China’s Xi: SCO states should help drive smooth Afghan tra...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Chinese President Xi Jinping Xi has promised to provide more help to war-torn Afghanistan [File: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters]
China’s Pre...
Dutch foreign minister quits over Afghanistan evacuation c...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag has resigned after the lower house of parliament passed a motion of censure against the government over its handlin...
PM Hasina sends Modi bouquet of 71 roses on his 71st birth...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has greeted her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi with a bouquet of 71 red roses on the occasion of his 71th birthday.
Th...
Nuclear submarine pact sparks anger in Beijing, raises con...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
US President Joe Biden during a virtual meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sep...
Myanmar junta to put ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on tri...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Ms Aung San Suu Kyi will face a new trial on four charges of corruption beginning on Oct 1, 2021.PHOTO: AFP
Myanmar's junta will put ousted leade...
A big study in Bangladesh finds simple ways to encourage m...
September 18, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
In Dhaka, bangladesh’s teeming capital of 18m, face masks are everywhere. They can be seen under the chins of street hawkers, poking out fr...
INDIA TELLS CHINA BORDER TROOP PULLBACK NEEDED FOR BETTER...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Indian delegation meets the Chinese delegation on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on September...
TALIBAN BAN FEMALE EMPLOYEES FROM ENTERING MINISTRY OF WOM...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Taliban have barred female employees from entering the Ministry of Women Affairs in Kabul, allowing only males into the building, an employee of the m...
BOY, 13, AMONG THREE VILLAGERS KILLED BY MYANMAR JUNTA TRO...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Three civilians including a teenager were killed during junta raids on villages in Myaing Township, Magwe Region, according to local sources.
Maung N...
OVER 20 MYANMAR MILITARY SOLDIERS KILLED IN CLASHES
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
At least 21 junta soldiers were reportedly killed over the last two days after being ambushed by civilian resistance fighters in Chin State and Sagain...
GHANI’S FLEEING RUINED LAST-MINUTE DEAL: KHALILZAD
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Former president Ashraf Ghani’s escape from Afghanistan in mid-August ruined a last-minute deal with the Taliban, the US Special Representative...
UK, US, Australia launch new trilateral Indo-Pacific allia...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The US, Britain and Australia have announced a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific to protect their shared interests and allow for g...
China denounces AUKUS pact, calls it “Cold War Mentality”
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
China denounces AUKUS pact and calls it “Cold War mentality” on Wednesday. It said that United States, United Kingdom and Australia should...
EU launches ‘Global Gateway’ to counter China’s Belt and R...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The European Union will launch "Global Gateway" as a scheme to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative — the massive, geopolitically influ...
Aid for Afghans
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The guns have at last fallen silent in Afghanistan, but spiralling poverty and hunger are giving rise to a humanitarian crisis. Soon after the fall of...
World should incentivise Taliban instead of trying to cont...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Imran Khan in conversation with Becky Anderson on CNN. — PTI Twitter
Prime Minister Imran Khan says there is a need to "ince...
Afghanistan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban’s sudden...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
The Taliban’s abrupt return to power has left hundreds of Afghan diplomats overseas in limbo: running out of money to keep missions operating, f...
Initial talks with Taliban can be thru’ its Doha office: E...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Bangladesh must decide on the Taliban issue with caution and patience, said experts at a virtual event on Wednesday.
If possible, preliminary t...
Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar among Time's 100...
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban co-founder and now deputy prime minister of Afghanistan, has been named among the "100 Most Influential People" of 20...
Myanmar currency hovers near all-time low
September 17, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
A money-changer's office in Yangon: Myanmar's currency, the kyat, has fallen 20% to 30% since a military takeover of the government on Feb. 1....
UNGA: HASINA TO LEAVE FOR US FRIDAY ON HER FIRST FOREIGN T...
September 16, 2021
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By: SAM Staff
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave here on Friday on a two-week official visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in...
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