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Pentagon: U.S. soldier killed in non-combat incident in Afghanistan
Jul 13, 2020 (UPI)
In a statement, the Department of Defense said 1st Lt. Joseph Trent Allbaugh of Folsom, Calif., died Sunday in Kandahar where he was deployed in support of Oper...
China to hit US with 'reciprocal measures' over Xinjiang sanctions
Jul 10, 2020 (AFP)
The Chinese response came after the US announced visa bans and an assets freeze on three officials, including Chen Quanquo, the Chinese Communist Party chief in...
In first, US punishes senior Chinese officials over Uighur rights
Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)
Three officials will be refused US visas and see any US-based assets frozen including Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party chief for the Xinjiang region an...
US punishes senior Chinese officials over Uighur rights
Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)
Three officials will be refused US visas and see any US-based assets frozen including Chen Quanguo, the Chinese Communist Party chief for the Xinjiang region an...
Former India navy officer refuses to appeal spying death sentence
Jul 08, 2020 (AFP)
Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav was arrested in 2016 in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Balochistan -- a region where Islamabad has long accused New Delhi ...
Uighurs urge ICC to probe Chinese 'genocide'
Jul 07, 2020 (AFP)
The evidence handed to the ICC's prosecutor accuses China of locking more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in re-education camps and ...
Afghan warlord accused of rights abuse awarded highest military rank
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
Abdul Rashid Dostum, 66, was awarded the rank of marshal in a decree issued by President Ashraf Ghani, making him the only third such recipient in Afghan armed ...
China denies US accusations of Uighur forced labour
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
The US State Department, along with three other US government bodies, on Wednesday issued a business advisory warning companies to steer clear of entities linke...
Taliban maintain ties to Al-Qaeda affiliate: Pentagon
Jul 01, 2020 (AFP)
Under a deal the Taliban signed with the United States in February, the insurgents agreed to stop Al-Qaeda from using Afghanistan as a safe haven to plot attack...
Separatists say stock exchange attack targeted China, Pakistan
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
Four gunmen drove up to the entrance gate of the Pakistan Stock Exchange around 10:00 am (05H00 GMT) then lobbed a grenade before opening fire with automatic we...
China forcibly sterilises Uighurs to control population: report
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
China called the allegations baseless but the United States demanded an immediate end to the campaign described in the report, which was based on a combination ...
Turkish soldier dies in clashes with Kurdish rebels
Jun 28, 2020 (AFP)
The soldier "fell as a martyr during clashes with terrorists in the Operation Claw-Tiger region" in Iraq, the ministy said, without specifying where the fightin...
House bill calls for Congressional oversight of Afghanistan withdrawal
Jun 26, 2020 (UPI)
The Afghanistan Partnership and Transparency Act, introduced on Thursday, would require the White House, State Department, Office of National Intelligence and D...
As visitors stay home, Iraqi Kurdistan tourism collapses
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
"Everything is empty. With the roads cut, not a single tourist can even get here," said Hazem, whose restaurant is a collection of red tables and chairs on terr...
One dead, six wounded in Turkish raid on Kurdish Iraq
Jun 25, 2020 (AFP)
On June 17, Turkey launched a cross-border ground and air operation, dubbed "Claw-Tiger," against Kurdish rebels hiding out in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish re...
India tells Pakistan to cut embassy staff by half, says will do same
Jun 23, 2020 (AFP)
The fractious relationship between the neighbours has worsened since New Delhi expelled two Pakistan embassy officials over spying claims in late May. After tha...
Trump says held off on Xinjiang sanctions over China trade deal: interview
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
Activists say China has rounded up at least one million Uighurs and other Turkic peoples and is trying to forcibly assimilate them by wiping out their culture a...
Turkish soldier killed fighting Kurds in Iraq
Jun 21, 2020 (AFP)
Turkey launched last week an air and ground offensive dubbed "Operation Claw-Tiger" against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). A defence ministry stat...
Taliban says no threat to West as US troops leave Afghanistan
Jun 19, 2020 (AFP)
The top US commander for the region said it cut the number of troops to around 8,600 in line with a deal agreed with the insurgents in February, but warned cond...
Iraq demands Turkey 'stop bombardment, withdraw forces' from north
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
Turkey early Wednesday launched a cross-border operation into the mountainous regions of northern Iraq where the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), considered by A...
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