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A group of 117 Afghans has left for the United Kingdom after being evacuated to Kosovo recently. On September 16, the evacuees, identified as civilians who cooperated with NATO forces in Afghanistan and their families, flew out of Pristina International Airport.In Belgrade, a celebration commemorating Serbian National Unity Day was held in front of a monument honouring Serbian king Stefan Nemanja from the 12th century
Recent wildfires and the coronavirus outbreak in Turkey have taken a toll on the tourism business. Several places, on the other hand, have begun to re-attract local and international visitors
A Chinese woman who threw eggs at vice president Wang Qishan’s motorcade during his 2019 trip to Germany is facing forcible repatriation after her application for political asylum was rejected, RFA has learned
The United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan is chaired by Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for September on
Guantánamo Bay Naval Base military prison opened on January 11, 2002, to detain suspected terrorists caught in the US-led global “War on Terror.” The naval installation, which is located in Cuba, was chosen as the location for the military prison
On the first anniversary of Belarus’ unprecedented crackdown on the Human Rights Center Viasna (“Viasna”), 20 international and Belarusian human rights organisations including Amnesty International are launching a campaign to demand the release of seven detained Viasna members and raise awareness of the plight of hundreds of others who have been prosecuted and imprisoned solely for exercising their right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression
Hundreds of unregistered refugees, many of them Afghans, have been detained in Istanbul by Turkish officials. The crackdown comes as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faces mounting public pressure to halt any influx of Afghans to Turkey following the Taliban’s control of the country
Climate change is high on Germany’s agenda as it prepares to pick a new leader later this month. Hundreds of people were killed by severe floods in July, which scientists blamed on global warming
Russia is gearing up for parliamentary and local elections on Sunday, which the opposition claims will be held in a climate of repression, with a handful of non-aligned candidates barred from running
British Afghan women have gone on hunger strike in Afghanistan to protest the Taliban’s treatment of women