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China’s Belt And Road: Future Opportunities For Singapore? | Singapore & The BRI |

105,488 views Oct 20, 2023 #Sustainability#CNAInsider#China 2023 marks the 10th anniversary of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. As the BRI continues to evolve, opportunities for Singapore remain in the areas of infrastructure expertise and legal services and are emerging in green innovations, green financing sectors. In the next decade, how can Singapore continue to tap…

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Singapore: The Greatest Disaster In British Military History | Battlefield | War Stories

448,579 views Sep 18, 2023 #warstories#documentary#military On the 15th February 1942, Imperial Japanese forces captured the British stronghold of Singapore. Not only was Singapore Britain’s economic base of operations for east-Asia but it was also key to their defensive strategy of the other commonwealth countries in the region. This embarrassing defeat was so surprising that…

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Taliban enters presidential palace in Kabul

3,056,663 views Aug 15, 2021 The Taliban has entered the presidential palace in Kabul after President Ashraf Ghani left the country. Ghani’s move came amid negotiations between the Afghan government and Taliban fighters.

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Why are so many Afghans being kicked out of Pakistan? | Start Here

762,041 views Dec 7, 2023 #AJStartHere More than 370,000 Afghans have fled Pakistan after the government there announced a crackdown on undocumented refugees. What’s going on? And what do deteriorating relations between Pakistan’s government and the Taliban government in Afghanistan have to do with it? #AJStartHere with Sandra Gathmann explains.

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Can the Taliban fix Afghanistan’s economic crisis? | Start Here

2,963,314 views Aug 15, 2022 #AJStartHere#aljazeeraenglish#talibanAfghanistan’s economy has been in turmoil since the Taliban took power a year ago. How did it get so bad? And can the Taliban turn things around? Sandra Gathmann takes #AJStartHere on the road to Afghanistan to explain what’s going on. 📣 Check out Sandra’s other episode from Afghanistan, where…

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Who are the Taliban? | Start Here

5,385,582 views May 30, 2021 AFGHANISTANWho are the Taliban? The Taliban have been fighting the Afghan government and its allies for decades. Now the US is pulling its soldiers out of Afghanistan and the Taliban seem stronger than ever. Who are the Taliban really? And how is it that they have so much power? Subscribe…

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In Search of Al Qaeda (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

957,574 views Premiered Aug 24, 2021 #Documentary​ In December 2001, as American forces blasted mountain hideouts in the Tora Bora region of Afghanistan, hundreds of Al Qaeda soldiers fled seemingly disappearing into thin air. In this 2002 documentary, FRONTLINE investigates what happened to the fighters who survived. This journalism is made possible by viewers like…

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America’s Longest War: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan (2021)

1,645,075 views Nov 19, 2023 #CNN#News After nearly 20 years in Afghanistan, the US military, at President Biden’s direction, withdrew troops from the country, bringing an end to America’s longest war. In this CNN documentary, top US commanders from the war wrestle with mistakes and regrets to discover what went wrong. #CNN#News

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North Korea’s most powerful woman | DW Documentary

7,405,305 views Nov 26, 2023 #dwdocumentary#documentary She’s probably the most powerful woman in North Korea: Kim Yo Jong, the dictator’s younger sister. She’s viewed as an emotionless and shrewd strategist for her brother, the North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. But just who is the “Red Princess”? Kim Jong Un’s rise began in 2011 when…

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Antarctica SHUT DOWN By The US After Drone Captures What No One Was Supposed To See

1,059,638 views Feb 9, 2024 Antartica SHUT DOWN By The US After Drone Captures What No One Was Supposed To See “THE U.S DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!” Deleted Footage Leaked From The US Navy Locked in away ice, Antarctica guards mysteries that might just rewrite the story of our past and shake up…

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Palestine 1920: The Other Side of the Palestinian Story | Al Jazeera World Documentary

4,238,476 views Feb 2, 2022 #Documentary#Palestine#History “A land without a people, and a people without a land” is how the relationship between Palestine and the Jewish people was described by Christian writers in the 1800s. And the 20th-century history of the Middle East has largely been written through these eyes. But this film from Al…

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Inside the Taliban’s war on drugs – BBC News

2,426,140 views Jun 6, 2023 #BBCNews#Afghanistan Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have been more successful in cracking down on opium than anyone ever has, a BBC investigation has found. The BBC has travelled to major poppy growing areas and had exclusive access to remote provinces where our journalists have seen that farmers have either not grown opium…

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Life in the Taliban’s Afghanistan

12,212,731 views Feb 13, 2022 #VICENews#News Six months after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, women’s rights are rapidly eroding. Help keep VICE News’ fearless reporting free for millions by making a one time or ongoing contribution here. – https://vice.com/contribute Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: http://vicenews.com

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The REAL “Fallen Angels” They Don’t Want You To Know About

403,733 views Dec 10, 2023 #universeinsideyou Etched within the venerable pages of ancient texts and shrouded in the mystique of old mythologies, there lies a theme both haunting and enthralling: the saga of the fallen angels. These celestial entities, known as the Watchers, are shrouded in awe and dread, and have ignited the flames of…