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Iraq Kurdish police fire warning shots as students protest
Nov 23, 2021 (AFP)
It was the third straight day of demonstrations outside their university in the northern city of Sulaimaniyah to demand the restoration of between $40 and $66 i...
Red Cross says Afghanistan sanctions behind 'infuriating' suffering
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
"I am livid," Dominik Stillhart, operations director at the International Committee of the Red Cross, said in a statement at the end of a six-day visit to Afgha...
Armenia, Azerbaijan say clashes erupt at border
Nov 16, 2021 (AFP)
The six-week armed conflict for control of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region claimed more than 6,500 lives and ended last November with a Russian-brokered tr...
Despite dangers, many Iraqi Kurds dream of reaching Europe
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
He won't say whether he will try to enter the EU across the Belarus-Poland border like thousands of others, but is determined to leave his home in Arbil in Iraq...
New US special envoy for Afghanistan to meet Taliban in Pakistan: officials
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
It will be Thomas West's first trip to the region since taking over from Zalmay Khalilzad, the long-serving diplomat who spearheaded the talks that led to the U...
Iraqi Kurdistan vows to address 'root causes' of migrant flow
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
Concern is growing for more than 2,000 migrants -- mainly Kurds from the Middle East -- who are trapped at the border, with the UN Security Council to hold an e...
China may be carrying out Uyghur genocide: US Holocaust Museum
Nov 09, 2021 (AFP)
The United States has already declared that actions against the mostly Muslim group and other Turkic people in China's western region of Xinjiang amounts to gen...
Taliban victory sparks hopes of peace in rural Afghanistan
Nov 08, 2021 (AFP)
The hardliners' takeover of Kabul and the sudden collapse in August of the US-backed regime shocked the world and upended the freedoms of Afghans, which were pa...
US strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians did not violate law of war: Pentagon probe
Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)
Three adults, including a man who worked for a US aid group, and seven children were killed in the August 29 operation, with the target believed to have been a ...
China to build base for Tajikistan near Afghan border: official
Oct 28, 2021 (AFP)
The base points to deepening security cooperation between impoverished Tajikistan and China, which is reported to maintain another base in the southeast of the ...
Mullah Omar's son on TV as Taliban polish public image
Oct 27, 2021 (AFP)
The televised event saw Mohammad Yaqoob, Afghanistan's new defence minister, appealing to local businessmen to invest in hospitals and clinics, signalling the T...
Hunger forces Afghans to sell young daughters into marriage
Oct 26, 2021 (AFP)
Oblivious to the deal, six-year-old Faristeh and 18-month-old Shokriya sit by her side in a mud-brick and tarpaulin shelter for displaced people. "My husband sa...
43 countries call on China to respect Uyghur rights
Oct 22, 2021 (AFP)
The declaration, signed by the United States as well as several European and Asian member states and others, accused China of a litany of human rights violation...
NATO pushes own defences as Afghanistan lessons weighed
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
"We are undertaking a major adaptation to a more complex and competitive world," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after talks in Brussels. The meeti...
In Iraqi Kurdish city, women gain power without parity
Oct 21, 2021 (AFP)
Though equality may be a distant reality for many women in Iraq, in Halabja women have reached top levels of local government. Mayor, university dean, director ...
Russia, China, Iran to work with Taliban towards 'regional stability'
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
Moscow hosted the Taliban for talks in the Russian capital, seeking to assert its influence in the region and push for action against Islamic State fighters, wh...
NATO chief urges allies to overcome Afghanistan strains
Oct 20, 2021 (AFP)
The Taliban swept to power in the country after NATO troops withdrew on the back of a decision by US President Joe Biden to end Washington's longest war. The co...
US says won't join Afghanistan talks announced by Russia
Oct 18, 2021 (AFP)
The State Department blamed logistical issues but said it considered the Russian-led forum "constructive." "We look forward to engaging in that forum going forw...
Armenia says six troops injured in Azerbaijan attack
Oct 15, 2021 (AFP)
"Six servicemen were wounded in an attack by Azerbaijani armed forces" in Karabakh's Nor Shen community, Armenia's rights ombudsman, Arman Tatoyan, said on Face...
Putin says Iraq, Syria militants entering Afghanistan
Oct 13, 2021 (AFP)
"The situation in Afghanistan is not easy," Putin said during a video conference with security service chiefs of ex-Soviet states. "Militants from Iraq, Syria w...
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