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Targeting China, EU seeks to ban products made with forced labour
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 10 (ANI): In a move to target China, concerned about human rights violations in the province of Xinjiang, the 27-member country European Union (EU) seeks to ban products made with forced labour.
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Afghan girls protest against the closure of their school in Paktia
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 10 (ANI): Female students in Afghanistan's Paktia province protested against the closure of their school and marched in the area.
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Pakistan: Economic loss due to floods rises to around USD 18 billion
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The estimated economic loss due to the unprecedented floods in Pakistan has neared around USD 18 billion, an increase from USD 12.5 billion estimated earlier, as calculated by the Centre and endorsed by the provinces.
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Disaster-hit people in immediate need of humanitarian assistance in Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 9 (ANI): As catastrophic floods and earthquakes in several provinces of Afghanistan have affected thousands of people, leaving them in immediate need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thur
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Loopholes in legislation cause rise in domestic violence incidents in Chin
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 9 (ANI): The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an excessive rise in cases of domestic violence across several provinces of China due to loopholes in draft laws of the country which failed to cover couples who were divorced, unmarried, or in same-sex
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Afghanistan: Taliban officials in Nimroz orders coffee shop to close down
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Nimroz [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): Department of Vice and Virtue of Afghanistan's Nimroz province on Wednesday ordered to close the coffee shops and directed the wedding halls to stop playing music at wedding parties, local media reported.
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ISIS group targets religious minorities in Afghanistan, says HRW
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) repeatedly attacked Hazaras and other religious minorities at their mosques, schools, and workplaces.
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Grenade explosion kills 1, injures four in Faryab province of Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 8 (ANI): One person was killed and four people, including women and children, were injured when a grenade that belonged to the Taliban members in the Faryab province of northern Afghanistan exploded recently.
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Canadian mass stabbing suspect Myles Sanderson arrested
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], September 8 (ANI): A manhunt that spanned three provinces and prompted questions about why Myles Sanderson was granted prison parole despite a history of violence ended on Wednesday (local time) after his arrest by Royal Canadian Mountain Police (RCMP).
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China earthquake: Death toll rises to 74
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 7 (ANI): The death toll in the earthquake that hit the Sichuan province in China on Monday has reached 74 so far, local media reported on Wednesday.
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Pakistan: Lured by free ration, Hindu minor girl gang raped amid devastati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], September 7 (ANI): Lured by free ration, a Hindu minor girl was gang raped amid devastating floods in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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China earthquake death toll rises to 65
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 6 (ANI): The strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Sichuan province in China on Monday has so far claimed 65 lives while leaving 248 people injured and 12 missing, local media reported on Tuesday.
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