Category: Asia
Afghanistan protests: Taliban use water cannon on women opposing university ban
The Taliban have used a water cannon to disperse a group of women protesting against the ban on female students in Afghanistan attending university.
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Paris shooting: Protests after deadly attack on Kurds
Violence has broken out in central Paris after Friday's deadly attack on the city's Kurdish community.
Protesters overturned cars, setting some on [...]
Iran protests: Activist Narges Mohammadi details ‘abuse’ of detained women
A leading human rights activist in Iran has written from prison to give the BBC details of how women detained in recent anti-government protests are [...]
At least 20 dead in Russia illegal care home fire
At least 20 people have been killed after a blaze swept through a home for the elderly in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, Russian officials say.
An [...]
Suspected Russian spy held by German intelligence
German authorities have arrested an employee of its BND foreign intelligence agency on suspicion of passing state secrets to Russia.
The accused, [...]
North Korea sold arms to Russia’s Wagner group, US says
The United States has accused North Korea of supplying battlefield missiles and rockets to the Russian mercenary group Wagner for use in Ukraine.
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Russia may send empty Soyuz to bring ISS crew home
Russia's space agency says it is considering sending an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) to bring home three crew members ah [...]
Ukraine war: Zelensky urges US to help it defeat Russia
Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and will never surrender, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a defiant address to US lawmakers on his first for [...]
Israel’s most right-wing government agreed under Benjamin Netanyahu
A new government seen as the most right-wing in Israel's history has been agreed, sealing Benjamin Netanyahu's return to power.
Mr Netanyahu, who [...]
Coronavirus: China’s hospitals seem to be filling up – WHO
Hospitals in China appear to be filling up amid concerns about a fresh Covid-19 wave hitting the country, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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