‘Racist agenda’: Fear, worries over Sri Lanka’s burqa banProposal to ban the burqa in Sri Lanka viewed by many as attempt to appease Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority.
‘Leave now’: IDPs say they are threatened to leave Iraqi campRefugees at Jedaa Camp say they are being forced to evacuate as nearly 2,400 families stare down an uncertain future.
Portugal’s health system near collapse as COVID cases surgePortuguese public hospitals in worst affected areas running out of intensive care beds.
Afghan rivals set to resume talks in Doha amid surge in violenceA road map for post-war Afghanistan and a nationwide ceasefire are part of the agenda of Tuesday’s talks.
Outrage in Sri Lanka over cremation of Muslim COVID victimsAnger mounts after at least 15 Muslims, including 20-day-old baby, are cremated against family wishes.
‘Alarming pattern’: Second Afghan journalist killed in a weekElyas Dayee, a radio journalist, killed in a blast in Helmand days after another journalist was killed in Kabul.
Will Biden stay on the course set by Trump in Afghanistan?How will Biden’s election as the US president affect the Afghan peace process, which was pushed by his predecessor.
Russian peacekeepers head to Nagorno-Karabakh: Live newsMoscow says planes carrying peacekeepers are travelling to region after peace deal reached.
Biden calls for healing in appeal to Trump votersPresident-elect Joe Biden declared it was “time to heal” a divided America in his first speech after winning election.
‘Young generation under attack’: Afghans shaken by Kabul carnageAfghanistan reels from attack on Kabul University that left at least 22 people, including 18 students, dead.