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Several foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff 25 Dec 2022 - 11:23 pm
An Afghan woman sits in a parked taxi along the roadside in Kandahar on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Naveed Tanveer / AFP)
EU strongly condemns Taliban ban on female staff at NGOs 25 Dec 2022 - 11:01 pm
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell attends the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
Three foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff 25 Dec 2022 - 07:12 pm
Some Afghan women travel in a vehicle along the road in Kandahar on December 25, 2022. (Photo by Naveed Tanveer / AFP)
Maldives former president Yameen gets 11-year jail term 25 Dec 2022 - 06:57 pm
Abdulla Yameen, chief of the Progressive Party of Maldives, poses for a photo at his party office in Male, Maldives, on March 21, 2022. Picture taken on March 21, 2022. File Photo / Reuters
China to stop publishing daily Covid figures: NHC 25 Dec 2022 - 06:33 pm
A man wearing a protective mask holds a picture frame of a loved one outside a funeral home, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue, in Shanghai, China, on December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China stages 'strike drills' around Taiwan, citing provocation 25 Dec 2022 - 05:26 pm
Chinese and Taiwanese flags are seen in this illustration, August 6, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Nepal's 'fierce' ex-guerrilla chief becomes new prime minister 25 Dec 2022 - 05:17 pm
Nepal's former guerrilla leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (second left), better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda gestures to media representatives as he leaves for the president's office to claim majority for his appointment as the new prime minister, in Bhaktapur on the outskirts of Kathmandu on December 25, 2022.  (Photo by Dipesh Shrestha / AFP)
Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after month at sea 25 Dec 2022 - 03:27 pm
This picture shows a boat that was carrying Rohingya refugees after their arrival at a beach in Krueng Raya, Indonesia's Aceh province on December 25, 2022. Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
China's Zhejiang has 1 mln daily COVID cases, expected to double 25 Dec 2022 - 12:58 pm
People wait outside a fever clinic at a hospital as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Shanghai, China December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo
Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work 24 Dec 2022 - 05:56 pm
A Taliban fighter is seen at the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 31, 2022.  File Photo / Reuters
Fiji Parliament approves appointment of Rabuka as Prime Minister 24 Dec 2022 - 12:47 pm
People's Alliance Party leader Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to media after a second round of negotiations with the leadership of the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA), in Suva on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Stringer / AFP)
India makes COVID test mandatory for arrivals from some countries, including China 24 Dec 2022 - 10:29 am
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India replaces COVID-era free food programme with cheaper scheme 24 Dec 2022 - 12:33 am
A health worker collects a swab sample for Covid-19 screening from a passenger arriving at Prayagraj junction on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia / AFP)
China's stretched health system braces for peak in COVID infections 24 Dec 2022 - 12:10 am
Covid-19 patients lie on hospital beds in the lobby of the Chongqing No. 5 People's Hospital in China's southwestern city of Chongqing on December 23, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
Pakistan suicide car bombing kills one police official, injures others 23 Dec 2022 - 07:55 pm
Police officers collect evidence at the site of a suicide car bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan, December 23, 2022. (REUTERS/Waseem Khan)
North Korea fires missile amid tension over Russia arms aid 23 Dec 2022 - 06:44 pm
People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on December 23, 2022 after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles according to South Korea's military. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
Indonesian families sue over deadly stadium disaster 23 Dec 2022 - 04:21 pm
The stampede in the Javan city of Malang in October left 135 people dead, including more than 40 children. (Juni Kriswanto / AFP)
Thai tourism tally seen beating target by 15% on year-end rush 23 Dec 2022 - 12:36 pm
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