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Hundreds of children have staged a protest rally at refugee camps in Bangladesh to commemorate the fourth anniversary of Myanmar’s crackdown on the Rohingya Muslims that forced thousands to flee across the border into the neighboring country. Community leader Mohammad Osman said between 3,000 and 4,000 children participated in the …

The Taliban stopped an Afghan United Nations staff member as he tried to reach Kabul airport on Sunday. They searched his vehicle and found his U.N. identification. Then they beat him. On Monday, three unknown men visited the home of another U.N. staff member who was at work at the …

The Taliban have told Germany that Afghans with legal documents will be able to travel on commercial flights beyond the Aug. 31 cut-off date after which evacuations from Kabul airport will no longer be allowed, a senior German diplomat said on Wednesday. “Director Stanekzai assured me that Afghans with legal …

The Chinese government says Washington’s acts to smear and suppress China have harshly harmed the Asian Americans and intensified the racial discrimination in the US. The US Justice Department started the China Initiative three years ago under former President Donald Trump to counter what it termed China’s “national security threats” and …

Earlier reports suggested that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will personally ask US President Joe Biden to prolong the withdrawal deadline past August 31 France and Germany intend to fight to prolong the deadline for the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan during the G7 online meeting, CNN reported Monday …

China has called on the United States to stop pointing the accusing finger at other countries over the lab-leaking theory concerning the origin of the coronavirus pandemic and to investigate its own bio-labs instead. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the call on Monday as he stressed that the …

A fire has apparently broken out at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, amid ongoing evacuation efforts. Video footage shows a cloud of smoke rising from the airport. News of the blaze broke on Monday evening local time. Little is known about the fire’s severity or origin, but videos …

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has slammed the United States for imposing new sanctions on Russia over its sprawling undersea pipeline project, transferring Russian gas to Europe. According to Press TV, the ministry criticized the US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 as a “groundless” move that violates international law. Washington claims …

The Taliban will not announce the makeup of its government until the US completes its troop withdrawal, two sources in the movement told AFP Monday. “It has been decided that the formation of the government and cabinet will not be announced as long as a single US soldier is present …

One member of the Afghan forces was killed and several wounded during an exchange of gunfire outside Kabul airport, but no US personnel were hurt, the US military said in a statement on Monday. “The incident appeared to begin when an unknown hostile actor fired upon Afghan security forces involved …

The Taliban fired in the air and used batons to force people desperate to flee Afghanistan to form orderly queues outside Kabul airport on Sunday, witnesses said, a day after seven people were killed in a crush at the gates. On Sunday, there were no major injuries as gunmen beat …

Construction works on the long-anticipated cross-border railway bridge linking Russia and China across the Amur River have been completed, with the Russian and Chinese sections of the tracks now connected. Installation of the last section of rails was completed, China’s Central Television reports. The 2,209-meter (1.4 mile) structure links Russia’s …

At least 20 people have died in the past seven days in and around the Kabul airport during the evacuation effort after the Taliban took over the Afghan capital last week, a NATO official said on Sunday. “The crisis outside the Kabul airport is unfortunate. Our focus is to evacuate …

Panjshir valley will not be handed over to the Taliban and resistance fighters will be ready to fight back if the extremist group tries to seize it, the son of one of the main leaders of Afghanistan’s anti-Soviet groups in the 1980s said. “We confronted the Soviet Union, and we …

G7 leaders will discuss the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday in a virtual summit, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Sunday, a week after the Taliban retook power. “It is vital that the international community works together to ensure safe evacuations, prevent a humanitarian crisis and support the Afghan people …

The US embassy in Afghanistan has advised American citizens to avoid traveling to Kabul’s airport due to “potential security threats”. Stuart Ramsay reports on what he saw on Saturday morning as thousands of people wait to get inside to be evacuated. The mornings are always challenging on the barricades. The …

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie joined Instagram on Friday and posted a letter apparently written by an Afghan girl fearing Taliban rule. The Lara Croft: Tomb Raider leading lady-turned-humanitarian garnered more than 5.1 million followers in less than 24 hours after joining the social media platform. Jolie claimed in the post …

A suicide bomber in Pakistan attacked a motorcade of Chinese personnel on Friday, injuring one Chinese national and killing two local children, the Chinese embassy said on Saturday. “The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan strongly condemns this act of terrorism, extends its sincere sympathies to the injured of both countries, and …

Vietnam’s government said it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh City to help deliver food and aid to households as it further tightens restrictions on people’s movements amid a worsening surge of the coronavirus. The army personnel will be deployed to help with logistics as the city of 10 …

Reporters Without Borders called Saturday on US President Joe Biden to make “a special plan for evacuating endangered Afghan journalists” from Taliban-controlled Kabul. RSF said the United States currently seemed to be concerned only with the evacuation “of its own citizens and former employees.” “This is blocking the evacuation of …