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Peace deal 'within reach' in Armenia-Azerbaijan talks
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
The discussions between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov did not result in a deal to end the territoria...
Iraqi Kurds in the crossfire of Turkish army, militants
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
Residents of his village in Iraq's mountainous far north often find themselves caught in the crossfire between the Turkish army and fighters from the Kurdistan ...
France drops fashion group probe over Uyghur labour
May 04, 2023 (AFP)
The national anti-terror prosecutor's office in Paris, which looks into purported crimes against humanity, said it had halted the investigation. The plaintiffs'...
US lawmakers query Shein, Adidas, Nike over Uyghur rights concerns
May 03, 2023 (AFP)
On Tuesday, a group of lawmakers sent letters to the CEOs of Adidas, Nike, Shein and Chinese shopping app Temu with questions about their supply chains. In the ...
Russia says 'no alternative' to its Karabakh mediation after US initiative
May 02, 2023 (AFP)
"For the moment, there is no other legal basis that would help a resolution. There is no alternative to these trilateral documents," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pe...
US hosts Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks
May 01, 2023 (AFP)
The two sides have gone to war twice, in 1990 and 2020, leaving tens of thousands dead, and clashes regularly erupt over the territory, an Armenian-majority reg...
Learning a language for loss: Uyghur school in US offers link to homeland
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
Classes at the Ana Care and Education center strive to be nonpolitical, said Irade Kashgary, 29, who cofounded the school with her mother Sureyya. But in recent...
Two dead after landslide at Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing
Apr 18, 2023 (AFP)
The landslide struck Torkham border post, the busiest and most important transit point for trade between the two countries, as more than 120 trucks were waiting...
Chinese engineer in Pakistan police protection after blasphemy accusation
Apr 17, 2023 (AFP)
Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even rumours of sacrilegious remarks can incite lynch mobs and deadly violence. Officia...
Two killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey
Apr 16, 2023 (AFP)
The strikes late Saturday near the town of Penjwen, close to the Iranian border, targeted a vehicle carrying Turkish Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers...
China 'concerned' about impact of Afghan policies on women's rights
Apr 14, 2023 (AFP)
Qin's comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the Uni...
Iraqi Kurds protest Turkish bombardment of airport
Apr 09, 2023 (AFP)
The bombardment on Friday caused an explosion near the airport wall while the commander of the Kurdish-led and US-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) was pres...
Iraq president slams Turkish bombardment of Kurdish region
Apr 08, 2023 (AFP)
"Turkish military operations against the Kurdistan region continue to take place, the last being the bombardment (Friday) against Sulaimaniyah civilian airport,...
Turkey suspends air links with Iraqi Kurdish city
Apr 05, 2023 (AFP)
Ankara shut down air links on Monday and the freeze on flights would last until at least July 3 before being reviewed, said the ministry statement. "This decisi...
Kazakhstan leader meets China's Xinjiang party chief
Mar 27, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing has long been accused of rights violations against the Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the northwestern region. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart To...
China tries to block prominent Uyghur speaker at UN
Mar 23, 2023 (AFP)
Dolkun Isa, a Uyghur activist based in Germany and president of the World Uyghur Congress, spoke up during a general debate about concerns around the world. Poi...
UK launches Afghan unlawful killings inquiry
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
The inquiry will look at a number of detention operations and how allegations of wrongdoing were investigated by military police, in particular whether there we...
At least 13 killed in Afghanistan-Pakistan earthquake
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
The United States Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.5 quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan, but the depth of 187 kilometres (116 miles) ...
Biden expresses 'solidarity' with China's Uyghurs
Mar 22, 2023 (AFP)
"Together with our partners, the United States stands in solidarity with Muslims who continue to face oppression, including Uyghurs in the People's Republic of ...
Iraq, Turkey to hold water talks; Iran, Iraq sign border deal; 9 Kurds kill in Iraq crash
Mar 20, 2023 (AFP)
Sudani is set to meet Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his first visit to Iraq's northern neighbour since he came to power in October, an adviser to t...
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