The flow of Afghans forced to leave Iran turned into a flood in 2018, with a record nearly 800,000 coming back as renewed United States sanctions sent the Iranian currency into freefall and fuelled inflation. The 773,125 voluntary returnees and deportees was 66 per cent more than in 2017 and the trend is expected to […]
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US President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that US-China trade negotiations were going “very well” as officials held talks in Beijing that will spill into a third day. A member of the US delegation said the two sides would resume talks on Wednesday as they continue their first face-to-face meetings since Trump and Chinese President Xi […]
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India’s lower house passed on Tuesday legislation that will grant citizenship to members of certain religious minoritiesbut not Muslims, sparking protests in the country’s northeast. The bill covers select groups — including Hindus, Christians and Sikhs — who moved from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan and who have lived in India for at least six years. Muslims […]
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WASHINGTON: A US Senator, who plans to contest the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump, has said she supports withdrawing American troops from military engagements in Syria and Afghanistan. “I think it is right to get our troops out of Syria and let me add, I think it is right to get our troops out […]
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The Kurdish-led force battling the remnants of the militant Islamic State group in eastern Syria said on Monday it captured five foreign fighters, including two US and as many Pakistani citizens. The two Americans, two Pakistanis and an Irishman were part of a cell planning an attack on civilians fleeing the militant group’s last bastion, […]
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PESHAWAR: The Taliban will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month, and want to shift the venue to Qatar, Taliban officials said on Sunday, seeking to fend off Riyadh’s push to include the Afghan government in talks. The upcoming negotiations, the fourth in a series aimed at ending […]
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An 18-year-old Saudi woman seeking asylum has left Bangkok airport “under the care” of the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), a Thai official said on Monday, following her desperate plea against deportation. “She is allowed to stay … she is under the care of the UNHCR now,” said immigration chief Surachate Hakparn. “She left the […]
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WASHINGTON: The United States wants to withdraw from Afghanistan but instead of leaving it in chaos it wants the country’s neighbours to shoulder the responsibility for keeping peace and security in the war-torn country. US President Donald Trump outlined this new strategy in a recent cabinet meeting, also naming the countries — India, Russia and Pakistan — […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREA late-night fight at a coastal Los Angeles suburban bowling alley turned deadly on Friday night, killing three men and injuring four. The Torrance Police Department responded to calls of “shots fired” at the Gable House Bowl, in Torrance, California, shortly before midnight. Multiple victims were found with gunshot wounds inside Gable House Bowl, which […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREWhen Theresa May unexpectedly and rather suddenly replaced David Cameron as prime minister of the U.K., journalists scrambled to find out more about her personal life. Ms. May has always been a very private person, but one little-known fact about the new leader has come to light: She is one of the many public figures […]
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