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August 21, 2024

Taliban police dismiss officers without beards from security forces

The Taliban’s so-called “morality ministry” dismissed more than 280 members of the security forces for not growing a beard, officials said on Tuesday. Ministry police have also detained more...

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August 21, 2024

Sarajevo Film Festival honours Palestinian director Elia Suleiman

Palestinian Director Elia Suleiman was honoured by the Sarajevo Film Festival with the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo for his contribution to the film industry on Friday. In a post...

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August 21, 2024

Iran: Pakistani pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28, injuring 23

A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims has overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring 23 others, state media reported on Wednesday. Reuters said that the accident took place...

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August 21, 2024

HRW calls on Tunisia to stop its ‘political interference’ in presidential elections

The international human rights organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called on the Tunisian government to stop what it considered “political interference” in the presidential election scheduled for 6...

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August 21, 2024

Taliban bans UN human rights special rapporteur from entering Afghanistan

The Taliban has banned the UN special rapporteur for human rights, Richard Bennett, from entering Afghanistan, a government spokesman has told local broadcaster Tolo. Bennett was appointed by the...

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August 21, 2024

Colombia: president calls on ship’s crews not to transport coal to Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has called on all ship’s crews not to transport coal to Israel, after issuing a decree this week to stop coal exports to the occupation...

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August 21, 2024

Netanyahu making statements to deliberately sabotage truce talks, Israel negotiators say

Members of the Israeli negotiating team for the ceasefire talks in the Gaza Strip and the prisoner exchange deal with Hamas have sharply criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

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August 21, 2024

Palestinian prisoner freed after 23 years in detention

The Israeli occupation authorities released Palestinian Jerusalemite prisoner Samer Mutab from Nafha Desert Prison on Tuesday, after 23 years in detention, Safa has reported. However, this only happened after...

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August 21, 2024

WHO: Sudan’s escalating conflict is destroying its health system

The escalating violence in Sudan is destroying the country’s health system, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said yesterday. Ghebreyesus reported in a post on...

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August 21, 2024

UN says Israel’s evacuation order makes it impossible to deliver Gaza aid

The UN said on Tuesday that the recent evacuation order from the Israeli army “has made it nearly impossible” to deliver aid to needy Palestinians in the Gaza Strip....

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