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Five years after Taliban takeover, life in Afghanistan marred by many struggles

August 21, 2026 admin

It has been five years since the Taliban returned to Kabul, bringing an end to the U.S.-led military presence in Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic that had ruled the country for two decades. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban entered the Afghan capital as President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. The collapse of the government…

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U.S. pushes allies, China to back Trump’s economic war on Iran

August 21, 2026 admin

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, D.C., on August 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States on Thursday (August 20, 2026) warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would “collapse this regime” in…

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Socialist surge: On the rise of democratic socialism in the U.S.

August 20, 2026 admin

As the Trump administration persists with its blunderbuss reshaping of American foreign policy — a marriage of hyperimperialism, with wars in West Asia, a de facto capture of power in Venezuela and the strangling of Cuba’s fuel trade, and isolationism, seen in withdrawals from multilateral institutions and tariffs imposed on a whim — the world…

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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake shakes Peru’s southern Andes, says USGS

August 20, 2026 admin

Representational picture of a waveform seismograph registering a seismic movement. | Photo Credit: Reuters A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Peru’s southern Andes Mountains on Thursday (August 21, 2026), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said the quake occurred at 1 p.m. local time and was centred…

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Chinese court sentences founder of troubled property developer Evergrande to life in prison

August 20, 2026 admin

Hui Ka Yan, the founder of China’s Evergrande Group stands in court at the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China in this handout image release by Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese property developer Hui Ka Yan, founder of the Evergrande real estate group, has been sentenced to life…

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Romania destroys drone near offshore gas project, blames Russia

August 20, 2026 admin

A marine drone, which Romanian Defence Minister Radu Miruta said was destroyed by F-16 fighter jets as it headed toward Romania’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea near the Neptun Deep offshore gas project. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Romanian F-16 fighter jet on Thursday (August 20, 2026) destroyed a marine drone near an…

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Thai, Myanmar military chiefs meet as post-coup thaw progresses

August 20, 2026 admin

Myanmar’s military commander-in-chief, General Ye Win Oo (centre L) and Thailand’s Chief of Defence Forces, Ukrit Boontanon (centre R) shake hands after their High-Level Committee Meeting talks at the Chatrium Grand hotel in Bangkok. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s military chief met Thursday (August 20, 2026) with Thailand’s top general in Bangkok in his first…

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Possibility of Bangladesh PM’s India visit ‘slim’ without mutual trust, ‘dignified’ invitation: Adviser

August 20, 2026 admin

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. File | Photo Credit: AP The possibility of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s visit to India next month for the BRICS Summit “remains slim” unless an appropriate environment based on “mutual trust” is created, along with a “dignified invitation” from New Delhi, his Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has said….

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Turkiye denies military visit to Syria air base hit by Israel

August 20, 2026 admin

A satellite image shows craters on the runways of Abu al-Duhur airbase near Syria’s Aleppo after an Israeli attack, August 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkiye on Thursday (August 20, 2026) denied having any military presence at an air base in north Syria struck by Israel earlier this week, and vowed to continue “resolutely”…

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BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir elected as Bangladesh’s new President

August 20, 2026 admin

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) candidate Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was on Thursday (August 20, 2026) elected as the country’s new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The 78-year-old BNP stalwart defeated his rival Colonel (retd) Oli Ahmed, the Liberal Democratic Party chairman…

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