Armenia, Azerbaijan hold US sponsored talks hours after new border shootout
Baku (AFP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan held peace talks on Monday, mediated by the United States, just hours after a
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India’s Modi visits bridge collapse site, calls for ‘extensive inquiry’
New Delhi (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said lessons must be learned as he visited the site of
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N. Korean missile lands off S.Korean coast for first time, South responds with own launches
Seoul (AFP) – North Korea fired more than 10 missiles Wednesday, including one that landed close to South Korea’s waters
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Tension mounts in Iran as protests continue ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
AFP “Death to the dictator” and “Death to the Revolutionary Guards”, women chanted in Tehran metro stations, in videos shared
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‘I felt solidarity’: Afghan women monitor Iran protests, vow to continue fight for basic rights
France24 But for Afghan women, taking on the Taliban’s restrictive policies is a monumental task. Since the Taliban takeover last
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The persecution of the Hazaras: Afghan Shiites targeted by deadly attacks
Kabul (France24) — Afghanistan’s Hazara community, a Shiite minority, is regularly targeted by the Afghan branch of the Islamic State
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Australia reverses 2018 decision to recognise west Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Sydney (Reuters) — Australia on Tuesday reversed a decision of the previous government to recognise west Jerusalem as the capital
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Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress
Sun’s departure will leave a void in the party’s upper echelons Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman
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UK police investigate beating of protester on Chinese consulate grounds
London (AFP) — British police are investigating an assault on a protester who was beaten by several men after being
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Deadly fire at Evin prison in Tehran amid fresh nationwide protests
Tehran (Reuters) — Iran said on Sunday that four prisoners had been killed and 61 injured in a fire at
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