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Dutch King apologises for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery

Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday apologised for the Netherlands' historic involvement in slavery and the effects that it still has today. The king was speaking at a ceremony marking the…

France violence: Macron blames it on video games

As the mobs continue to burn France after the fatal shooting of a Muslim man fleeing a traffic stop, the country's President Emmanuel Macron has blamed "video games" for the…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Germany and US provide tanks to Ukraine, Russia vows to ‘burn’ them </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> Germany and the US have broken a longstanding taboo by providing Ukraine with weapons that have primarily offensive capabilities, rather than defensive ones.</h4>
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Germany and US provide tanks to Ukraine, Russia vows to ‘burn’ them

Germany and the US have broken a longstanding taboo by providing Ukraine with weapons that have primarily offensive capabilities, rather than defensive ones.

Germany and the US plan to provide Ukraine with modern battle tanks. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sees this as a potential turning point in Ukraine's efforts to resist Russia's invasion, while…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >UN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women; calls for full, equal, and meaningful participation of women </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> “The Security Council…. reiterated its deep concern of the suspension of schools beyond the sixth grade, and its call for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan,” the UNSC said in a release dated 27 December.</h4>
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UN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women; calls for full, equal, and meaningful participation of women

“The Security Council…. reiterated its deep concern of the suspension of schools beyond the sixth grade, and its call for the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan,” the UNSC said in a release dated 27 December.

The UN Security Council on 27 December decried the increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan and urged the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately. “The Security Council…. reiterated…

Read more about the article <p class='singletitle' >Taliban’s Higher Education Minister defends banning women from universities, says they weren’t following Islamic instructions </p> <h4 class='subpost_title'> Women students have ignored Islamic instructions including what to wear or being accompanied by a male relative when travelling, the Taliban's Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem said. </h4>
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Taliban’s Higher Education Minister defends banning women from universities, says they weren’t following Islamic instructions

Women students have ignored Islamic instructions including what to wear or being accompanied by a male relative when travelling, the Taliban's Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem said.

Afghan universities were declared off limits to women because female students were not following Islamic instructions, the Taliban's Minister for Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, said on 22 December. "Unfortunately…

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