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PKK withdrawal ends first peace process phase: Turkey's DEM
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» ANKARA - Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party on Monday hailed the withdrawal of PKK fighters from Turkish soil as a "critical" step that completed the first phase of Ankara's peace process with the Kurdish militants.
Hong Kong opposition party disbands citing 'immense' pressure
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» HONG KONG - One of Hong Kong's last remaining opposition parties has officially disbanded, its leader announced Sunday, citing "immense political pressure" as Beijing's years-long crackdown on dissent transforms the semi-autonomous Chinese city.
Jailed, unseated, exiled: Hong Kong opposition party shuts its doors
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» HONG KONG - Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.
Erdogan's rival pledges to restore trust abroad
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» ANKARA, Turkey: If it comes to power in Sunday's elections, the Turkish opposition led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu pledges to restore trust with Washington and Europe while mending ties with Syria.
Clickbait or creativity? The art world wrestles with AI
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» PARIS - Online tools that can create wonderful, absurd and sometimes horrifying images using artificial intelligence (AI) have exploded in popularity, sparking soul-searching over the nature of art.
A promise kept or betrayal? Hong Kong 25 years on from handover
AFP, Published on 28/06/2022
» HONG KONG: As midnight struck on June 30, 1997 and Hong Kong transitioned from British to Chinese rule, pro-democracy lawmaker Lee Wing-tat stood with colleagues on the balcony of the city's legislature, holding a defiant protest.
Russian FM hails China as part of emerging 'just world order'
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» Beijing and Moscow advanced a vision of a new world order Wednesday as Russia's foreign minister made his first visit to key ally China since the invasion of Ukraine.
Russia targets Memorial rights arm despite outcry
AFP, Published on 29/12/2021
» MOSCOW: A Moscow court on Wednesday heard a case against an arm of Memorial group that campaigns against current rights abuses in Russia, a day after the Supreme Court outlawed the main organisation, which chronicled Stalin-era purges.
Russian court orders rights group Memorial to close
AFP, Published on 28/12/2021
» MOSCOW: Russia's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the closure of Memorial, the country's most prominent rights group, which chronicled Stalin-era purges and symbolised the post-Soviet democratisation.
Japanese ex-minister lobbies for Myanmar junta
Published on 18/12/2021
» TOKYO: A former Japanese cabinet minister who has campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from top Japanese companies to Myanmar has urged Tokyo to endorse its military regime, saying the country’s coup leader has “grown fantastically as a human being", while praising his “democratisation efforts”.