Turkish and Allied forces faced tough Kurdish resistance on Friday as they struggled to seize key Syrian border cities, on the third day of a broad offensive that caused a civil exodus. President Donald Trump, whose order to withdraw US troops from the border this week effectively triggered the invasion, said Washington would now seek […]
Son of villagers, spy chief and now Nobel laureate, Ahmed has seen an unpredictable rise in fame and full of dangers. Son of poor villagers, a spy chief, and now the man behind the vertiginous attempts to reform Africa's fastest growing economy and heal wounds with Ethiopia's neighbors, Abiy Ahmed has seen an unpredictable and
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in India on Friday for a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a time of tensions over Beijing joining Pakistan to oppose the degradation of the autonomy of Kashmir occupied by the India and the ongoing blockade in the disputed region. Xi landed at Chennai airport, where Tamil Nadu
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peace efforts with Eritrea. Ethiopia and Eritrea, lifelong enemies that fought a border war between 1998 and 2000, restored relations in July 2018 after years of hostility. Berit Reiss-Andersen, the president of the five-member Norwegian Nobel Institute that awards the
Two rockets hit an Iranian oil tanker traveling across the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Friday, Iranian officials said, the latest incident in the region amid months of tensions between Tehran and the United States. Saudi Arabia did not receive news about the reported attack and Saudi officials did not immediately
Indian authorities released three low-level politicians in occupied Kashmir on Thursday amid international pressure to ease a repression imposed more than two months ago when New Delhi degraded the region's autonomy and imposed stricter controls. The decision of the Indian government came days after announcing that it would allow tourists to return to the region
Turkey on Wednesday launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeastern Syria, with air strikes in the border town of Ras al Ain. President Tayyip Erdogan, announcing the start of the action, said the goal was to eliminate what he called a "terror corridor" on the southern border of Turkey. Turkey had been prepared
The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) asked the government of the Indian state of Telangana to "immediately release" Ravi Prakash, founder of an independent Telugu news website, Tolivelugu. In a statement shared on its website on Tuesday, CPJ, an independent organization that works to promote press freedom worldwide, also urged the government to
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host Chinese President Xi Jinping for an informal summit later this week, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, with the talks at a time when ties they have tensed over occupied Kashmir. The meeting in the city of Chennai, in southern India, from October 11 to 12,
Iranian fans are free to enter a football stadium on Thursday for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Islamic Republic for its controversial men's-only policy. Iran has excluded spectators from football and other stadiums for approximately 40 years, and clerics argue that they must protect themselves from the masculine atmosphere
