Taliban tell Afghan women to stay home from work because soldiers are ‘not trained’ to respect them
www.cnn.com Fear is mounting for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban told working women to stay at home, admitting they were not safe in the hands of the militant group’s soldiers.… Read More
Taliban say they won’t allow Afghans to leave country, reject evacuation extension
www.cnn.com An estimated 6,500 people were waiting for evacuation flights inside Kabul airport on Tuesday morning, a source close to the situation told CNN, as G7 leaders prepared to meet for an emergency summit to discuss the August 31 deadline for the withdrawal of American troops.… Read More
Kabul’s airport is the epicenter of a desperate and deadly scramble to escape the Taliban
www.cnn.com One week after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, the situation at the capital’s airport has become increasingly desperate, with more than 20,000 people in and around the facility trying to board flights and another seven Afghan civilians killed in crushes, amid one of the largest airlifts in history.… Read
The Taliban knocked on her door 3 times. The fourth time, they killed her
www.cnn.com The Taliban knocked on her door 3 times. The fourth time, they killed her… Read More
Indonesia has thousands of empty hospital beds. So why are Covid-19 patients dying at home?
www.cnn.com Taufiq Hidayat enters the homes of the dead to claim bodies no one will touch.… Read More
Taliban seizes Afghanistan’s second-largest city
www.cnn.com The Taliban has taken control of the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second-largest city, Afghan Member of Parliament Gul Ahmad Kamin told CNN on Friday, as the insurgent group continues its rapid advancement toward the capital Kabul.… Read More
Disgraced K-pop star Seungri sentenced to three years on prostitution charges
www.cnn.com Former K-pop star Seungri was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday by a South Korean military court, more than two years after sexual assault allegations first emerged stunning the country.… Read More
North Korea issues warning to US and South Korea over ‘hostile acts’
www.cnn.com A senior North Korean official has denounced South Korea over its joint military exercises with the United States, which are due to begin this week, warning that such actions risked provoking “a serious security crisis.”… Read More
World’s smallest known baby at birth, who weighed 7.5 ounces, leaves hospital
www.cnn.com A baby born weighing just 212 grams (7.5 ounces) — about as heavy as a softball or an apple — has finally left hospital after more than a year and arrived at her family home.… Read More
Covid-19 cases are rising in countries praised for stopping outbreaks. Do they need to change their strategies?
www.cnn.com A year and a half since the first Covid-19 cases were identified, many countries in Asia-Pacific feel right back where they started.… Read More
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Hello ! I am Richard Y. Lim
Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
