Myanmar says Rohingya minority will get COVID-19 vaccine
World | August 28, 2021 6:54 ISTCOVID-19 vaccines will be given to members of the Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya ethnic group.
COVID-19 vaccines will be given to members of the Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya ethnic group.
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.
June report from the U.N. Security Council said the group’s senior leadership remains present inside Afghanistan.
Since January, the UN has documented over 2,000 grave violations of children's rights.
Taiwan had remained largely free of COVID-19 for a year and half during the pandemic until an outbreak driven by the alpha variant spread across the island in May.
So far, only India has helped evacuation of Afghan Sikhs after the takeover of the country by the Taliban.
Kamala Harris is on a tour of Southeast Asia, where she will attempt to reassure allies of American resolve following the chaotic end of a two-decade war.
Joe Biden on Sunday refused to rule out possible sanctions against the Taliban after the group's takeover of Afghanistan last week.
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced that it would soon block the sim cards of unvaccinated people.
Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is now the new PM of Malaysia.
New Englanders, bracing for their first direct hit by a hurricane in 30 years, are taking precautions as Tropical Storm Henri barrels toward the southern New England coast.
A suicide attack in Pakistan killed At least two children and three persons, including a Chinese who was injured.
China is tightening control over data gathered by companies about the public under a law approved Friday, Aug. 20, 2021 by its ceremonial legislature, expanding the ruling Communist Party's crackdown on internet industries. The data protection law follows anti-monopoly and other enforcement actions.
Wardak, a high-profile Afghan national police officer, was being hunted by the Taliban because of his years working with the American military.
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Indian ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu has said, observed that the Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership between India and US remains of key significance.
The Lebanese Red Cross said its teams recovered 20 bodies from the site of the explosion in the northern village of Tleil and evacuated 79 people who were injured or suffered burns in the blast.
Protest against Pakistan in front of the Embassy of Pakistan was organized by the “Expose-Pakistan Campaign Committee” comprising of Baloch, Sindhis, and Afghans.
The U.S. military has estimated that Kabul could come under insurgent pressure within 30 days and that the Taliban could overrun the rest of the country within a few months.
The Taliban have completed their sweep of the country’s south on Friday, as they took four more provincial capitals.
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