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Mar- 2021 -

12 March

Russia Backs Plans for Afghanistan Interim Rule With Taliban

Russia said Friday it was in favor of Afghanistan forming an interim government including members of the Taliban, ahead of talks next week in Moscow aiming to resolve the conflict.

11 March

Tactical training at the Russian University of Spetsnaz (Special Operations Forces) in the Chechen Republic

Staff Writer With AFP

Russia Says Foiled ‘Terror’ Attack in North Caucasus

Russia said Thursday it had killed a suspected militant planning a terror attack in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.

11 March

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn

Staff Writer With AFP

US Warship Transits Taiwan Strait After Admiral’s China Invasion Warning

A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the American navy said Thursday, a day after a top US commander warned of the threat to Taiwan of a Chinese invasion within the next six years.

10 March

Taiwan military with flag. Photo: Sam Yeh

Staff Writer With AFP

China Accuses US Admiral of ‘Hyping up’ Threat of Taiwan Invasion

China on Wednesday accused a top US commander of attempting to "hype up" the threat of an invasion of Taiwan to inflate Washington's defense spending and justify its own military chicanery in Asia.

5 March

People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers march during the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing

Staff Writer With AFP

China Military Budget to Grow 6.8% in 2021

China's military budget -- the second largest in the world after the US -- is set to increase by 6.8 percent in 2021, the finance ministry announced Friday.

4 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Seven Ethnic Hazaras Killed in Eastern Afghanistan

At least seven members of Afghanistan's persecuted Hazara ethnic group were brutally murdered in the country's restive east, officials said Thursday.

2 March

Staff Writer With AFP

Three Female Media Workers Shot to Death in Eastern Afghanistan

Three female media workers were shot and killed in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Tuesday, their TV network said.

1 March

Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Staff Writer With AFP

US Envoy in Kabul as Questions Over Troop Withdrawal Swirl

The US special envoy to Afghanistan touched down in Kabul for meetings with Afghan leaders, in a bid to revive a flagging peace process as violence soars in the war-weary country and a deadline for US troop withdrawal draws closer.

Feb- 2021 -

24 February

Protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in front of the Indonesian embassy in Yangon

Bidisha Das

Human Rights Organizations Call for Arms Embargo on Myanmar

In an open letter to the UN Security Council, 137 human rights organizations from over 30 countries demanded the council immediately impose an international arms embargo on Myanmar.

23 February