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In Iraqi Kurdistan, book clubs and science fiction offer 'escape'
Apr 25, 2021 (AFP)
"This is the first time my book is being critiqued," the 17-year-old first-year medical student told AFP. "I learnt a lot about how to improve my writing and st...
Turkey launches new raid in northern Iraq
Apr 24, 2021 (AFP)
Turkish media said commando forces landed in the Metina region from helicopters while warplanes dropped bombs on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets. "Heroic...
US positions carrier, bombers to back Afghanistan pullout
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decided to keep the USS Eisenhower in the US Central Command region for an extended period, in the wake of President Joe Biden...
UK MPs anger Beijing by declaring 'genocide' in Xinjiang
Apr 23, 2021 (AFP)
Although the motion, approved late Thursday, is non-binding and does not require the government to act, it is a further indication of the hardening stance of Br...
Pakistan Taliban claim deadly blast at luxury hotel
Apr 22, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistan security officials were the target of the blast. The bomber detonated the expl...
Germany plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan by July 4
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
"The current thinking... is to shorten the withdrawal period. A withdrawal date of July 4 is being considered," a ministry spokesman told AFP, stressing that th...
Deadly blast at Pakistan hotel hosting China ambassador: official
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
The blast took place in the car park of the Serena -- a luxury hotel chain throughout Pakistan -- in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province whe...
US wants to reposition forces to Afghanistan region
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
"We are further planning now for continuing counterterrorism operations within the region, ensuring that the violent extremist organizations fighting for their ...
Western powers condemn attacks in Kurdish Iraq: statement
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
"Together, our governments will support the government of Iraq's investigation into the attacks to ensure that those responsible will be held accountable," they...
Armenia says wants more Russian troops on its soil, Turkish soldier killed by rocket fire in Iraq
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
Russia helped broker a peace deal between Armenia and its arch-foe Azerbaijan in November which ended six weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh r...
'Time to bring our forces home' from Afghanistan: Blinken
Apr 14, 2021 (AFP)
"Together, we have achieved the goals that we set out to achieve and now it is time to bring our forces home," Blinken said in Brussels ahead of talks with NATO...
NATO ministers to hold talks as US announces Afghan withdrawal
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
"The main focus of the talks is Afghanistan. Other issues to be addressed are current developments at the Ukrainian-Russian border and the nuclear agreement wit...
NGOs file complaint in France against clothing firms over Uyghur labour
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
The complaint targets the clothing giants Inditex, Uniqlo and SMCP as well as footwear manufacturer Skechers, who it charged concealed forced labour and crimes ...
Azerbaijan, Turkey hold joint drills
Apr 08, 2021 (AFP)
The drills came after Ankara last year backed Baku in a war with Armenia over Azerbaijan's breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkey's arms supplies -- such ...
China sentences Uyghur ex-government officials to death for 'separatism'
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
Shirzat Bawudun, a former head of the Xinjiang department of justice has been sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on the charge of "splitting the countr...
Turkey summons China's envoy over Uyghur tweets
Apr 06, 2021 (AFP)
The Chinese embassy said it "strongly" condemned Good Party leader Meral Aksener and Ankara mayor Mansur Yavas for posting tweets commemorating a deadly April 1...
China's 'wolf warrior' diplomats howl at Xinjiang critics
Apr 05, 2021 (AFP)
The hyperactivity of the envoys follows renewed global pressure over Beijing's treatment of the Muslim Uyghur minority in China's Xinjiang region. Here are five...
Xinjiang the musical sings to Beijing's tune of ethnic unity
Apr 03, 2021 (AFP)
China is on an elaborate PR offensive to rebrand the northwestern region where the United States says "genocide" has been inflicted on the Uyghurs and other Mus...
Kyrgyzstan starts vaccine rollout with China's Sinopharm
Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)
Russia and China both compete for economic and political influence in Central Asia, a majority Muslim former Soviet region, and also dominate the vaccine race t...
China sanctions US, Canadian citizens in Xinjiang row
Mar 28, 2021 (AFP)
At least one million Uyghurs and people from other mostly Muslim groups have been held in camps in the northwestern region, according to rights groups, who accu...
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