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US hits 5 Xinjiang companies with restrictions over forced labor
Jun 24, 2021 (AFP)
The White House said in a statement that Xinjiang-based Hoshine Silicon Industry Co. would not be able to sell its products into the United States due to "infor...
US pullout from Afghanistan marches ahead -- for now
Jun 24, 2021 (AFP)
Biden set a deadline for the final drawdown of troops and civilians of September 11, 2021, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States by Afgha...
US to evacuate some Afghan interpreters ahead of withdrawal: official
Jun 24, 2021 (AFP)
The move would keep the interpreters, facing violent reprisal from Taliban forces, safe as their special immigrant visas (SIVs) are processed, said the official...
US watching Taliban gains as it leaves Afghanistan: Pentagon
Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking in Congress, Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said 81 of 419 district centers had come under the control of the insurgents. While the Taliban ...
US could slow pullout from Afghanistan: Pentagon
Jun 21, 2021 (AFP)
Kirby stressed that President Joe Biden's deadline of a full withdrawal by September remains in place, but added that the pace could be adjusted based on condit...
Lithuania vows asylum for Afghan translators
Jun 18, 2021 (AFP)
"These are people who helped our forces. This is a matter of honour for our country to help them in return," Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte told AFP. Foreign M...
China accuses Belgian lawmaker of 'lies' over Xinjiang resolution
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
The motion, authored by MP Samuel Cogolati, was approved by the Belgian parliament's foreign relations committee and will be confirmed by a plenary session on J...
Hopes languish for Kurdish refugees in Iraq watching Iran vote
Jun 16, 2021 (AFP)
One of them, Behzad Mahmoudi, died after setting himself on fire last month in front of a UN office in Arbil, the capital of autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan. His dea...
Belgian MPs warn 'risk of genocide' of China's Uyghurs
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
The motion was approved by the parliament's foreign relations committee and will be confirmed by a plenary session on July 1, the MP who authored the resolution...
Iraqi Kurd woman speaker battles a man's world
Jun 15, 2021 (AFP)
Known for her straight talk, Faiq knew she would face challenges when she was elected in 2019 to the post in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. "In...
CENTCOM chief: No air support for Afghan forces after U.S. withdrawal
Jun 14, 2021 (UPI)
Gen. Frank McKenzie told Voice of America that any counterterrorism actions would be limited to situations involving discovery of plans to attack homelands of t...
Erdogan says US can count on Turkey after Afghanistan troop pullout
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
Erdogan also said he would discuss the issue in his first face-to-face meeting with US President Joe Biden on the margins of a NATO summit in Brussels on Monday...
Guam wants say in safe zone for US-bound Afghan allies
Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)
In a letter to US President Joe Biden, Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero said she needed to be certain "these decisions reflect the best interests of our people"....
Turkey 'eliminates' Kurdish militant near Iraq camp
Jun 11, 2021 (AFP)
The Anadolu state news agency said the "targeted" operation was staged near the Makhmur refugee camp, which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has singled out as an...
US will do 'what is necessary' to protect Afghan translators: general
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
"I can commit to you that it's my belief that the United States government will do what is necessary in order to ensure the safety and protection of those that ...
Amnesty terms Chinese Uyghur abuses 'crimes against humanity'
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
In a 160-page document that includes testimonies from former detainees in camps in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, Amnesty detailed what it called ...
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for PKK
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
"Shrapnel blew out our windows and furniture," the mayor of Jelki, a village in the Al-Amadiya area, told AFP. "We were afraid for our lives and we left," said ...
Chinese policies could prevent millions of minority births in Xinjiang: report
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
Projections show reduced minority birthrates could raise the proportion of Han Chinese -- a majority in the rest of China -- from the current 8.4 percent to 25 ...
Italy protests after UAE denies plane flyover rights
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
The plane was taking journalists and military officers to a ceremony for the withdrawal of Italy's troops from Afghanistan, where they were stationed as part of...
US pullout from Afghanistan more than 50 percent complete: Pentagon
Jun 08, 2021 (AFP)
Since President Joe Biden ordered the departure from Afghanistan in April, the Department of Defense has withdrawn the equivalent of approximately 500 C-17 load...
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