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Taliban say have no plans to take Kabul ‘by force’ 15 Aug 2021

Taliban say have no plans to take Kabul ‘by force’

The Taliban have issued a statement saying they have instructed their fighters to “stay at the gates of Kabul and not enter the city.

Taliban close in on Kabul, seize Jalalabad 15 Aug 2021

Taliban close in on Kabul, seize Jalalabad

The Taliban have taken control of Afghanistan’s Jalalabad without a fight, according to officials and a resident, effectively leaving the capital, Kabul, as the last major urban area under government control, Al Jazeera reported.

Anti-Asian hate crime skyrocket since pandemic began 14 Aug 2021

Anti-Asian hate crime skyrocket since pandemic began

Despite increased national awareness and action against anti-Asian hate attacks, a new report has found such incidents have increased on the Asian Americans in 2021. Observers say the majority of the intended attacks are against the Chinese community residing in America.

U.S. Senate committee debates arms sales to West Asia 12 Aug 2021

U.S. Senate committee debates arms sales to West Asia

During a hearing at the United States' Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee, senior officials exchanged views on arms sales to Washington’s allies in West Asia with poor human rights records.

“Authoritarian” health pass protests in France 10 Aug 2021

“Authoritarian” health pass protests in France

Without the permits French residents are prohibited from entering many places including shopping centers, restaurants, cafes, hospitals as well as boarding long-distance trains. Even somebody dining on an outside terrace will need the pass.

10 Aug 2021

Yemen says new UN envoy changes nothing

  The head of Yemen’s national negotiating delegation, Mohammed Abdulsalam, says the appointment of a new UN envoy to the country does not mean anything.

It takes 10-20 years to eradicate Covid-19 10 Aug 2021

It takes 10-20 years to eradicate Covid-19

Professor Nikolai Petrovsky, the Vaxine research director, rules out the possibility that the world can easily eradicate Covid-19 in a short time before immunizing the entire people in the world against the virus.

Heavy clashes in Afghanistan 10 Aug 2021

Heavy clashes in Afghanistan

  The Taliban seized control of another provincial capital early on Monday to raise the total number of capitals it has overrun so far to five, a major military achievement that marks a strategic shift in the group’s military strategy. 

Sayyed Nasrallah ’s speech on “historic” 2006 war victory 09 Aug 2021

Sayyed Nasrallah ’s speech on “historic” 2006 war victory

General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Movement has delivered a speech marking the 15th anniversary of the victory against the Israeli regime’s 33-day war on Lebanon that began in July 2006. 

9/11 families pressure Biden to declassify Saudi documents 08 Aug 2021

9/11 families pressure Biden to declassify Saudi documents

Family members of victims of September 11, 2001, attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events next month unless he upholds his pledge to declassify U.S. government evidence that is widely believed to show a role played by Saudi Arabian leaders in the attacks.