Curtains separate male and female Afghan students as new term begins under Taliban rule
By Tim Lister and Radina Gigova, CNN A flimsy gray curtain divides a university classroom in Kabul in two — on one side sit the male students,…
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Myanmar’s shadow government launches ‘people’s defensive war’ against the military junta
By Helen Regan and Kocha Olarn, CNN Myanmar’s shadow government has launched what it called a “people’s defensive war”…
Continue Reading Delta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model
CNN, CDC By Ben Westcott, CNN Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta…
Continue Reading Delta variant outbreak threatens Singapore’s ‘living with Covid’ model
By Ben Westcott, CNN Singapore has warned it may need to reimpose Covid-19 restrictions if a new outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant is…
Continue Reading Vietnamese man jailed for five years for spreading coronavirus
Story by Reuters Vietnam jailed a man on Monday for five years for breaking strict Covid-19 quarantine rules and spreading the virus to others, state…
Continue Reading Demise of a kingpin, rise of an empire
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN When FBI agent Mark Calnan finally met the kingpin whose drug syndicate he’d been investigating for the past six…
Continue Reading Taliban accused of murdering pregnant Afghan policewoman in front of her family
By Jaide Garcia and Jonny Hallam, CNN The Taliban murdered a pregnant policewoman in front of her family on Saturday night, according to her son. Her…
Continue Reading Taliban claim victory in Panjshir, but resistance forces say they still control strategic position in the valley
By Nic Robertson, Nilly Kohzad, Tim Lister and Helen Regan, CNN The Taliban have claimed victory in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province, with a…
Continue Reading Battle for Afghan holdout province intensifies as Taliban advance further into Panjshir Valley
By Tim Lister, Radina Gigova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN and CNN contributors Heavy fighting was reported Sunday in parts of northern…
Continue Reading Suicide attack targets soldiers in Pakistani city of Quetta
By Asim Khan and Sophia Saifi, CNN Three people have died and 15 were injured in an attack on paramilitary troops in the city of Quetta in…
Continue Reading As China woos the Taliban, Uyghurs in Afghanistan fear for their lives
By Ivan Watson and CNN staff Tuhan’s family crossed the border from China’s western Xinjiang region to Afghanistan 45 years ago to escape…
Continue Reading Battle for Afghan holdout province intensifies as Taliban advance further into Panjshir Valley
CNN By Tim Lister, Radina Gigova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN and CNN contributors Heavy fighting was reported Sunday in parts of northern…
Continue Reading Women’s protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul turns violent
By Celine Alkhaldi, Sam Kiley, Rob Iddiols, Tim Lister and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN A small group of Afghan women braved the Taliban-controlled…
Continue Reading Man behind New Zealand supermarket stabbing was released from custody two months before attack
By Angus Watson, Nectar Gan and AnneClaire Stapleton, CNN The man responsible for Friday’s knife attack in New Zealand has been named as Ahamed…
Continue Reading Women stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul
By Nathan Hodge, Mia Alberti and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN A group of Afghan women activists staged a small protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul Friday…
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ISIS supporter shot dead by New Zealand police after shoppers stabbed in ‘terrorist attack’
CNN By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket…
Continue Reading Yoshihide Suga announces intention to step down after less than a year as Japan’s Prime Minister
CNN By Emiko Jozuka, Chie Kobayashi and Selina Wang, CNN Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said he will not run in his party’s…
Continue Reading ISIS supporter shot dead by New Zealand police after shoppers stabbed in ‘terrorist attack’
By Angus Watson and Jessie Yeung, CNN New Zealand police have shot and killed an ISIS supporter who injured at least six people in a supermarket…
Continue Reading Yoshihide Suga announces intention to step down after less than a year as Japan’s Prime Minister
By Emiko Jozuka, Chie Kobayashi and Selina Wang, CNN Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said he will not run in his party’s…
Continue Reading Heavy clashes erupt between Taliban and anti-Taliban group in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, Nathan Hodge, Nilly Kohzad and Saleem Mehsud, CNN Fighting in Afghanistan’s last major holdout against Taliban rule…
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