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Turkey 'got what it wanted' from Sweden, Finland talks: Erdogan's office
Jun 28, 2022 (AFP)
"Turkey has made significant gains in the fight against terrorist organisations," said the Turkish statement, adding: "Turkey got what it wanted." The two Nordi...
Pakistani migrants in Afghanistan caught in quake no-man's land
Jun 27, 2022 (AFP)
"I wish I had been among the dead," he told AFP, holding back tears as he bemoaned his fate in the aftermath of last week's 5.9-magnitude quake that killed at l...
Taliban pledge no interference with quake aid, but many await relief
Jun 25, 2022 (AFP)
Even before Wednesday's quake the country was in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, with aid flows and financial assistance severely curtailed since the Taliban...
US vows enforcement as ban on Xinjiang imports takes effect
Jun 21, 2022 (AFP)
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which will be felt especially in the textile industry, took effect six months after it was signed into law by President ...
Drone strike kills 4 PKK fighters in Iraqi Kurdistan: security
Jun 17, 2022 (AFP)
Turkish army drones targeted a "vehicle belonging to PKK fighters" in the city of Kalar, the anti-terrorist squad in Iraqi Kurdistan said in a statement. It kil...
Child killed in Iraq strike blamed on Turkey
Jun 15, 2022 (AFP)
The heartland of Iraq's Yazidi minority, Sinjar is frequently targeted by Turkish air strikes against bases of Turkey's separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK...
Countries blame China at UN over Xinjiang 'abuses'
Jun 14, 2022 (AFP)
"We continue to be gravely concerned about the human rights situation in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region," Paul Bekkers, the Dutch ambassador to the UN in Gen...
Armed drone attack wounds three in Iraqi Kurdistan
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
"Several vehicles were damaged" in the attack, the Kurdistan Autonomous Counter-Terrorism Agency said in a statement, which took place on the road that connects...
European Parliament warns of China 'genocide' risk
Jun 09, 2022 (AFP)
It was not the first time that members of the EU assembly in Strasbourg spoke out against crimes against the Uyghurs, but it comes as Washington is also sharpen...
Dozens of NGOs urge UN rights chief to resign after China visit
Jun 08, 2022 (AFP)
More than 230 groups, many advocating for the rights of Uyghurs, Tibetans, and Hong Kongers, signed a joint statement calling for "the immediate resignation of ...
Turkey renews threat of military offensive in Syria
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
"We are taking another step in establishing a 30-kilometre security zone along our southern border. We will clean up Tal Rifaat and Manbij", he said, referring ...
Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq
May 29, 2022 (AFP)
The latest incidents bring to eight the number of Turkish troops killed in the region since Tuesday. One soldier was killed on Saturday when an improvised explo...
Kurdish asylum seekers on hunger strike in Poland
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
"The strike began on May 4," said Dagmara Bielec, a spokeswoman for the Polish border guard. She added that the six Iraqis and four Turks have requested asylum ...
UN rights chief falls under wheels of China's propaganda machine
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
Michelle Bachelet's long-planned trip this week has taken her to the far-western region where Beijing is accused of imprisoning over one million Uyghurs and oth...
Sweden not funding or arming 'terrorist organisations', PM tells Turkey
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
"We are not sending money to terrorist organisations, of course, nor any weapons," Andersson told a Stockholm press conference. Her remarks came as Finnish and ...
Xi speaks with UN rights chief as Xinjiang row rages
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
China's Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackdown...
Five Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq
May 25, 2022 (AFP)
Another two soldiers were wounded during fighting, said the ministry statement, which did not say where the clash took place. An earlier toll provided by the mi...
UN envoy's access to China's Xinjiang under scrutiny as trip begins
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
The ruling Communist Party is accused of detaining over one million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the far-western region as part of a years-long crackd...
China hopes UN rights chief visit will 'clarify misinformation': ministry
May 24, 2022 (AFP)
Wang Yi "expressed the hope that this trip would help enhance understanding and cooperation, and clarify misinformation" during a Monday meeting with Michelle B...
UN human rights chief begins contentious China visit
May 23, 2022 (AFP)
The tour by Michelle Bachelet marks the first by the UN's top rights official in nearly two decades and comes as Beijing stands accused of widespread abuses of ...
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