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Indian soldier accused of killing Kashmir civilians for reward
Jan 11, 2021 (AFP)
Captain Bhoopendra Singh -- who was charged with murder and conspiracy in late December over the July killing of the three labourers -- staged a gun battle hopi...
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...
US voices disgust at China boast of Uighur population control
Jan 08, 2021 (AFP)
"Appalled and disgusted at lies" of the Chinese embassy, tweeted Sam Brownback, the US envoy on international religious freedom. "Coercive population control is...
Turkey dismisses Uighur deportation fears; Local doctor jailed for 20 years
Dec 30, 2020 (AFP)
About 20 Uighurs with Turkish citizenship picketed China's consulate in Istanbul after the Chinese parliament ratified the 2017 treaty on Saturday. Ankara has n...
Indian army officer accused of planting weapons on Kashmir civilians
Dec 27, 2020 (AFP)
Their July deaths sparked a furore in the Indian administered side of the Himalayan region that is also claimed by Pakistan. The army had claimed that the three...
Pentagon chief meets with Afghan president in Kabul
Dec 22, 2020 (AFP)
Miller, who is acting head of the Pentagon until President-elect Joe Biden takes office next month, and Ghani discussed the ongoing talks with the Taliban, whic...
US Muslims press Organization of Islamic Cooperation on China
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
The OIC consists of 57 Muslim-majority nations and frequently takes up cases in which it believes Muslims are mistreated, criticizing Israel and, at Pakistan's ...
Top US general meets Taliban, Afghan leader ahead of pullout
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
Meeting the Taliban in Qatar, General Mark Milley "discussed the need for an immediate reduction of violence and (to) accelerate progress towards a negotiated p...
Turkey's Erdogan urges Iraq to get rid of insurgent group
Dec 17, 2020 (AFP)
Erdogan said following talks with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi that the two countries viewed the PKK as one of their "common enemies". The P...
Uighur lawyers collecting new evidence to back ICC case
Dec 16, 2020 (AFP)
The Hague-based ICC's chief prosecutor earlier this week turned down a request by exiled Uighurs to probe China for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity...
Over 570,000 Uighurs involved in China cotton coerced labour: report
Dec 15, 2020 (AFP)
The research published Monday by Washington-based think tank the Center for Global Policy is likely to heap more pressure on global brands such as Nike, Gap and...
Afghan talks paused until New Year
Dec 12, 2020 (AFP)
The insurgents and the Kabul side both tweeted they had exchanged "preliminary lists of agenda items for the inter-Afghan talks and held introductory discussion...
Hundreds protest against Kurdish authorities in northeast Iraq
Dec 11, 2020 (AFP)
Protests against the Kurdish regional government (KRG) and the region's main parties broke out last week after months of delayed public sector salaries and pay ...
Rallies press on in Kurdish Iraq as rights groups ramp up pressure
Dec 09, 2020 (AFP)
Protests against the Kurdish regional government (KRG) and the region's main parties broke out last week over a major fiscal crisis that has caused delayed publ...
Afghan civilian deaths surged during Taliban talks: report
Dec 07, 2020 (AFP)
The number of civilians killed annually in US and coalition air strikes soared by 330 percent to some 700 civilians in 2019, said Neta C. Crawford, co-director ...
'One dead' in Kurdish Iraq protests, police shut TV station
Dec 07, 2020 (AFP)
Demonstrations against the Kurdish regional government (KRG) and the region's main parties have broken out in recent days over months of public sector pay cuts ...
Azerbaijan says 2,783 soldiers killed in Karabakh fighting
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
The defence ministry in Baku said in a statement that "2,783 servicemen of the Azerbaijani armed forces were killed in the patriotic war," adding that the ident...
US blocks imports of Xinjiang 'slave labor' cotton
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
Beijing has come under intense international criticism over its policies in the resource-rich territory, where rights groups say as many as one million Uighurs ...
US proceeding with troop cuts in Afghanistan; Doha talks continue
Dec 02, 2020 (AFP)
Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley, who earlier appeared opposed to cuts on the estimated 4,500 US troops currently there, said the United States had bee...
Suicide car bomb kills 30 Afghan security personnel
Nov 29, 2020 (AFP)
The attack occurred on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, which has seen regular fighting between the Taliban and governme...
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