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‘No one should suffer like me’: families of Qatar’s dead migrant workers left with nothing
Qatar is a magnet for south Asian labour, but failure to investigate deaths leaves dependents without compensa…
- Afghanistan, Aid, China, Foreign policy, Germany, Global development, Humanitarian response, Liz Truss, Politics, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South and Central Asia, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, World news
UN donor conference falls billions short of $4.4bn target to help Afghanistan
Conference raises only $2.44bn as Russian foreign minister says west is responsible for country’s humanitarian…
- Bangladesh, Construction industry, Employment, Global development, Human rights, Inequality, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Nepal, Qatar, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World news
Revealed: migrant workers in Qatar forced to pay billions in recruitment fees
Guardian investigation finds labourers – including those on World Cup-related projects – were left with huge d…
- Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Up to 10,000 Asian migrant workers die in the Gulf every year, claims report
Campaigners say not enough is being done to prevent loss of life and the causes of death are not being properl…
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Lives lost at Europe’s borders and Afghan MPs in exile: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Mexico to Manila Continue reading...
- Abortion, Access to water, Afghanistan, Africa, Americas, Belarus, Climate crisis, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Drought, Europe, European Union, Extreme weather, Famine, Human rights, Inequality, Iraq, Kurds, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Mining, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Poverty, Protest, Qatar, Refugees, Russia, South and Central Asia, Syria, Turkey, US-Mexico border, Water, Women's rights and gender equality, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2022, World news
Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading...
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Taliban say they will not cooperate with US to contain IS extremists
Comments made as talks begin in Qatar to discuss allowing foreigners and at-risk Afghans to evacuateThe Taliba…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
UK officials return to Afghanistan to meet Taliban for first time since takeover
Diplomats visit Kabul to raise issue of ‘safe passage’ for Britons leaving Afghanistan and rights of womenBrit…
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Afghanistan flight carrying more than 100 foreign passengers lands in Doha
Antony Blinken thanks Qatar and Taliban for facilitating flight that he says shows US commitment to help citiz…
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Afghanistan: Taliban claim to have taken control of Panjshir valley
Taliban fighters pictured outside governor’s compound, but Ahmad Massoud’s rebels deny province has fallenThe …
- Afghanistan, Dominic Raab, Drugs, Drugs policy, Imran Khan, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Politics, Priti Patel, Qatar, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, US news, World news
Martin Rowson on the possibility of nitrous oxide being criminalised – cartoon
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- Afghanistan, Dominic Raab, Foreign policy, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Qatar, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, World news
Evacuations from Kabul may resume ‘in near future’, says Raab
Foreign minister says UK must engage with Taliban in Afghanistan after meeting with Qatari officialsEvacuation…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Islamic State, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US military, US news, World news
Some slept, some cried, all were now refugees: inside one of the last Afghan airlifts
Those on board the cramped military plane weren’t granted a last glimpse of their homeland before the difficul…
- Afghanistan, Dominic Raab, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Middle East and North Africa, Politics, Qatar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, UK news, World news
Foreign Office playing catch-up on Afghanistan, says ex-ambassador
Sir Nicholas Kay says he feels shame over collapse to Taliban as he calls for lessons learned inquiry The form…
- Afghanistan, Asia Pacific, China, Europe, France, G7, Germany, Middle East and North Africa, Nato, Qatar, Russia, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Turkey, UK news, US news, World news
International talks aim for consensus on Taliban government
Western G7 powers are meeting Turkey, Qatar and Nato in Doha to discuss how Kabul airport could be reopenedAfg…