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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama wishes PM Modi on his 72nd birthday
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 17 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Saturday wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of his 72nd birthday.
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Tibetans align, tilt toward democratic form of governance
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], September 15 (ANI): All in all, there have been many developments in the past six decades when it comes to Tibetans and their practice of democracy but one thing that is very clear is how Tibetans very much align and tilt towards a democratic form of governance rather than
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Taliban in talks with Pakistan over release of 300 detained Afghans
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 11 (ANI): The Taliban is in talks with Pakistan to free 300 Afghans detained for not having legal documents.
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Xi's campaigns aim to establish his authority, drive Chinese elite class t
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 10 (ANI): Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched a series of campaigns nominally about fighting corruption but aimed at eliminating political opponents and establishing his political prestige, resulting in the emigration of the Chi
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Rights group accuses Iran, Turkey of illegal Afghan migrant pushback
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 31 (ANI): Iranian and Turkish security forces have pushed back Afghans who attempted to cross their borders by opening fire on them including women and children, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
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UNHCR urges immediate support for millions caught in Pakistan floods
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 30 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today urged support for a massive scale-up in emergency relief for millions of people in Pakistan hit by monsoon floods that have already killed more than 1,000 people.
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Charter flight carrying 324 Afghan refugees arrives in Canada's Winnipeg
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 28 (ANI): As part of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 324 people from Pakistan landed in Winnipeg, the capital of the Canadian province of Manitoba.
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Afghanistan: UN agency alarm over forced refugee returns from Tajikistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is raising grave concerns over the continued detention and deportations of Afghan refugees in Tajikistan, warning once again that forcing people fleeing persecution back to their country against their will is illegal and put
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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Afghan refugees living in limbo protest against slow resettlement process
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Numerous Afghan refugees who have been awaiting resettlement in the US or other countries, have protested against the stagnant resettlement process, living in prison-like conditions at a facility in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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98 Afghan Nationals granted refugee status by Japan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): 98 Afghan Nationals who fled to Japan due to the Taliban's rising atrocities in Afghanistan have been granted refugee status on Tuesday by Japan.
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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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