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More than 200,000 Yazidis still displaced in Iraq: UN
Aug 04, 2022 (AFP)
The needs of displaced persons living in and outside camps, and returnees remain high said the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). After seizin...
HRW calls for UN probe into 'abuses' in China's Xinjiang
Aug 03, 2022 (AFP)
The council "should establish an independent expert body to investigate those abuses", Lucy McKernan, HRW's acting director in Geneva, told reporters. "And give...
Top army commander among six killed in Pakistan chopper crash
Aug 02, 2022 (AFP)
Civilian authorities in Pakistan depend heavily on the army during natural calamities such as the floods which have swamped parts of the country this monsoon se...
Rocket fire targets Turkish consulate in Iraq's Mosul
Jul 27, 2022 (AFP)
The overnight fire came after deadly shelling blamed on the Turkish army killed nine civilians last week, prompting anti-Turkish protests in cities across Iraq....
Iraqi Kurd farmers battle drought as Lake Dukan retreats
Jul 26, 2022 (AFP)
Bapir Kalkani, who is also a trade unionist, farms near the picturesque lake but has seen marked changes over the past three years as Iraq suffers prolonged dro...
Iraq's Kurdistan caught in Turkish war with rebels
Jul 22, 2022 (AFP)
But with Turkey a regional economic, military and diplomatic power, can a weakened Iraq extricate itself from the decades-old war between Ankara and Kurdish reb...
Angry Iraq buries dead from shelling blamed on Turkey
Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)
Baghdad blames neighbouring Turkey and summoned the Turkish ambassador in protest. Ankara denied its troops were responsible and instead accused rebels of the o...
Iraq PM blames Turkey after Kurdistan shelling kills 9 civilians
Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)
In an unusually strong rebuke, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi warned Turkey that Baghdad reserves the "right to retaliate", calling the artillery fire a "fla...
China's Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown
Jul 15, 2022 (AFP)
The United States and lawmakers in other Western countries have labelled China's actions in Xinjiang a "genocide", imposing sanctions over the alleged human rig...
Dutch journalist says she was deported from Iraqi Kurdistan
Jul 14, 2022 (AFP)
Frederike Geerdink covers Kurdish and political issues in Turkey for Dutch media. Her Twitter bio touts her inside knowledge of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PK...
Iran says members of Kurdish 'terror network' arrested
Jul 13, 2022 (AFP)
"All 10 members of this network, who were entering the country through the border areas of West Azerbaijan province and were supported by separatist terrorists ...
Baggage of despair: Iraqi Kurd plans new escape to Europe
Jul 12, 2022 (AFP)
"There is no future here," says the 36-year-old from the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq's north. Talib, his hair gelled back and beard neatly trimmed, live...
BBC probe suggests Afghan war crimes by UK special forces
Jul 12, 2022 (AFP)
Unarmed Afghan men were routinely shot dead "in cold blood" by SAS troops during night-time raids during the long war, and weapons were planted on them to justi...
CORRECTED: German lawmakers recommend Yazidi 'genocide' recognition
Jul 09, 2022 (AFP)
"The recognition of the genocide is an essential step to overcome the traumas for the Yazidi community," said Greens MP Max Lucks, highlighting the precarious s...
German lawmakers recommend Yazidi 'genocide' recognition
Jul 09, 2022 (AFP)
"The recognition of the genocide is an essential step to overcome the traumas for the Yazidi community," said Greens MP Max Lucks, highlighting the precarious s...
German lawmakers recognise Yazidi 'genocide'
Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)
"The recognition of the genocide is an essential step to overcome the traumas for the Yazidi community," said Greens MP Max Lucks, highlighting the precarious s...
Swedish PM condemns MPs posing with PKK flag amid Turkey NATO row
Jul 06, 2022 (AFP)
NATO on Tuesday kicked off the accession procedures for Sweden and Finland after a deal was struck with Turkey, which had blocked the Nordic nations from joinin...
Erdogan says may still block Nordic NATO drive; Sweden wants judicial oversight
Jun 30, 2022 (AFP)
Erdogan issued his blunt warning at the end of a NATO summit at which the US-led alliance formally invited the Nordic countries to join the 30-nation bloc. The ...
Taliban to meet US on releasing frozen Afghan funds after quake
Jun 30, 2022 (AFP)
The White House said it is working "urgently" on the effort, but a member of the Afghan central bank's board said it could take time to finalise. The Taliban's ...
Turkey seeks extraditions from Finland, Sweden under NATO deal
Jun 29, 2022 (AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped weeks of resistance to Sweden and Finland joining NATO after crunch talks ahead of Wednesday's NATO summit in Mad...
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