投稿者: Helen Sullivan
Analysis: the moralistic aspects of the new criminal code risk obscuring wider concerns about a stifling of protest and criticism of the stateShare your views on Indonesia’s new laws criminalising sex outside marriageIndonesia’s new criminal code limit…
Protesters in China deploy creative means to make political statements in order to evade censorsBlank sheets of paper, mathematical equations and even alpacas: protesters in China have found creative ways to express anger at the government’s zero-Covid…
Tao Huabi rose from humble origins in south-western China to create a beloved condiment that can now be found in fridges around the worldThere is a saying about the south-western Chinese province of Guizhou: “Not three feet of flat land, not three days…
Government pauses reopening plans after 837 new daily infections, despite just four deaths in a month among 80% vaccinated populationSingapore has reported its highest one-day Covid case total in more than a year, with 837 cases recorded on Tuesday.In …
Biden confirms end of 20-year military presence; US secretary of state says support for Taliban ‘will have to be earned’; Taliban fire guns into the air in Kabul in celebrationChaos and bloodshed as last US flight leaves KabulAfghanistan: what can refu…
Speaking on Saturday afternoon, Biden vows further strikes against Islamic State as airport terror threat ‘remains high’; largest UK evacuation mission since second world war comes to a closeJoe Biden says new Kabul terror attack highly likely in next …
Afghanistan live news: last dedicated civilian flight to UK has left Kabul, says Ministry of Defence
Final UK evacuation flight purely for Afghan nationals has departed; US drone strike killed Islamic State member, no civiliansAfghanistan drone strike targeted Islamic State ‘planner’ in car, US saysUK councils ‘ready to assist’ Afghan refugees but lac…
UK defence secretary says ‘sad fact is not every single one will get out’; Biden says the US will ‘hunt down’ Islamic State leaders responsible; American forces bracing for further attacksCivilians and soldiers dead after two suicide bombs strike Kabul…
A bomb attack by Islamic State on Kabul airport has claimed the lives of more than 60 civilians and 13 US service membersKabul airport attack – Afghanistan live news and updatesAt least 60 civilians and 13 US service members were killed on Thursday whe…
UK minister warns of credible reports of an attack threat as Danish minister says it’s no longer safe to fly; France says evacuations will end FridayUK warns Afghans to avoid airport due to terror attack threatGreece will mot be ‘gateway’ to Europe for…
Dominic Raab says numbers depend on ‘the window’ of opportunity; Germany will keep up Kabul evacuations for as long as the US does, Angela Merkel saysUS special relationship still alive after Afghan evacuation, says RaabBiden rejects pleas to keep troo…
Extension to Kabul evacuation deadline ‘unlikely’ says UK defence secretary; Biden decision expected soon to give Pentagon time to prepare; Taliban warn of ‘consequences’ if deadline extendedG7 leaders to seek unity on Taliban as deadline loomsUK scram…
‘If there’s American citizens left [after 31 August], we’re gonna stay till we get them all out,’ says Biden; ‘There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country,’ says Taliban officialAfghan ex-president in talk…
Jens Stoltenberg blames swift collapse of Afghan forces on leadership failure; senior Taliban leader in Kabul for negotiations – report‘Greater stability’ as western forces help to secure Kabul airportMacron accused of pandering to the far right over A…
Type of rule and the form of regime will be clear soon, says spokesperson for Taliban political office; Ashraf Ghani leaves the country; all US Embassy personnel evacuated to airport, says state department. Follow the latest updates‘This is not Saigon’…