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Two policemen killed as gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi
Nov 23, 2018 (AFP)
Pakistani authorities said that security forces had secured the area after the attack, the latest assault on Chinese nationals in the country, where Beijing has...
Trump hints could make first visit to troops in Afghanistan
Nov 22, 2018 (AFP)
Addressing servicemembers in a Thanksgiving telephone conference, the president told one colonel deployed to the country: "I'll see you back when you're in the ...
In Pakistani village, home is where the cave is
Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)
Located around 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Pakistan's capital, nearly 3,000 people live in caves in the village of Hasan Abdal, according to councilor Haji Ab...
US lawmakers introduce bill hitting China for Uighur repression
Nov 14, 2018 (AFP)
Legislation introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives seeks to toughen US President Donald Trump's administration's response to what the lawmak...
Beijing dismisses 'hearsay' on muslim internment
Nov 13, 2018 (AFP)
Up to a million Uighurs and other Chinese Turkish-speaking minority groups have been placed in political re-education camps in the Xinjiang region, according to...
Kurdish women pedal, dunk, spike as Iraq's top athletes
Nov 12, 2018 (AFP)
The country's toughest female competitors, its best-equipped facilities and most experienced coaches are not in the capital Baghdad, but in the Kurdish-majority...
TLP: Pakistan's hardline Islamist party calling the shots
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
In just a few years the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party (TLP) -- or the Movement at the Service of the Prophet -- has become one of the most powerful groups in ...
India to sell 'enemy shares' of people who fled to Pakistan
Nov 09, 2018 (AFP)
The government said the "enemy shares" were in 996 companies held by 20,323 people and entities. They were seized after conflicts with Pakistan in 1947, 1965 an...
Australian FM raises Xinjiang interment camps on China visit
Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)
Marise Payne spoke after meeting with China's chief diplomat Wang Yi on the first visit to Beijing by an Australian foreign minister in nearly three years as bo...
IMF team in Pakistan as China pledges economic aid
Nov 07, 2018 (AFP)
Speaking shortly after Prime Minister Imran Khan returned from Beijing, Pakistan's finance minister said Tuesday that assurances from China -- combined with a p...
NATO chief hails Afghanistan's chances for peace
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Stoltenberg's remarks in Kabul came hours after the Taliban stormed a remote army post in the country's west, which local officials said had killed at least 20 ...
Australian FM to raise internment camps on China visit
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
Marise Payne said she will register "serious concerns" over the huge facilities in Xinjiang, where hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other mainly-Muslim mino...
China grilled over internment camps, civil rights at UN review
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
During the half-day public debate at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, a number of countries raised concerns about China's treatment of ethnic minorities, ...
US offers rewards for info on PKK chiefs wanted by Turkey: official
Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)
The rewards of up to $5 million (4.4 million euros) could help ease tensions with Ankara which has long urged its Western allies to take a tougher line against ...
China faces grilling over internment camps at UN review
Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)
As many as one million ethnic Uighurs and other Muslim minorities are being kept in extra-judicial detention in China's fractious far western Xinjiang region, a...
With eye on aid, Pakistan PM meets Chinese counterpart
Nov 03, 2018 (AFP)
The agreement follows concerns that Islamabad's spiralling financial crisis could lead Beijing to scale back its projects in the country, where it is helping to...
Kabul control slips, Afghan force losses at record: US watchdog
Nov 01, 2018 (AFP)
The latest glimpse into Afghanistan's security crisis highlights persistent problems among police and army units who have faced years of devastating losses, and...
Pakistan PM to visit China, seeking funds as IMF bailout looms
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
The confirmation of Khan's first visit to China as premier comes days after Pakistan secured $6 billion dollars in funding from Saudi Arabia to help stave off a...
Pakistan frees Taliban leader after US talks with militants
Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)
The release of Abdul Ghani Baradar -- the former right-hand man of Taliban founder Mullah Omar, who died in 2013 -- came less than two weeks after US envoy Zalm...
Inside China's internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks
Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)
But earlier this year, one of the local government departments in charge of such facilities in Xinjiang's Hotan prefecture made several purchases that had littl...
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