Speed Post remained the biggest earner for India Post among value-added services and non-traditional sector; IPPB did not earn anything between FY18 and FY20 ... ( read original story ...)
Biden says ‘tough’ to meet May 1 deadline for Afghanistan troop pullout
U.S. President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that it will be “tough” for him to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw the last troops from Afghanistan, ending America's longest war ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq records new surge in COVID cases
Iraq recorded a new high of 5,663 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, health officials said, nearly two weeks since the visit of Pope Francis to the country. ( read original story ...)
Iraq’s Mandaeans celebrate baptism feast
Nearly two decades of violence, insecurity, neglect and indifference have destroyed Iraq's rich heritage. And one of its religious minority groups fears extinction unless its traditions and people are ... ( read original story ...)
Iraq: Humanitarian Bulletin, February 2021
English Situation Report on Iraq about Camp Coordination and Camp Management, Contributions, Epidemic and more; published on 17 Mar 2021 by OCHA ... ( read original story ...)
UN Network launches in support of Government of Iraq’s migration governance efforts
Baghdad — On 17 March, following a kick-off meeting in February, the United Nations Network for Migration was formally launched in Iraq. The Network supports the international community’s ... ( read original story ...)
Pope Francis Urges Peace in Myanmar, Says He Too ‘Kneeling in the Streets’
Pope Francis Wednesday appealed for peace in Myanmar, where clashes between police and coup protesters have left around 200 people dead. At the end of his weekly audience at the Vatican, the pope said ... ( read original story ...)
Protesters in Myanmar fight back amid violent crackdown
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Protesters in Myanmar fired slingshots and threw Molotov cocktails toward lines of security forces after apparently coming under fire Wednesday, a rare incidence of anti-coup ... ( read original story ...)
As Myanmar protesters torch Chinese factories, workers are caught in spiraling crisis
Smoke billows from an industrial zone in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Attacks on Chinese-run factories drew demands from Beijing for protection of Chinese property and employees. (AP) Xiang Jun has ... ( read original story ...)
‘Death sentence awaits us’: Coup-hit Myanmar officers in India
Dozens of Myanmar police officers and citizens who fled February 1 coup to India now face an uncertain future. ( read original story ...)