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China bans BBC World News in row over Xinjiang reporting
Feb 12, 2021 (AFP)
The decision came just days after Britain's own regulator revoked the licence of Chinese broadcaster CGTN for breaking UK law on state-backed ownership, and pro...
Three Turkish soldiers killed in northern Iraq
Feb 11, 2021 (AFP)
Turkey on Wednesday launched an operation dubbed "Claw-Eagle 2" against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels holed up in the northern Iraqi region of Dohuk. Tw...
Blinken presses China on Uighurs, Hong Kong in first call
Feb 06, 2021 (AFP)
"I made clear the US will defend our national interests, stand up for our democratic values, and hold Beijing accountable for its abuses of the international sy...
US, UK vow action after report of violence against Uighurs
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
The reactions came as a "people's tribunal" was convened to examine allegations against China of anti-Uighur brutality, chaired by a British lawyer who led the ...
NATO urges Taliban to 'live up to commitments'
Feb 04, 2021 (AFP)
Defence ministers from the Washington-backed allies are to discuss whether NATO's 10,000-strong mission should stay or go later this month. Former US president ...
Pakistan health workers to begin receiving Chinese-made vaccine
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing has donated about 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine -- which has yet to be fully approved by China's health authorities -- with a further million e...
Taliban says US 'bombarding civilians, houses' in violation of Afghan deal
Jan 29, 2021 (AFP)
The US signed a landmark deal with the insurgents last year, agreeing to withdraw all of its troops from the country in return for security guarantees after a s...
Taliban have 'not met their commitments' in Afghan peace deal: Pentagon
Jan 28, 2021 (AFP)
"We are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement. The Taliban have not met their commitments," said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. Kirby said the...
Ethnic Kazakhs who fled China attacked in Kazakhstan
Jan 22, 2021 (AFP)
The two ethnic Kazakhs said they were victims of massive state repression in China's far western Xinjiang region, where rights groups say over a million Muslim ...
Twitter locks account of Chinese embassy in US over Uighur women tweet
Jan 21, 2021 (AFP)
A Twitter spokesperson told AFP it took action against the tweet for "violating our policy against dehumanization". More than one million Uighurs and other most...
China dismisses Pompeo Uighur genocide claim as 'outrageous lies'
Jan 20, 2021 (AFP)
Under the administration of outgoing President Donald Trump, the US has butted heads with China over trade, security, technology, the origins of the Covid-19 pa...
French trial opens for ex-PM Balladur over 'Karachi' kickbacks
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
Balladur, 91, made no statement to a throng of journalists at the Court of Justice of the Republic, which hears cases involving ministerial misconduct. The cons...
US declares China committing 'genocide' against Uighurs
Jan 19, 2021 (AFP)
"I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uighurs by the Chinese party-state," Pompeo said in a statemen...
French ex-PM Balladur on trial over 'Karachi affair' kickbacks
Jan 18, 2021 (AFP)
Balladur, 91, joins a long list of senior French politicians pursued for alleged financial wrongdoing, including former president Nicolas Sarkozy and his predec...
UK demands China grant UN access to Xinjiang over abuses
Jan 17, 2021 (AFP)
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab last week introduced import controls on firms that may have sourced goods from the region in northwest China using forced labour ...
Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges in Kabul ambush
Jan 17, 2021 (AFP)
Violence has surged across Afghanistan in recent months despite ongoing peace talks between the Taliban and government -- especially in Kabul, where a new trend...
US troop levels cut to 2,500 each in Afghanistan and Iraq
Jan 15, 2021 (AFP)
Outgoing President Donald Trump, seeking to fulfill a campaign promise to end the two wars launched after the 9/11 attacks, had ordered force levels slashed in ...
UK and Canada condemn Chinese 'barbarism' against Uighur minority
Jan 12, 2021 (AFP)
The abuses were "on an industrial scale", said British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, in strongly worded comments that will do little to improve ties with Beij...
UK to ban China imports linked to Uighur camps: report
Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to reveal his plans, which are also set to include tougher laws on exporting goods or technology that could be used f...
Afghanistan probes air strike that killed civilians
Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)
Provincial officials said 15 people died on Saturday night when a rocket struck a house in Khashrod district of Nimroz province. "We are aware of claims of civi...
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