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China hits out at criticism over Xinjiang, Tibet and Hong Kong
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
The move came as Beijing also hit out at Washington for appointing a new special coordinator for Tibet and blasted global powers over their criticism of local e...
US humanitarian exemptions on Afghan sanctions blocked by China
Dec 21, 2021 (AFP)
"They want the deletion" of a paragraph of the resolution allowing the sanctions committee responsible for Afghanistan to provide "exemptions from the freezing ...
US blacklists Chinese biotech industry over Uyghur surveillance
Dec 17, 2021 (AFP)
The United States has been ramping up pressure on China amid a crop of disputes, with President Joe Biden's administration a day earlier targeting producers of ...
Morocco court approves Uyghur extradition to China: lawyer
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
Experts say China may have detained as many as a million Uyghurs in "political re-education camps". "The judiciary confirmed yesterday that my client would be e...
Afghan flights delayed as snow blankets Kabul airport
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
Kabul's streets were also largely empty as shop owners, government employees and workers stayed indoors to seek shelter from the freezing weather. The cold snap...
Kurds find mass grave of 'IS victims' in Iraq
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
"A mass grave was discovered on Thursday in the Duraji area" where there are many caves once used as hideouts by the Islamic State group (IS), the official said...
US sets up commission on Afghanistan failures
Dec 15, 2021 (AFP)
The commission was part of a $768 billion annual defense package passed by the Senate 89-10 after similarly overwhelming approval last week by the House of Repr...
Taliban behind at least 72 extrajudicial killings: UN
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
United Nations deputy rights chief Nada Al-Nashif said she was deeply alarmed by continuing reports of such killings, despite a general amnesty announced by the...
France says mostly Iraqi Kurds dead in Channel tragedy
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
A statement from the Paris prosecutor said that there were 17 men among the deceased aged 19-26, seven women aged 22-46, as well as a 16-year-old teenager and a...
World Bank says donors approve release of $280 mn for Afghanistan
Dec 10, 2021 (AFP)
The fund from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) will go "to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan at this critical time," ...
China's Uyghur population control was genocide: report
Dec 09, 2021 (AFP)
Nine lawyers and human rights experts published their opinion after hearing allegations of torture, rape and inhumane treatment at two evidence sessions this ye...
US House votes to punish China over Uyghur treatment
Dec 09, 2021 (AFP)
Members of the House voted 428-1 to pass the "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act," which requires corporations to prove "with clear and convincing evidence" tha...
US, West blast Taliban over reported 'summary killings' of ex-security forces
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
"We are deeply concerned by reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces as documented by Human Right...
Taliban reject claims of 'summary killings' of ex-security forces
Dec 05, 2021 (AFP)
The US, other Western nations and allies on Saturday said they were "deeply concerned" by allegations by Human Rights Watch and others that point to "serious hu...
9 Iraq Kurd fighters, 3 brothers killed in attacks blamed on IS
Dec 03, 2021 (AFP)
The jihadists attacked the village of Khidir Jija, south of the Kurdish capital of Arbil, late Thursday, killing the three civilians and two peshmerga, Kurdish ...
German court to rule in Yazidi 'genocide' case
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
Taha Al-Jumailly, 29, who allegedly joined IS in 2013, faces life in prison if found guilty of genocide as well as crimes against humanity, war crimes and human...
World Bank considers releasing humanitarian aid for Afghanistan
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
The bank's management will discuss the proposal at an informal board meeting on Tuesday to re-direct funds from the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF)...
Germany gives first verdict to call out IS 'genocide' against Yazidis
Nov 30, 2021 (AFP)
The court in Frankfurt sentenced an Iraqi man to life in jail for genocide against the Yazidis, as well as crimes against humanity resulting in death, war crime...
Zara blocked in France over Uyghur probe
Nov 29, 2021 (AFP)
Zara France wanted to double the surface area of its shop in the centre of the southern city of Bordeaux, but on November 9 the regional commission charged with...
After helping his own family, a Kurd aids others in Poland
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
Palani, a 49-year-old Iraqi Kurd, fled Saddam Hussein's regime 20 years ago, ending up in Britain where he gained citizenship. "I tried to bring my family to UK...
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