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As food crisis deepens in Afghanistan, people resort to selling their chil
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): With each passing day, the situation in Afghanistan is worsening under the new Taliban regime which does not have funds to procure food items and other essentials.
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Afghan crisis overwhelms neighbouring states with refugee spillover: Human
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 8 (ANI): Amid the tense economic and security situation under the Taliban, countries surrounding Afghanistan are under increasing pressure as Afghans continue to flee their homeland to neighbouring states.
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US military withdrawal from Afghanistan should not mean diplomatic disenga
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 7 (ANI): With the humanitarian situation continuing to worsen in Afghanistan, several experts and UN agencies have called on the international community to step up its efforts to curtail the crisis.
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Hong Kong administration blind to climate crisis, focuses only on 'nationa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 7 (ANI): The Hong Kong administration, which is extremely active on national security law (NSL) -- is completely blind to the real threat to the territory that is climate change, according to a report in local media.
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55 per cent of Afghan population face food insecurity: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 7 (ANI): Nearly 55 per cent of the Afghan population are estimated to be in a crisis or experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity between now and March of next year, a UN agency report has revealed.
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Pakistan to buy Liquefied Natural Gas cargo at highest ever rate: Report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 7 (ANI): Amid the severe energy crisis in the country, the Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) has decided to procure a Liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at the highest ever price of 30.6 dollars per million British thermal units (mmbtu), local media reported.
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COVID-19 cases, deaths reach new high in Croatia
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Zagreb [Croatia], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): New COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours in Croatia hit a new record high of 7,094 and resulted in 50 fatalities, which was also a new daily record since the start of the pandemic, Croatian COVID-19 crisis management team said in a statement on Satur
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Shehbaz Sharif slams Imran Khan govt over inflation, says current stock of
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 5 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif has lashed out at Prime Minister Imran Khan-led ruling PTI government over inflation and said the country is undergoing a sugar crisis because the current stock of the sweetener would only l
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Germany to give additional USD 693 mn in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], November 4 (ANI): Germany on Thursday announced an additional package of 600 million euros (USD 693 million) to crisis-hit Afghanistan.
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Need to address mental health effects of climate change urgently, says Rep
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): With a large majority of Americans expressing alarm and distress about climate change, a recent study states that is past time to address the burgeoning public health crisis at the individual, community, and societal levels.
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End war now before it's too late for Ethiopians, says UN rights chief
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI): All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region's catastrophic humanitarian situation "over the edge", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, sa
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Yemen crisis: 8 children killed, injured in past 5 days
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], November 4 (ANI): At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days.
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