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Turkey will help Syria against Kurdish fighters if asked: defence ministry
Ankara (AFP) Jan 8, 2026 Turkey's military is ready to "support" Syria in its battle with Kurdish fighters in the northwestern city of Aleppo if Damascus asks for help, a defence ministry official said Thursday. And Turkey's top diplomat said Ankara had been working "intensively" with Syrian and American officials in a bid to end the unrest. Deadly clashes erupted this week between Syrian government forces and the Kurdish-dominated Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) after the two sides failed to reach a year-end deadline to ... read more |
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Iraq-based Kurdish opposition calls for strike in Iran on ThursdayBaghdad (AFP) Jan 7, 2026 Several Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have called for a general strike on Thursday in Iran in support of the protests in the Islamic republic, one of the exiled parties told AFP. ... more 
Casualties in Afghanistan as residents, gold miners clash: TalibanAfghanistan (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 A clash over gold mining in northern Afghanistan has resulted in casualties, a Taliban official told AFP on Tuesday, after a resident said multiple people were killed in the violence. ... more 
Syrian Kurdish leader in Damascus for talks on military integrationDamascus (AFP) Jan 4, 2026 Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi was in Damascus on Sunday for fresh talks with officials on integrating his forces into those of the central military, the Kurds' armed forces said. ... more
Seven killed in clashes between Syria govt, Kurdish forces in AleppoDamascus (AFP) Jan 6, 2026 Clashes between government personnel and Kurdish-led forces in the north Syrian city of Aleppo killed at least seven people on Tuesday, mostly civilians, with both sides trading blame over who started the fighting. ... more |
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Kyrgyzstan arrests Chinese CEO of gold mining firmBishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday it had arrested the Chinese CEO of a gold mining firm accused of causing "large-scale" environmental damage, amid growing public scrutiny over Beijing's influence in the Central Asian country. ... more
Pakistan denies deadly strikes after Afghanistan vows retaliationJige Mughalgai, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 25, 2025 Afghanistan's Taliban government vowed on Tuesday to "respond appropriately" to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city. ... more
Kurdish PKK militants say have left key area in north IraqAnkara (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 The Kurdish militant PKK said Monday its forces had withdrawn from a key border area in northern Iraq in a move aimed at shoring up the peace process with Turkey. ... more 
Syria to hand over Uyghur jihadist fighters to China: sourcesDamascus (AFP) Nov 17, 2025 Syria intends to hand over jihadist fighters from China's Uyghur minority to Beijing, two sources told AFP on Monday, but the foreign ministry in Damascus denied the report. ... more 
Pakistan's Asim Munir: top soldier with lifetime immunityIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 15, 2025 Field Marshal Asim Munir has emerged as Pakistan's most powerful military leader, analysts say, after a constitutional amendment expanded his powers and gave him lifelong rank and immunity. ... more |
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Kazakhstan jails 12 over rare anti-China protest
Almaty, Kazakhstan (AFP) Nov 14, 2025 Police in Kazakhstan said on Friday they had arrested 12 people and fined six others over a rare protest in which a portrait of Chinese leader Xi Jinping was burned. Protesters at the rally on Thursday accused China of orchestrating the disappearance of a Kazakh citizen and of buying up Kazakh land. Local media and rights groups say Alimnur Turganbay has not been seen since July, when he was arrested by border officials in China's western province of Xinjiang. Beijing has been accused for ye ... read more
Pakistan grants lifetime immunity to president, current army chiefIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 13, 2025 Pakistan's parliament approved a sweeping constitutional amendment on Thursday granting lifetime immunity to the president as well as the current army chief, a move critics warned would erode democratic checks and judicial independence. ... more |
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Germany deported Uyghur to China in bureaucratic bungle Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Nov 10, 2025 Germany deported a Uyghur woman back to China rather than to Turkey after a bureaucratic mix-up, government sources said Monday, with critics slamming a "huge blunder" that endangered her life. ... more 
Taliban govt protests no invitation to UN climate summitKabul (AFP) Nov 9, 2025 The Taliban government expressed its disappointment Sunday that it was not invited to the COP30 conference despite Afghanistan being one of the nations most vulnerable to climate change. ... more
Indian Sikh pilgrims enter Pakistan, first major crossing since May conflictWagah Border, Pakistan, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 4, 2025 Pakistan on Tuesday welcomed jubilant Sikh pilgrims from India, in the first major crossing since deadly clashes in May closed the land border between the nuclear-armed neighbours. ... more
Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire, to hold another round of peace talksIslamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire and will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week, aiming to defuse tensions after a deadly flare-up this month. ... more 
Pakistan says peace talks with Afghanistan 'failed'Islamabad, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 29, 2025 Pakistan said Wednesday that peace talks with Afghanistan had failed, in a blow to hopes for a lasting truce after the South Asian neighbours' deadliest border clashes in years. ... more |
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