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Facebook deletes HispanTV page without explanation in new attack on free speech Facebook removes the page of Irans Hispan TV.
American social media giant Facebook has "permanently" removed the page of Hispan TV, an Iranian Spanish language news channel, off its platform without giving any prior notice.
The new attack against freedom of expression targeted the Hispan TV Facebook... |
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US approves major arms sale to Egypt despite rights concerns A US Air Force (USAF) Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft takes part in a flying display during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris June 24, 2011. (Reuters photo)
The administration of US President Joe Biden has approved $2.5 billion in proposed arms sales to Egypt... |
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Russia accuses US of cultivating Russophobia, says Ukraine flooded with weapons amid tensions The file photo shows service members of the Ukrainian army walking at a combat position. (By Reuters)
Russia has accused the United States of "cultivating Russophobia" among like-minded countries, saying Ukraine has been "flooded" with weapons from Washington and NATO as well as "countless" advisers... |
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Canada residential school abuses: Indigenous group finds 93 unmarked graves A family walks through the site of a former residential school on Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada, on June 26, 2021, where human remains were discovered in unmarked graves. (Photo via AFP)
An Indigenous community in Canada has announced the discovery of 93 potential unmarked graves on the... |
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Accounts of Afghan embassy in US frozen by US banks Two senior Afghan diplomats in the US-based Afghan embassy confirmed to the VOA on the condition of anonymity that the Citibank accounts of the embassy and accounts of two consulates have been suspended now for more than a month.
The issue is still under discussion by US officials.
A source in the... |
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UNSC is all set to convene meeting on Afghanistan today As Afghanistans humanitarian situation continues to suppress the vulnerable Afghan people especially amid the freezing winter, United Nations Security Council is all set to convene a meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday, January, 26.
UN Secretary-General to Afghanistan Deborah Lyons and Norwegian... |
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Afghanistan clinch ODI series against Netherlands 3-0 Afghanistan sealed a series whitewash of the Netherlands on Tuesday when they beat the Dutch team by 75 runs in the third one-day international in Doha, boosting their 2023 World Cup qualifying bid.
The 75-run victory was Afghanistans sixth win from as many matches and moves them up to fifth in the... |
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Biden says considering imposing direct sanctions on Putin US President Joe Biden (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (AP file photos)
US President Joe Biden has said he would consider imposing direct economic sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he orders an invasion of Ukraine.
Biden on Tuesday said there were no plans to send American... |
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Dr. Fauci says Omicron-specific vaccine may not be needed This photo taken on December 01, 2021 shows Chief Medical Advisor to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci speaking during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (File photo by AFP)
The top US infectious disease official has said that manufacturing a COVID-19... |
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Iran mobile phone imports at $2.9bn in March-December: IRICA Irans customs figures show mobile phone imports topped $2.9 billion in three quarters to December.
Figures by the Iranian customs office (IRICA) show the country imported nearly $3 billion worth of mobile phones in the nine months to December 21 as shipments accounted for 8% of the value of total... |
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British police investigate Downing Street lockdown parties as PM under pressure to resign Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on January 25, 2022. (Photo by AFP)
Londons Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into parties held at British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Downing Street office and residence during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Third US plane loaded with arms lands in Kiev amid tensions with Russia Ukrainian ground crew unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the United States military at Boryspil Airport near the capital, Kiev, on January 25, 2022. (Photo by Reuters)
An American aircraft carrying military equipment and munitions has landed in Ukraine, carrying the third such... |
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Kremlin: US escalating tensions over Ukraine, Russia eyes actions with great concern Ukrainian reserve forces take part in a military exercise near Kiev, on December 25, 2021. (Photo by AFP)
The Kremlin says the United States is fueling tensions over Ukraine, stressing that Moscow is watching with great concern, after Washington put thousands of troops on alert for deployment in Eastern... |
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Afghanistan connects Turkmenistan electricity after blackout in three central Asian countries Afghanistans electricity body-Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS)- said that the Afghan capital Kabul and some provinces also lost their importing electricity after a blackout in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan.
Spokesperson of DABS Hekmatullah Maiwandi in a video clip on Tuesday, January... |
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Women Submit Demands to Kabul Delegates, Intl Envoys On the second day of the Oslo meetings, Afghan womens rights activists submitted a paper that includes Afghan womens demands to the Islamic Emirates delegation and representatives of countries attended at the meeting.
Hoda Khamosh, one of the womens rights representatives at the meeting, once... |
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Former district police chief in Ghor gunned down Habib-u-Rahman Malikzada, former police chief of Tiora district of Ghor province was gun downed by unknown assailants in western Herat province on Tuesday, relatives of the deceased said.
According to his relatives, Malikzada was shot close to the entrance of his house in PD1 of Herat city on Tuesday... |
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Afghan Girls Must Return to School in Spring: Karzai Former president Hamid Karzai said Afghan girls must return to schools and women must be allowed to work, and he emphasized there must be no compromise in this regard.
Karzai, in an interview with CNN aired on Monday, said Afghan girls must return to school when they are reopened in March. "That has... |
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ADB Approves $405M in Grants for Afghanistan The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on January 25 that it has approved $405 million in grants to support food security and help sustain the delivery of essential health and education services for the Afghan people.
Under its Sustaining Essential Services Delivery Project (Support for Afghan People),... |
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America: Nation building in Afghanistan did not work US State Secretary Antony Blinken said the US failed in nation-building in Afghanistan, and that Washington must learn lessons from this failure.
Speaking at the 2022 Fran Eizenstat and Eizenstat Family Lecture Series on Monday, he said the US tried nation-building in Afghanistan, but it did not work... |
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UN asks Taliban to probe issue of missing Afghan women The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to ensure the release of women activists who have been "reportedly abducted from their homes" since last Wednesday in Kabul.
Deborah Lyons, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, met... |
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Taliban praises Oslo talks as achievement Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Amir Khan Motaqi said that Oslo talks are a key achievement for Afghanistan.
Speaking with Associated Press on Monday, January 24, 2022, Amir Khan Motaqi said that during the talks with representatives of the International Community they... |
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US further ratchets up tensions with Russia, puts 8,500 troops on higher-alert US troops attend welcoming ceremony for NATO troops near Orzysz, Poland. (Reuters file photo)
The United States is further ratcheting up tensions with Russia, announces to put about American 8,500 troops on heightened alert for a possible deployment to Eastern Europe, amid claims that Moscow is preparing... |
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Kremlin: West ups tensions with hysteria, risk of conflict in eastern Ukraine very high Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, the military reserve of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, take part in a military exercise near Kiev on December 25, 2021. (File photo by AFP)
The Kremlin says the United States and its allies are escalating tensions through "information hysteria" and announcing plans... |
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NASAs new space telescope nears destination in solar orbit The James Webb Space Telescope Mirror is seen during a media unveiling at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center at Greenbelt, Maryland, on November 2, 2016. (Photo by Reuters)
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, designed to give the world an unprecedented glimpse into the earliest stages of the universe,... |
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Lebanons Hariri suspends role in politics, says will not run in upcoming election Lebanons former prime minister Saad Hariri at a press conference in the capital Beirut, with a picture of his father Rafik in the background, on January 24, 2022 (Photo by AFP)
Lebanons former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri says he is suspending his work in political life and will not run in the upcoming... |
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Islamic Emirate Meets With Envoys of 7 Nations, EU in Oslo Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and his delegation met with the envoys of the European Union and seven countries on Monday in Oslo, according to the Foreign Ministry.
The Foreign Ministrys spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said on Twitter that the delegation met with the EU special envoy plus... |
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NRF leaders may meet with Taliban in Moscow Sources have confirmed to the media that leaders of the "National Resistance Force" Ahmad Masoud and Amrullah Saleh and leader of Jamiat-e-Islami Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani are supposed to travel to the Russian capital Moscow to negotiate with key members of the Taliban.
As per the sources, leaders... |
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66-year-old Chinese man turns balcony into ice rink to pass on sporting passion+ Video As Chinese celebrate the country’s hosting of the Winter Olympics, a 66-year-old Tianjin man has gone to great lengths to show his appreciation for ice hockey by turning his balcony into an ice rink and enjoying the sport with his family members.
The recent COVID-19 outbreak in the northern... |
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Blood stained, bullet riddled vehicles of Burkina Faso presidential fleet+ Video Several armored vehicles of the presidential fleet, stained with blood and riddled with bullets, could be seen near the presidents residence on Monday morning after reports emerged that Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore had been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers.
It was not immediately... |
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NBA: Golden State Warriors 94-92 Utah Jazz The Golden State Warriors have edged past the Utah Jazz 94-92, away from home.
With both teams missing some of their most important players, Golden States sharp-shooting helped them build a 33-29 lead by the end of the first quarter. However, the Jazz kept pace with Golden State to cut down the deficit... |
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