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Hasakeh, Syria (AFP): Hundreds of Syrian Kurds staged a protest in northern Syria on Sunday in response to a deadly attack targeting members of the ethnic community in Paris this week. A gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre and a hairdressing salon in Paris on Friday, killing three Kurds. The suspected gunman, a […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – At least 180 ethnic Rohingya who had left Bangladesh by boat in November may have died after being stranded for about a month in an unseaworthy vessel with no food or water, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR). The boat had reportedly departed from the coast of Cox’s Bazar […]
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP): A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia’s western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said. Thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya, heavily persecuted in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, risk their lives each year on long, expensive sea journeys — often in poor-quality v...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov on Sunday ended a two-day visit to the southern Batken region, which saw clashes with neighboring Tajikistan in September due to a border dispute. A statement from the Kyrgyz presidency outlined Japarov’s visit to the region and gave a list of actions he took during the visit. “During [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that Moscow has always sought to resolve all disputes through negotiations. “We have always sought to ensure that all disputes that arise are resolved by peaceful means through negotiations. But unfortunately, the other side (Russia’s opponents) felt differently,” Puti...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s president said Sunday that they will continue to fight for victory and be ready for any scenario despite energy problems due to Russian attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the nation in a video message on Telegram, congratulating those who celebrate Christmas. “There are a few days left in this year. We ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Authorities in Kosovo decided Sunday to ban Serbian Patriarch Porfirije from entering the country ahead of Orthodox Christmas. According to a statement from the Serbian Orthodox Church, authorities in Pristina banned Patriarch Porfirije from entering the Patriarchate of Pec Monastery. It added that the Patriarch w...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – At least five Pakistani army troops were killed in a bomb explosion in the southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday, the military said. The bombing – the second in a day – took place in the remote Kahan region of the mineral-rich province, during a security operation against suspected militants, the army [&hel...
Ak-Say, Kyrgyzstan (AFP): Combing through the charred ruins of a primary school in the village of Ak-Say in Kyrgyzstan, teacher Nasipa Nishanbekova picks up dusty exercise books filled with children’s handwriting. For the past three months, the school has been abandoned after it was almost completely destroyed during border clashes betwe...
Baghdad, Iraq (AFP): Iraq’s prime minister has appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni for closer economic ties with his oil-rich and war-ravaged country. Meloni, who leads the eurozone’s third-largest economy, was on a visit to Italian troops posted in Iraq in support of a mission to counter militant groups in the ...
