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UN rights chief says Taliban should translate its commitments regarding women's rights into reality - 2 last Geneva
Date: 2021-08-24 15:47:07 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:68 - ID:9128540
The top UN official for human rights said there are grave fears for women, for journalists and for the new generation of civil society leaders who have emerged in the past years. Afghanistan's diverse ethnic and religious minorities are also at risk ....
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UN rights chief says Taliban should translate its commitments regarding women's rights into reality
Date: 2021-08-24 14:54:48 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:9127973
GENEVA, Aug 24 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said the onus is now fully on the Taliban to translate its commitments to respect women's right to work and girls' right to attend school, respect the rights of members ....
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Evacuated Afghan arrested in France for suspected Taliban links as UK calms down similar report
Date: 2021-08-24 13:15:01 GMT - France - World - SN:57 - ID:9128237
PARIS, Aug 24 (MENA) - French authorities have arrested an evacuated Afghan citizen on suspicion of links to the Taliban, euronews reported. Five Afghanistan nationals in total were placed under surveillance after they were repatriated to France ....
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COVID-19 kills 709 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-24 12:25:13 GMT - Iran - World - SN:53 - ID:9128092
TEHRAN, Aug 24 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 103,357 with 709 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry, quoted by IRNA, announced on Tuesday. Some ....
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Japan's SDF planes to evacuate nationals from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-24 09:39:07 GMT - Japan - World - SN:40 - ID:9127643
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Two planes of Japan's Self-Defense Forces left for Afghanistan to evacuate Japanese nationals and local staff who worked for the Japanese embassy and other organizations, NHK Radio reported quoting the top government ....
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Malaysia reports 20,837 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-08-24 09:35:04 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:39 - ID:9127708
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 24 (MENA) - Malaysia's health ministry said that the country reported 20,837 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 1,593,602, the Star newspaper reported. According to a tweet ....
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Afghans in Indonesia protest Taliban, demand resettlement
Date: 2021-08-24 09:21:37 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:37 - ID:9127710
JAKARTA, Aug 24 (MENA) - Hundreds of Afghan refugees living in Indonesia, mostly members of the Hazara ethnic minority, held a rally on Tuesday decrying the Taliban’s takeover of their country and calling for resettlement in third countries, ABC ....
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Russia reports 18,833 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-08-24 09:18:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:9127633
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (MENA) - The Russian health authorities reported 18,833 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, including 1,105 in Moscow, taking the total number of infections to 6,785,374. The Russian coronavirus task force said that 794 ....
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Germany reports 5,747 new COVID-19 infections
Date: 2021-08-24 09:07:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:35 - ID:9127584
BERLIN, Aug 24 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 5,747 to 3,877,612, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. While the reported death toll rose by 42 to 92,022, ....
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Thailand reports 17,165 new Covid cases
Date: 2021-08-24 08:54:25 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:34 - ID:9127581
BANGKOK, Aug 24 (MENA) - Thailand’s daily caseload was again lower than the 20,000 mark at 17,165 new infections on Tuesday, though the number of deaths was still high at 226, The Nation Thailand reported. Meanwhile, 20,059 patients have ....
