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India’s hijab dispute reaches other states

16-02-2022 Bureau Report LUCKNOW/ NEW DELHI: A dispute over restrictions on the wearing of the hijab by female students in a southern Indian state has now reached India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, with a group of youngsters asking a college to ban the head covering. Authorities closed colleges …

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Taliban release 4 missing Afghan women activists

15-02-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies KABUL/ ISLAMABAD/ WASHINGTON: Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the Taliban (de-facto authorities) after going missing weeks ago, the United Nations (UN) claimed. Since storming back to power in August, the Taliban have cracked down on dissent by …

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Saudi-led coalition bombs Yemen’s capital

15-02-2022 SANA’A/ RIYADH/ DUBAI: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi rebels says it has destroyed a telecommunication system used to control drones in the rebel-held capital, Sanaa, according to the official Saudi News Agency SPA. The bombing on Monday targeted a ground station for satellites in the vicinity of …

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Fire breaks out at Iranian military base

14-02-202O TEHRAN: A fire broke out in a Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) military base in western Iran, local media reported, but the cause of the blaze was not immediately clear. The fire started in a stockroom where motor oil and other flammable materials were stored in the Mahidasht district of Kermanshah …

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America slams hijab ban in India

14-02-202O WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US official has voiced concerns about the controversial banning of the headscarf at schools and colleges in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, prompting a strongly worded rebuttal from New Delhi. Rashad Hussain, the US ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom, said in a tweet on Friday …

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