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Iraqi Kurds look on as Israel befriends old Arab foes
Nov 27, 2020 (AFP)
Today, Iraqi Kurds -- long accused of cosy ties with the Jewish state -- are watching on as Israel befriends historically hostile Arab countries. Just weeks aft...
Afghan talks ready to advance, despite Ghani opposition: sources
Nov 24, 2020 (AFP)
The warring sides have engaged directly for the first time following a landmark troop withdrawal deal signed in February by the insurgents and Washington. The U...
Death of firebrand cleric in Pakistan clouds future of extremist movement
Nov 21, 2020 (AFP)
But following his sudden death Thursday, days after leading a paralysing anti-France rally in the capital, Pakistan's military hailed him as a "great scholar" a...
Armenia appoints new defence minister after Karabakh defeat
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
The presidency said in a statement that the new defence minister was Vagharshak Harutunyan, an advisor to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on defence issues, who ...
Azerbaijan troops enter first district handed over by Armenia
Nov 20, 2020 (AFP)
Troops moved into the district of Aghdam, one of three to be ceded, the Azerbaijan defence ministry said, a day after columns of Armenian soldiers and tanks rol...
Air Force graduates last class of Afghan student pilots
Nov 19, 2020 (UPI)
The squadron, a geographically separated unit assigned to the 14th Flying Training Wing at Mississippi's Columbus Air Force Base, on Nov. 13 graduated its last ...
US to slash troop levels in Iraq, Afghanistan
Nov 18, 2020 (AFP)
Rejecting concerns that precipitous drawdowns could give up security gains after years of fighting, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said around 2,000 troo...
Senate chief blasts Trump troop withdrawal plans
Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)
Addressing reports that Trump plans to announce within days sharp cuts to US forces in both countries, the Republican Senate chief said the US would be "abandon...
Afghanistan, India deny Pakistan 'terror' allegations
Nov 15, 2020 (AFP)
The denial came a day after Islamabad said it had gathered "irrefutable" evidence, which it plans to present to the UN, of Indian involvement in "terrorist" act...
Clock ticking, Trump looks set to hasten Afghanistan pullout
Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)
Trump, who refuses to acknowledge defeat to President-elect Joe Biden, in his campaign declared that he was winding down "endless wars" and his new picks are en...
Australia appoints Afghanistan war crimes prosecutor
Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, citing allegations of "serious and possibly criminal misconduct", appointed the prosecutor to deal with the issue domestically an...
US removes shadowy group condemned by China from terror list
Nov 07, 2020 (AFP)
In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new US laws and rules, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he was revoking the designation of the East Turk...
Kurdish militants kill Iraqi Kurdish soldier: sources
Nov 04, 2020 (AFP)
"Peshmerga forces tried to prevent members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from moving around Duhok," a Kurdish official told AFP, referring to a region i...
Uighur man in Turkish hospital after shooting: report
Nov 03, 2020 (AFP)
Yusufujrang Aimaitijiang had gone outside to get cigarettes when he was shot twice on Monday evening, the private news agency DHA reported. Aimaitijiang suffere...
China slams US senators for 'genocide' resolution
Oct 28, 2020 (AFP)
Relations between Washington and Beijing are at their worst in years over a series of flashpoints including trade, technology and human rights. The text put for...
US senators seek to declare China 'genocide' against Uighurs
Oct 27, 2020 (AFP)
The resolution was introduced by senators across the political spectrum, although it is unlikely to move immediately as the Senate is out of session until after...
5-km-long artwork pays homage to abused Iraq Kurd women
Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)
"Three months ago, I started collecting the clothes of women subjected to violence by their husbands and families throughout the region," Tara Abdallah, who sti...
Kazakhs despair for relatives missing in Xinjiang
Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)
But she did not anticipate just how dire his fate was, or that it would be revealed during a spat online between US and Chinese diplomats. Rights groups at the ...
Children killed in Afghan air strike that hit mosque
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
The strike on a village in northeastern Takhar province on Wednesday came as Afghan security forces clashed with suspected Taliban fighters, according to provin...
NATO chief urges Turkey to 'calm' Karabakh conflict
Oct 22, 2020 (AFP)
Armenia has accused Turkey of backing the Azerbaijani side in the battle for the Nagorno-Karabakh region and has called on NATO to rein in its ally. But Stolten...
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