Orla Guerin
Senior international correspondent
ReutersAfter 40 years, with 40,000 people killed, and without securing a Kurdish homeland, the banned Kurdistan Workers…
Category: 2. World
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Scepticism and cautious hope as PKK takes historic step to disband
ReutersAbdullah Ocalan, the leader of the PKK, called on the group to disarm in February. -
UK veterans accuse colleagues of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan
Former UK special forces personnel have accused colleagues of committing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, including alleging that they executed civilians and a child.
Graphic accounts of routine executions of handcuffed prisoners and the…
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“Travelogue of China” showcases Inner Mongolia’s high-tech dairy industry to global media
HOHHOT- A delegation of international journalists is visiting Inner Mongolia as part of “Travelogue of China,” a project co-organized by the China Public Diplomacy Association (CPDA) and Global Times Online.
The initiative has invited…
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran amid talks
According to Al Arabiya, the US Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Iran on Monday.
According to the media outlet, these sanctions were imposed a day after Iran and the United States held the fourth round of talks on Tehran’s nuclear…
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Duterte elected mayor from ICC prison
Getty ImagesRodrigo Duterte giving a speech before his arrest in March Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained at The Hague over his drug war that killed thousands, has been elected mayor of his family’s stronghold, according…
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Hamas releases captive Edan Alexander
The Israeli military said that the Red Cross had notified the military that hostage soldier Edan Alexander had been handed over to it by Hamas in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
The Red Cross is now bringing Alexander to Israeli special forces…
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India-Pakistan top military brass to speak amid ceasefire
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – Indian and Pakistani military officials are set to meet Monday to finalize details of a ceasefire agreed on Saturday after four days of intense cross-border fighting.
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Araghchi arrives in Abu Dhabi
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister arrived in Abu Dhabi on Monday evening for consultations with high-ranking officials of the United Arab Emirates.
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Iran, Egypt FMs confer on regional developments by phone
In response to a phone call from Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi exchanged views with him on regional developments and indirect nuclear talks.
Araghchi, for his part, gave…
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Trump’s scheme to expel Palestinians from Gaza ‘still on table’
The Israeli energy minister says US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan for the mass deportation of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip “remains on the table.”
Speaking to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN on Monday, Eli Cohen said the…
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