Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis – a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet – or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.
The regulations, issued by…
Category: 4. World
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Myanmar on 'path to self-destruction' if violence doesn’t end, UN envoy says
A widespread armed struggle against military rule in Myanmar began in February 2021 after generals seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
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1,212 soldiers’ bodies repatriated in latest swap with Russia
The bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers have been returned from Russia, Kyiv says, as part of a prisoner exchange agreement between the warring countries.
In return Russia received 27 bodies, Moscow’s chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said.
The…
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China Sent 2 Aircraft Carriers Into Pacific. That’s Notable
China has sent two aircraft carriers…
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