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Global anti-money laundering watchdog FATF suspends Russia’s membership

The FATF sets standards for more than 200 countries and jurisdictions and seeks to help authorities tackle serious crime including drug smuggling, human trafficking and terrorism. The anti-money laundering watchdog said that Russia was still accountable for implementing FATF’s standards

Respect and protect rights of all Afghan women, revoke policies targeting them: UN to Taliban

Afghanistan's hardline Islamist rulers last week banned women from working in non-governmental organisations. The Taliban have already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls

Angelina Jolie quits UN refugee agency after more than two decades

The Hollywood actress has carried out more than 60 field missions with UNHCR, shining a spotlight on the plight of millions of people displaced from their homes over the past two decades

The Famous Five: The scientists who have won two Nobel prizes

American Barry Sharpless is only the fifth person ever to win a second Nobel Prize, two decades after being awarded his first. He won the illustrious award in 2001 for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions

Lebanon shipwreck: Toll rises to 89; army arrests 'suspected' smuggler

As many as 150 people were on board the small boat that sank off the Syrian port of Tartus, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of Tripoli in Lebanon, from where the migrants set sail. At least 20 people have been rescued

More than 4.1 million refugees have fled Ukraine since beginning of Russian invasion

Women and children account for 90 per cent of those who have left Ukraine, with men aged 18 to 60 eligible for military call-up and unable to leave

At least 736 Afghan nationals recorded for new registration from 1 Aug to 11 Sept: UNHCR

According to the UN body's statement, the total number of persons of concern to UNHCR in India stands at 43,157. Among them, 15,559 refugees and asylum seekers are from Afghanistan

Taliban may have access to biometric data of civilians who helped US military

Registering in a biometric database means trusting not just the current organisation requesting the data but any future organisation that may come into power or have access to the data

COVID-19-induced closure of 15 lakh schools impacted 24.7 crore children in India, finds UNICEF study

The report stated that online education is not an option for all in India as only one in four children has access to digital devices and internet connectivity

Malaysian court halts deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear appeal by two rights groups

In their legal filing, the groups said three persons registered with UNHCR and 17 minors, with at least one parent still in Malaysia, were being sent back