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Many Afghan refugees now feel hopeless after Trump's immigration orders (file photo)
Afghan refugees feel 'betrayed' by Trump order blocking move to US
ISLAMABAD — "It's like the United States doesn't actually understand what I did for this country, it's a betrayal," Abdullah tells the BBC.He fled Afghanistan with his parents amid the US withdrawal in August 2021 and is now a paratrooper for the US military. He worries he can't help his sister and her husband escape too, because of President Donald Trump's executive order suspending a resettlement program.The order cancels all flights and suspends applications for Afghan refugees, without any exemption for families of active servicemembers.Trump argues the decision addresses "record levels of migration" that threaten "the availability of resources for Americans".But Abdullah and several other Afghan refugees have told the BBC they feel...
January 24, 2025

Afghan refugees feel 'betrayed' by Trump order blocking move to US

Protests have broken out after a dozen containers containing toxic waste arrived for disposal at a local plant in Pithampur
Toxic waste from world's deadliest gas leak fuels protests in India
BHOPAL — Vegetable vendor Shivnarayan Dasana had never seen so many policemen descend on his village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.The 60-year-old lives in Tarapur in the industrial town of Pithampur, known for its automobile and pharmaceutical factories. The town has been tense since containers holding 337 tons of toxic waste from the site of one of the world's worst industrial disasters arrived for disposal three weeks ago.The waste, transported from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in the city of Bhopal — site of the 1984 gas tragedy that killed thousands — has sparked fears among locals.They worry that disposing of it near their homes could be harmful and even cause an environmental disaster.Protests erupted on 3 January, a day after the waste arrived in...
January 23, 2025

Toxic waste from world's deadliest gas leak fuels protests in India

A recent programme to improve rail connectivity in India has been marred by accidents
Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumor
MUMBAI — At least 13 people have been killed and five injured after they fled rumours of a fire on board their train in India, only to be hit by another train.Railway officials said the passengers got down from the Mumbai-bound train in western Maharashtra state after someone pulled the emergency cord, causing it to stop.They were hit by a train on an adjacent track. It was not immediately clear whether there had actually been a fire.India has launched a $30bn (£24bn) programme to modernise its railways in recent years but this has been marred by a series of accidents, including a major three-train crash in 2023 in the state of Odisha which left nearly 300 people dead.Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a post on X that he was "deeply saddened by the tragic loss of...
January 23, 2025

Thirteen passengers killed by another train after fleeing fire rumor

Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia on October 22, 2024
Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration
HONG KONG — Chinese leader Xi Jinping vowed to take his country’s ties with Russia to a new level this year in a video conference with his counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, hours after the inauguration of US President Donald Trump.The two leaders have made it an annual tradition to speak around the new year – a feature of a close personal rapport that’s helped cement a partnership between their countries that’s only grown as Putin wages war on Ukraine.Xi expressed his readiness to “guide China-Russia relations to a new height” and respond to “external uncertainties” with the “stability and resilience of China-Russia ties,” a readout from China’s Foreign Ministry said.The two countries should deepen “strategic coordination” and “practical cooperation”...
January 22, 2025

Xi and Putin hail tightening ties in call hours after Trump inauguration

Yoon Suk Yeol made his first appearance at the trial after missing the first few hearings
South Korea president denies ordering arrest of lawmakers
SEOUL — South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol has made his first appearance at his impeachment trial, where he denied ordering the arrest of lawmakers during his attempt to impose martial law.Parliament voted to impeach Yoon last month, and last week the constitutional court began a trial to decide whether to permanently remove him from office.Yoon is also facing a separate criminal investigation into whether he led an insurrection. He has been detained since last week.Security was tight on Tuesday as Yoon was transported by van from the detention center, where he is being held, to the constitutional court.Police formed human walls and held up anti-riot barricades to stop hundreds of his supporters who had gathered nearby from getting too close. Last weekend saw violence as...
January 21, 2025

South Korea president denies ordering arrest of lawmakers

Nine beaches were closed on January 14 after the marble-sized balls started washing up
Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain fecal bacteria
SYDNEY — The mysterious balls that forced the closure of several beaches in Sydney last week were found to contain saturated fatty acids, E. coli and fecal bacteria, authorities say.Sydney's Northern Beaches council said it has sent the debris to the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (EPA) for further analysis.Nine beaches, including popular spots Manly and Dee Why, were closed on 14 January after the marble-sized balls started washing up.It came months after thousands of black blobs started appearing on the city's coasts in October, prompting authorities to close some of its most famous beaches for several days and order a massive clean-up.The latest batch of balls was cleaned up from harbour beaches this week, the Northern Beaches council said in its statement on...
January 21, 2025

Mystery balls on Sydney beaches found to contain fecal bacteria

Niluper and her three children in Turkey
China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand
BANGKOK — A Uyghur refugee, she has spent the past decade hoping her husband would join her and their three sons in Turkey, where they now live.The family was detained in Thailand in 2014 after fleeing increasing repression in their hometown in China's Xinjiang province. She and the children were allowed to leave Thailand a year later. But her husband remained in detention, along with 47 other Uyghur men.Niluper – not her real name – now fears she and her children may never see him again.Ten days ago, she learned that Thai officials had tried to persuade the detainees to sign forms consenting to be sent back to China. When they realized what was in the forms, they refused to sign them.The Thai government has denied having any immediate plans to send them back. But human rights...
January 21, 2025

China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand

The crime sparked huge protests across the country
Life in jail for Indian man convicted of doctor's rape and murder
MUMBAI — A court in India has sentenced a man to life in prison for the rape and murder of a junior doctor, in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and protests.The judge rejected demands for the death penalty but said that Sanjoy Roy, a hospital volunteer who was convicted over the weekend, would spend the rest of his life in jail.Roy has maintained he is innocent and is expected to appeal against the verdict in a higher court.The victim's family said they wanted him to be hanged, and that they were "shocked" by the sentence."We will continue our fight, and won't let investigations stop... Come what may, we will fight for justice," the woman's father told AFP news agency.Indian law prohibits revealing the identity of victims of sexual violence and that...
January 20, 2025

Life in jail for Indian man convicted of doctor's rape and murder

People placed flowers outside the stadium in Zhuhai after the attack
China executes man for car rampage that killed dozens
BEIJING — China has executed a man found guilty of killing at least 35 people in a car attack in November, in what is thought to be the deadliest attack in the country for a decade.Fan Weiqiu, 62, injured dozens more when he drove his car into people exercising outside a stadium in the southern city of Zhuhai.State media said a second man was executed for a separate attack that came days later. Xu Jiajin, 21, killed eight people in a stabbing spree at his university in the eastern city of Wuxi.Authorities said Fan was driven by "dissatisfaction" over how his property had been divided following his divorce, while Xu carried out his attack after "failing to obtain his diploma due to poor exam results".Fan was detained at the scene on 11 November, where police said he...
January 20, 2025

China executes man for car rampage that killed dozens

Saif Ali Khan was attacked by an intruder at his home last week
Man arrested over stabbing of Bollywood actor
MUMBAI — Police in the Indian city of Mumbai have arrested a man in connection with a knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan last week.Khan, one of India's biggest stars, was stabbed by an intruder at his home, in an attack that shocked the country. He is recovering after surgery.On Sunday, police said they had arrested the key suspect, Mohammad Shariful Islam Shehzad, adding that he was a citizen of Bangladesh who was staying in India illegally.Shehzad's lawyer has denied the allegations and says he is not from Bangladesh.Police say they arrested Shehzad from Thane, a district in the outskirts of Mumbai.Preliminary evidence suggests that he came to the city about six months ago and had been working at a housekeeping agency using a fake name and ID, Dixit Gedam, a deputy...
January 20, 2025

Man arrested over stabbing of Bollywood actor

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