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A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Nepal’s young protesters find an unlikely partner: the army
New York Times, Published on 11/09/2025
» KATHMANDU — When protesters in Nepal torched parliament, the Supreme Court and the homes of five former prime ministers on Tuesday, no one seemed to be in charge of a country in anarchy. Then, that night, Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel, the chief of the Nepali army, appeared in a short video, urging calm in the streets.
Gunman kills four and himself at Midtown Manhattan building
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A gunman killed at least four people and himself at an office tower that houses Blackstone Incorporated, Rudin Management, the National Football League and KPMG among others, sparking hours of chaos and fear in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.
Strong quake leaves at least 20 dead in Myanmar
New York Times, Published on 28/03/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, strongly shaking buildings across a vast expanse of Southeast Asia and causing damage in cities as far away as Bangkok in neighbouring Thailand. At least 20 people were killed in Myanmar, and three in Thailand.
US punishes Thai officials over deportation of Uyghurs to China
New York Times, Published on 17/03/2025
» BANGKOK — The United States has imposed visa sanctions on several Thai officials over the surprise deportation of 40 Uyghurs back to China last month, a rare instance of punishment for countries that have repatriated members of the persecuted Muslim minority despite warnings that the Uyghurs might face torture and long-term imprisonment upon their return.
'People will die': Trump aid cuts threaten refugees’ survival
New York Times, Published on 15/03/2025
» COX'S BAZAR — More than 1 million people in the world's largest refugee camp could soon be left with too little food for survival.
Trump orders halt to aid to South Africa, claiming mistreatment of white landowners
New York Times, Published on 08/02/2025
» NEW YORK — US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered that all foreign assistance to South Africa be halted and said his administration would prioritise the resettling of white, "Afrikaner refugees" into the United States because of what he called actions by the country's government that "racially disfavoured landowners."
How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
Syrian rebels breach city of Aleppo, in biggest advance in years
New York Times, Published on 30/11/2024
» ALEPPO — Syrian rebels breached the major city of Aleppo on Friday, according to the fighters and a war monitor, raising fears that the nation's long-running civil war is reigniting with an intensity not seen in years.
Sweden will offer migrants $34,000 to go home
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2024
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden, a nation long known for its open-arms policy toward migrants, plans to drastically increase its cash offer — by 35 times, to more than US$34,000 — to those who agree to go home.