Mar 07, 2017

Iraqi Turkmen: Refugee Families Settle in Syrian Camps

Hundreds of Iraqi Turkmen families have been travelling from Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq towards the Syrian border with Turkey near Azaz, in the northern Aleppo countryside. These displaced families embarked on an extremely long, financially and psychologically strenuous journey, travelling hundreds of kilometres and crossing regions of Syria held by the so-called “Islamic State” in an...

Mar 07, 2017

Iraqi Turkmen: Refugee Families Settle in Syrian...

Hundreds of Iraqi Turkmen families have been travelling from Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq towards the Syrian border with Turkey near Azaz, in the northern Aleppo countryside. These displaced families...

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Mar 06, 2017

Taiwan: China Ignores Tsai Ing-wen’s Call for...

Image: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Chinese officials once again confirmed their unwillingness to engage in any form of meaningful and constructive dialogue regarding the fate of Taiwan. “We will never...

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Mar 06, 2017

Oromo: Merera Gudina Case and Decision on Bail...

Image: africanews The case against Dr Merera Gudina, the leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), Ethiopia’s main legally registered and peaceful opposition, has been adjourned to 9 March...

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Mar 06, 2017

Tibet: Beijing Continues Aggressive Rhetoric Defending...

Photo courtesy of Newsweek.com In line with China’s one-country policy and its aggressive stance towards its neighbours critical of said political directive, the Chinese government is now protesting...

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Mar 03, 2017

Iraqi Turkmen: Prospective Iran-Iraq Oil Agreement...

Photo courtesy of Kurdistan24 The Iraqi Turkmen of Kirkuk and the Kurdistan Regional Government are concerned that an impending agreement between Baghdad and Tehran, which envisages exporting oil through...

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Mar 03, 2017

Kosova: Contemplating a Renewed Bid for UNESC...

Photo courtesy of UNESCO By June of 2017, Kosovo will decide whether or not to renew its bid to join the United Nations’ cultural body, UNESCO. This comes two years after Pristina’s unsuccessful...

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Mar 03, 2017

Crimean Tatars: Commending Octogenarian Woman...

Photo courtesy of Euromaidan Press On the occasion of her 80th birthday, Crimean Tatars honour widely respected lifelong activist Ms Ayshe Seitmuratova. Her early life was marked by repression, as she...

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Mar 03, 2017

Balochistan: Civilians under Prolonged Attack...

Photo courtesy of junaidro @Flickr The death toll rises in Balochistan as attacks are carried out on the orders of Pakistani authorities. The violence is concentrated in Dera Bugti, where Pakistani forces...

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