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US ambassador to China leaving post amid heightened tensions This photo taken on January 10, 2019 shows US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad applauding at an event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo by AFP)
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Suga wins Japan ruling party leadership vote, to replace PM Abe Japans Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with flowers after Suga was elected as new head of the ruling party at the Liberal Democratic Partys (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan September 14, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
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Hong Kong: Dealing with 12 detained separatists Chinas business Family members of 12 Hong Kong detainees hold a news conference on September 12, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Hong Kong says it will stay away from Chinas detention of a dozen individuals it calls "separatists" who sought to flee to Taiwan, arguing that handling the case is within the jurisdiction of... |
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Drone shows sprawling new tent camp for Lesbos migrants A woman from the destroyed camp of Moria is seen at the new temporary camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 13, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Drone views showed a sprawling tent camp on the island of Lesbos that has been set up by authorities to house thousands of migrants that became homeless... |
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Pakistan to relax visa policy for Afghans as new envoy takes over Pakistan is expected to announce a relaxed visa policy for Afghan nationals, specifically, students, businessmen, investors and medical patients, Pakistans ambassador-designate to Afghanistan Mansoor Ahmad Khan said.
"The government of Pakistan is committed to ensure more facilities to Afghan nationals.... |
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Pakistans exports to Afghanistan drop by 43.6% in July Pakistans exports of goods and services to Afghanistan dropped by 43.61 percent in July against the same period last year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported.
According to Pakistans The Nation, exports totaled $61.25 million this July against exports to the value of $108.64 last year.
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COVID-19 hits Afghan children hard, deprives millions of an education COVID-19 lockdown in Afghanistan has had a devastating impact on children with eight out of ten saying they learned little or nothing during the pandemic, a Save the Children survey found.
The survey found that two-thirds (64 percent) of the children surveyed had no contact with teachers at all during... |
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Abdullah returns to Kabul, contact group meets over agenda Chairman of Afghanistans High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah returned to Kabul on Sunday night after a two-day trip to Qatar for the opening of intra-Afghan talks.
After landing back in Kabul, Abdullah said: "I wish the negotiation teams all the best in their endeavor to achieve... |
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Eight-member negotiating teams working on talks agenda Members of the Afghan negotiating team said Sunday that actual negotiations might only start on Tuesday.
This comes after a member of the Talibans delegation in Qatar told Ariana News that an eight-member technical team from both sides was working on setting the agenda for talks, which they say could... |
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Khalilzad: US Will Safeguard Afghan Peoples Interest in Talks Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan peace, in an interview with TOLOnews on the sidelines of the Afghan peace talks in Doha on Saturday said the United States will not allow personal interests to take precedence over national interests in the talks.
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Crime Investigation Officer Killed In Kapisa A police crime investigation officer was killed on Saturday night in a Taliban attack in Kapisa, said a police spokesman.
Shayeq Shoresh, a spokesman for the provincial police chief, said the incident occurred in Tagab district.
According to Shoresh, four other police were also killed in the attack... |
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Peace team likely to discuss reduction in violence at Sundays meeting The head of Afghanistans High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah said negotiators would discuss a reduction in violence when they met with Taliban representatives on Sunday.
In an interview with Reuters, Abdullah said: "One of the topmost issues on the minds of the people is reduction... |
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Moscow slams simulated US strikes on Russia by strategic B-52 bombers File photo of a US B-52 bomber
Top commander of Russias Aerospace Forces has slammed as "provocative" a US aerial drill late last month in which strategic B-52h bombers simulated strikes against Russia by cruise missiles from Estonia and Canada.
The Russian military considers such drills held with... |
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At least 50 killed in collapsed gold mine in east Congo, says NGO The Tilwezembe copper-cobalt mine in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Artisanal miners in DRC are at particular risk of industrial accidents. (Photo by Reuters)
At least 50 people are thought to have died when an artisanal gold mine collapsed near Kamituga in the east of the Democratic... |
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World leaders band together for Afghan women to have a voice Over 100 formidable leaders from around the world have joined together as signatories to an open letter calling for meaningful participation of Afghan women in the peace process that started in Doha Saturday.
They stated that substantive involvement of women in peace talks makes agreements more... |
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Historic peace talks underway between Afghanistan and Taliban Afghanistans long-awaited intra-Afghan talks got underway Saturday morning in Doha, Qatar after years of behind-the-scenes activity to get to this historic point.
Opening the ceremony officially was Qatars deputy premier and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani who was then followed... |
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China: US most dangerous factor working against peace in South China Sea Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks via video link at the 10th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Hanoi, Vietnam, on September 9, 2020. (Photo from Chinese social media)
China has censured the United States intervention in territorial disputes in the South China Sea,... |
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World wildlife plummets more than two-thirds in 50 years: Index This file photo, taken on February 25, 2020, shows giraffes in Kouré, Niger. (By AFP)
Global animal, bird and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts said Thursday in a stark warning to save nature in order to save ourselves.
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IMF chief warns global economic crisis far from over IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva (File photo)
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva has warned that a full recovery for the global economy is "unlikely" without a vaccine for the coronavirus.
In a column co-authored with IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath, Georgieva warned that the crisis might cause further... |
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UN Secretary-General condemns attack on Afghan vice president United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the attack on Wednesday in Kabul on the official convoy of First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.
In a statement issued by the UN Thursday, Guterres extended his sympathy and... |
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CENTCOM chief says US to cut troops to 4,500 by November The United States will draw down to 4,500 American troops in Afghanistan by November, the head of US Central Command said Wednesday night.
General Kenneth McKenzie said in an interview with VOA: "Were on a glide slope (in Afghanistan) to be at 4,500 by the November time frame, late October, November... |
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Spoilers Desperate to Disrupt Peace Process: U.S. Envoy Khalilzad The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said "spoilers" are desperately trying to "disrupt" the ongoing peace process that determines the future of Afghanistan, as terrorists targeted First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in Kabul Wednesday.
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Taliban Have Not Cut Ties with Al-Qaida: Kenneth McKenzie Jr. United States Central Command, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie jr. say, "the Taliban have not cut ties with Alqaeda yet".
He said an article in the U.S-Taliban agreement in February points the group should cut ties with the Al-Qaida, but so far the Taliban maintained connections with the insurgency group.
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Trump to host signing ceremony for Israel-UAE deal on September 15 US President Donald Trump talks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
US President Donald Trump is reportedly set to host a signing ceremony in mid-September for the recent normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, which... |
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Protests in Belarus never directed against Russia: Opposition figure Belarusian opposition supporters attend a rally to protest the results of the August 9 presidential elections, in Minsk, Belarus, on September 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Belarus opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who left the country for Lithuania after losing the presidential election to Alexander... |
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Yemeni forces pound Saudi Arabias Abha airport with drones for 4th time in days A picture taken on June 12, 2019 shows the entrance of Abha International Airport in Saudi Arabias southwestern region of Asir. (By AFP)
Yemeni forces have launched a fourth round of drone strikes against an airport in Saudi Arabias southwestern region of Asir in less than a week.
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Bangladesh ferry accident kills at least 11, many missing Boats are seen at the Buriganga River, waiting for passengers during a rain in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 16, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A ferry in Bangladesh carrying around 40 passengers capsized after colliding with a sand-laden vessel on Wednesday, leaving at least 11 people dead and many more missing,... |
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Palestinian Authority pressed to tone down stance on UAE-Israel deal ahead of Arab League meet Palestinians take part in a protest against the United Arab Emirates deal with Israel to normalize relations, in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on August 14, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The Palestinian Authority will reportedly put a draft resolution to discussion at an upcoming Arab League... |
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Somaliland opens rep office in Taiwan, snubbing China, Somalia Mohamed Hagi (R), Somalilands Taiwan representative, bumps elbows with Taiwans foreign minister Joseph Wu during the opening ceremony of a representative office in Taiwan, on September 9, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The breakaway East African territory of Somaliland has opened a representative office in... |
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Sri Lanka tows stricken oil tanker out to sea, douses fire A Sri Lankan Navy boat sprays water on the New Diamond, a very large crude carrier (VLCC) chartered by Indian Oil Corp (IOC) that was carrying the equivalent of about 2 million barrels of oil, after a fire broke out off the east coast of Sri Lanka, on September 8, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
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