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Iran president urges government to heed economic protests
AFP, Published on 30/12/2025
» TEHRAN - Iran's president urged his government to listen to the "legitimate demands" of protesters, state media reported on Tuesday, after demonstrations by shopkeepers in Tehran over economic hardship.
Turkey says Pakistan-Afghanistan talks to resume
AFP, Published on 31/10/2025
» ISLAMABAD (PAKISTAN) - Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold another round of peace talks in Istanbul next week and will maintain a ceasefire until then, Turkey's foreign ministry confirmed late Thursday.
How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
Taiwan's antique jade dealers see trade losing lustre
AFP, Published on 18/08/2023
» TAIPEI - Tracing a palm-sized jade pig resting on its haunches, an antique trader in Taiwan said the ears on the nearly 400-year-old piece are a marker of its authenticity.
Regional diplomacy in Niger crisis reflects cross-border ties
AFP, Published on 15/08/2023
» KANO, Nigeria: Religious leaders and politicians in northern Nigeria have opened back-door channels in a frantic attempt to stave off military intervention in coup-stricken Niger.
Collapse of Ukraine grain deal to have medium-term impact
AFP, Published on 18/07/2023
» PARIS - The collapse of the Black Sea export corridor, which allowed the export of more than 32 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain over the past year, should have little immediate impact but over the medium term create market tension and push up food prices.
Dozens held in Italian mafia crackdown
Reuters, Published on 27/06/2023
» MILAN: Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria and Germany, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.
Sudan fighting intensifies despite US sanctions
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» KHARTOUM: Shelling rocked greater Khartoum on Friday, as fighting between Sudan's warring generals intensified despite US sanctions imposed after the collapse of a US- and Saudi-brokered truce.
Electroshock ‘used on gay UK soldiers’
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2023
» Gay British soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment in an effort to “cure” them of homosexuality, according to a damning investigation into historic homophobia in the UK armed forces.
Nigerian politician jailed after UK organ trial
AFP, Published on 05/05/2023
» LONDON: A British court on Friday jailed Nigeria's former deputy Senate president for nine years and eight months, following his landmark conviction for plotting to harvest a man's kidney for his sick daughter.