Israeli bombardment
A medical student forced to treat tens of thousands of sick, injured as war rages. So he decided to help others like him
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Bangladesh’s interim government lifts ban on Jamaat-e-Islami party
Caretaker administration says ex-PM Hasina's claims of its 'terrorist activities' during student protests were baseless.
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Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience
Arrested in France, the Telegram boss has found widespread support that mirrors his app's popularity across groups.
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Drug dealers to Putin critics: Behind Pavel Durov’s rare Telegram audience
Arrested in France, the Telegram boss has found widespread support that mirrors his app's popularity across groups.
Categories: South Asia
Why living in the UK scares me as an asylum seeker | Close Up
Unsettled by riots, asylum seekers in the UK fear hostility, racism and violence in the land they hope to call home.
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Why living in the UK scares me as an asylum seeker | Close Up
Unsettled by riots, asylum seekers in the UK fear hostility, racism and violence in the land they hope to call home.
Categories: South Asia
Dozens missing in Yemen floods, risk of cholera outbreak rises
At least one clinic in western Yemen has suspected cholera patients with heavy rains prompting outbreak concerns.
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Dozens missing in Yemen floods, risk of cholera outbreak rises
At least one clinic in western Yemen has suspected cholera patients with heavy rains prompting outbreak concerns.
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