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President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, about the withdrawal of the remainder of US troops from Afghanistan [Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP]

Biden’s goal: Ending ‘America’s longest war’ in Afghanistan

The US president announces his troop withdrawal plan, which is celebrated by some and causes concern among others.

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Taiwan is stepping up its preparedness as it faces an escalating number of incursions into its airspace by Chinese aircraft [Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]

Is China really about to invade Taiwan?

Analysts say US military’s warnings of rising threat reflect deterioration in US-China ties rather than any real change.

In the US, where the pandemic has killed more than 564,000, a little more than 37 percent of people have received at least one COVID-19 jab [Mary Altaffer/Pool via Reuters]

Former world leaders urge Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has faced increasing pressure to account for his government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic [File: Evaristo Sa/AFP]

Brazil Senate investigating Bolsonaro’s handling of COVID-19

Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful [Maxar Technologies via Reuters]

Iran ‘almost’ ready for 60% uranium enrichment

This video screengrab shows burned chairs, tables and other objects in the school [Boureima Issoufou/AP Photo]

Niger: ‘Total mourning’ as 20 pre-school children perish in fire

A bartender wearing a protective mask arranges glasses at a bar in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, November 16, 2020 [File: Tim Krochak/Bloomberg via Getty Images]

As COVID rages in Canada, Atlantic provinces set model to follow

Somalia’s lower house of parliament voted to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s four-year term, which expired in February, for another two years [File: Feisal Omar/REUTERS]

Five things to know about Somalia’s political turmoil

Members of the Turkish Coast Guard take refugees, who were allegedly pushed back from the Greece side, on a boat on April 10, 2021 [Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE]

Refugee pushbacks: Greece prepares to indict whistleblowers

Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict, with hundreds of thousands displaced [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters]

Eritrean troops kill 3 civilians in ‘unprovoked attack’: Group


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Taiwan is stepping up its preparedness as it faces an escalating number of incursions into its airspace by Chinese aircraft [Ritchie B Tongo/EPA]

Is China really about to invade Taiwan?

In the US, where the pandemic has killed more than 564,000, a little more than 37 percent of people have received at least one COVID-19 jab [Mary Altaffer/Pool via Reuters]

Former world leaders urge Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has faced increasing pressure to account for his government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic [File: Evaristo Sa/AFP]

Brazil Senate investigating Bolsonaro’s handling of COVID-19

Iran insists its nuclear programme is peaceful [Maxar Technologies via Reuters]

Iran ‘almost’ ready for 60% uranium enrichment

This video screengrab shows burned chairs, tables and other objects in the school [Boureima Issoufou/AP Photo]

Niger: ‘Total mourning’ as 20 pre-school children perish in fire

A bartender wearing a protective mask arranges glasses at a bar in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, November 16, 2020 [File: Tim Krochak/Bloomberg via Getty Images]

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Somalia’s lower house of parliament voted to extend President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s four-year term, which expired in February, for another two years [File: Feisal Omar/REUTERS]

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Members of the Turkish Coast Guard take refugees, who were allegedly pushed back from the Greece side, on a boat on April 10, 2021 [Erdem Sahin/EPA-EFE]

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Thousands of people have been killed in the conflict, with hundreds of thousands displaced [File: Baz Ratner/Reuters]

Eritrean troops kill 3 civilians in ‘unprovoked attack’: Group

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This satellite image released by NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Seroja bearing down on the coast of Western Australia [NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via AP]

Cyclone Seroja cuts power to thousands in Western Australia

Australia began its vaccination campaign in February, mostly using AstraZeneca but with some doses of the Pfizer BioNTech jab [File: Toby Zerna/Pool Photo via AP]

Australia drops vaccine goal after AstraZeneca advice change

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

Australia to end sexual harassment exemption for politicians

The UK set up its new tech firm regulator after concluding that Facebook and Google have significant market power in their respective sectors [File: Chris Jackson/Getty Images]

New UK watchdog set to curb Big Tech’s hold over news media

Though most Australian states have allowed quarantine-free visits from New Zealanders for months, New Zealand has continued mandatory quarantine from its neighbour, citing concern about small COVID-19 outbreaks there [Marty Melville/AFP]

Australia-New Zealand travel bubble to begin on April 19

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military deposed Aung San Suu Kyi's elected government on February 1 [Handout/ AFP]

Australian couple released from detention in Myanmar

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Latest Bangladesh News

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Migrant people and workers leave Dhaka in speedboats before the countrywide lockdown, at Mawa ferry port in Munshiganj [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Bangladesh COVID shutdown triggers exodus from capital Dhaka

A few vehicles ply on a usually clogged street during a coronavirus lockdown in Dhaka last week [Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh to impose week-long air travel ban after COVID surge

Bangladeshi police make a rickshaw puller wear a mask as they enforce a lockdown in Dhaka [Al-emrun Garjon/AP]

Bangladesh protest over COVID curbs turns violent, three shot

Packed ferries at Dhaka's Sadarghat ferry terminal taking people home as Bangladesh imposes lockdown [Rehman Asad/NurPhoto via Getty Images]

Bangladesh enforces weeklong lockdown amid spike in COVID cases

People work to put out a fire in a makeshift market near a Rohingya camp in Kutupalong, Bangladesh [Shafiqur Rahman/AP Photo]

Fire kills 3 in market near Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Several Bangladeshi journalists and activists have recently been arrested for making critical remarks against Hasina, right, in the picture here with Modi [File: Anupam Nath/AP Photo]

Bangladesh teen held for ‘offensive video’ mocking Hasina, Modi

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Turkish writer Ahmet Altan ‘released from prison’

Ahmed Altan was released from Istanbul’s high-security Silivri prison following the Supreme Court of Appeals’ order.

Altan was jailed for his alleged involvement in a failed 2016 coup attempt [File: Bulent Kilic/AFP]

Hunger-striking US activists demand end to Yemen blockade

Activists urge US President Joe Biden to end backing for Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, where millions are going hungry.

Yemeni-American activist Iman Saleh, who launched a hunger strike for Yemen in March 2020, participates in a protest in Washington, DC, the United States on April 3, 2021 [Courtesy Laura Albast]

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Crypto watershed: Coinbase debuts on the Nasdaq

Coinbase’s debut comes as Bitcoin is accelerating its march towards becoming a mainstream form of payment.

Coinbase opened for trading on the Nasdaq at $381 a share and quickly climbed to $429, but lost steam to close at $328 [File: Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg]

Pricey pixel: Digital artist Pak’s NFTs auctioned off for $16.8M

The Pixel, an image of a single pixel, fetched $1.36m after a 90-minute bidding war in the Southeby’s auction.

The Sotheby's sale, called The Fungible’ Collection, had a complex structure, including a series of digital cubes which collectors could buy for $500 to $1,500 each, receiving a number of NFTs based on how many cubes they own [File: Richard Drew/AP Photo]
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