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November 26, 2020
Australia to sack soldiers involved in Afghan killings
SYDNEY — Australia has issued termination notices to at least 10 special forces soldiers, said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Thursday, following last week's damning report on the murder of 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners.In a report last week, at least 19 current and former Australian soldiers were referred for potential criminal prosecution for allegedly killing 39 Afghan locals; the majority of whom had been unarmed and captured.None of ...
November 26, 2020
12 years on, victims of Mumbai terrorist attacks await justice
NEW DELHI — As India marks yet another anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, New Delhi reiterates its call on Islamabad to bring the perpetrators to justice.The attacks on Nov. 26, 2008, left more than 160 dead and hundreds injured and the families of those who lost their dear and near ones in the gruesome attacks are waiting anxiously for the last 12 years for justice to be served.India ...
November 25, 2020
Alert over growing use of cluster munitions, despite stockpile reductions
GENEVA — Lethal cluster munitions are still being used in old and new conflicts around the world, from Syria to Libya, to Nagorno-Karabakh, a UN-backed civil society report said on Wednesday.Over the last decade, the hair-trigger devices have caused more than 4,300 recorded casualties in 20 countries, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2020, although it said that the true number is likely much higher.Between August 2010 and July 2020, ...
November 25, 2020
India bans more Chinese apps as tensions remain high
NEW DELHI — India has banned dozens more Chinese apps, drawing a rebuke from Beijing and further straining already tense relations between the world's most populous countries. "We firmly oppose the Indian side's repeated use of 'national security' as an excuse to prohibit some mobile apps with a Chinese background," Ji Rong, spokesperson for China's embassy in India, said on Wednesday.The statement followed the Indian government's announcement on Tuesday that it ...
November 25, 2020
Afghanistan conference draws donor pledges and calls for lasting ceasefire
GENEVA — International donors pledged financial and political support for Afghanistan’s peace process at the 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva on Tuesday, anticipating a sustainable ceasefire that will help the country rebuild and heal after decades of conflict. “Today, I believe, is a good day for Afghanistan, and for the people of Afghanistan”, Deborah Lyons, head of the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), told a news conference. She said the world ...
November 24, 2020
Lasting ceasefire can end long-running conflict in Afghanistan: Top UN officials
NEW YORK — Two top UN officials called for an end to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan on Monday, telling a major conference in Geneva that normality could only return to the country if there was a sustained ceasefire.Speaking at the Afghanistan 2020 Conference, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, both listed changes that would improve a lot of ordinary ...
November 23, 2020
French ex-President Sarkozy stands trial for corruption
PARIS — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial on charges of corruption and influence peddling, a first for the 65-year-old politician who has faced several other judicial investigations since leaving office in 2012. Sarkozy is accused of offering to boost a high magistrate's chance of obtaining a promotion in Monaco back in 2014 in return for leaked information about a judicial inquiry against him. Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and the ...
November 19, 2020
Global coronavirus cases hit 55.93 mn
LONDON — More than 55.93 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,343,584 have died, according to news reports on Thursday. With 248,574 deaths and over 11 million confirmed cases, the United States tops the list of twenty countries with the highest recorded infections and deaths in the world.Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were ...
November 17, 2020
India notifies more sectors for foreign investment
NEW DELHI— India’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified the opening up in more sectors for foreign direct investment. These sectors are single-brand retail trading, contract manufacturing and coal mining. The DPIIT also stated that 26 per cent foreign direct investment will be allowed in digital media. Such investment in print media is already capped at 26 percent and in TV news at 49 percent. All ...
November 16, 2020
UN rights experts denounce ‘concerted attempt’ to erode civic space in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH — Voicing concerns over increasing restrictions on the civil society in Cambodia, a group of independent UN human rights experts have called for an immediate end to the systematic detention and criminalization of activists.In a statement on Monday, Mary Lawlor, special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said she was “alarmed” by credible reports that at least 21 human rights defenders have been subjected to threats, ...
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