By Anadolu Agency UN Human Rights Office says Taliban should ensure freedom of peaceful assembly, expression The UN Human Rights Office on Friday called on the Taliban to “cease the use of force” against peaceful demonstrators, journalists documenting the events in Afghanistan, and women protesters. At a UN news conference, Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for

A photograph appeared on the Internet Journalist Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad . Abdiwahab Sheikh Abdisamad, a Somali-Kenyan commentator and scholar who was a staunch supporter of President Mohamed Abdullahi, has been abducted in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Abdiwahab went missing on Wednesday, August 8, according to his family, who searched all military bases, but received no

By Anadolu Agency Meeting between William J. Burns, Gen. Qamar Bajwa held in Rawalpindi CIA Director William J. Burns met on Thursday Pakistan’s army chief Gen. Qamar Bajwa to discuss the latest situation in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military said. According to the ISPR, army’s media wing, the meeting took place in Rawalpindi, a garrison city adjacent

Ben Wallace: ‘I’ll do whatever I have to do to protect citizens’ lives and our interests and our allies, when we’re called upon to do so, wherever that may be.’ Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock The Guardian By Dan Sabbagh and Amelia Gentleman Defence secretary’s comments came as he showcased prototype of new drone capable of

A migrant child, who was recused from the English Channel, is helped to leave the Border Force Catamaran Rescue Boat, BF Hurricane, in Dover, Britain, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls By Reuters Britain has approved plans to turn away boats illegally carrying migrants to its shores, deepening a diplomatic rift with France over how to

By Anadolu Agency Ashraf Ghani says leaving was only way to save Kabul and he regrets that he ‘could not make it end differently’ Former President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday rejected claims that he fled Afghanistan with millions of dollars. Ghani, who has taken refuge in the United Arab Emirates, issued a statement expressing his

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives to board an aircraft to depart from Old Doha Airport, at Qatar,September 8, 2021. Olivier Douliery/Pool via REUTERS Reuters By Alexander Cornwell Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world’s top diplomats have been beating a path to Qatar, long the gateway to the Taliban and now the

By Anadolu Agency Politically weakened, Brazil’s president takes part in protests in favor of his government Dogged by an investigation as part of an inquiry into fake news and politically weakened, Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took part in demonstrations Tuesday in favor of his administration in the federal capital, Brasilia, and in Sao Paulo,

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Cabinet stacked with veterans of their harsh rule in the late 1990s and subsequent 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies. The line-up announced at the press conference

In this image made from video, unidentified soldiers patrol in a vehicle near the office of the president in the capital Conakry, Guinea Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. Guinea’s new military leaders sought to tighten their grip on power after overthrowing President Alpha Conde, warning local officials that refusing to appear at a meeting convened Monday