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Egypt ex-VP slams rights situation under al-Sisi regime

Mohamed ElBaradei, who briefly served as vice-president following Egypt’s 2013 military coup, has decried the country’s human rights situation under President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi's rule.  In a Thursday tweet, ElBaradei, who served as director-general of the International Atomic...

China to ease IPO rules on planned board to lure tech titans

China will relax rules on IPOs for a planned Nasdaq-style tech board in Shanghai as it seeks to encourage start-ups to list at home after losing the likes of Alibaba and Baidu to Wall Street. Existing rules on initial public offerings ban companies from listing unless they have a track...

Kabul control slips in Afghanistan amid US talks with Taliban

The Kabul government is steadily losing its grip over parts of Afghanistan even as American forces intensify their air campaign against insurgent groups, a US government watchdog said Thursday. The latest grim assessment of Afghanistan's security situation comes as the US pursues talks with...

US report sees bleak chances of Indo-Pak rapprochement

A U.S. intelligence report has claimed challenges facing South Asia will grow in 2019 because of elections in India and Afghanistan and Pakistan’s “non-cooperation” in dealing with militant groups. World Threat Assessment report by the U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence noted...