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    Russia and the United States held more than seven hours of tense talks in Geneva on Monday regarding Moscow’s sweeping set of demands from Washington and its NATO allies on their presence in Ukraine and other former Soviet countries. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.Denis Balibouse / EPA / Pool / TASS Both sides noted […]

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said Tuesday that a contingent of Russia-led forces would begin leaving the troubled Central Asian country in two days, with the pullout to take no more than 10 days. Addressing the government and parliament in a videoconference call broadcast live, the 68-year-old president also promised to conduct reforms, rein in inflation […]

North Korea fired what appears to be a single ballistic missile toward its east coast on Tuesday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, evaluating later in the day that the missile appears to be more “advanced” than the one launched last week. Image: Rodong Sinmun, March 3, 2020 | A medium range […]

At least 19 people, including nine children, have died after a fire in a New York apartment building. Another 32 people were sent to hospital, several of whom are in a critical condition, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams. Fire department Commissioner Daniel Nigro said they had found victims on every floor of the […]

Kazakh army personnel guard an area in downtown Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Jan. 8, 2022. (EPA Photo) After protests in Kazakhstan over rising fuel prices erupted into widespread violence this past week, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Sunday that he hopes Kazakhstan will attain stability, peace and tranquility as soon as possible. “For this, we […]

The former head of Kazakhstan’s domestic security agency has been detained on suspicion of treason, the agency said Saturday, after he was fired amid unprecedented unrest. A street in central Almaty blocked by soldiers on Friday.Abduaziz Madyarov / AFP The detention of Karim Masimov, a former prime minister and longtime ally of Kazakhstan’s ex-leader Nursultan […]

A prominent Afghan university professor who openly criticised the Taliban’s hardline regime has been arrested in Kabul, a spokesman for the government said. Taliban fighters stand guard. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) Professor Faizullah Jalal has made several appearances on television talk shows since the previous US-backed government was ousted in August, blaming the […]

President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo ( Mınasse Wondımu Haılu – Anadolu Agency ) Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed ordered the central bank governor not to release nearly $10 million in “illicit” money Friday that was seized from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2018 at Adan Adde International Airport in Mogadishu. “H.E @M_Farmaajo President […]

The government says opposition politician Jawar Mohammed is one of the high-profile detainees being pardoned and released [File: Mulugeta Ayene/AP Photo] The Ethiopian government has announced it would pardon and release some of the country’s most high-profile political detainees, including opposition figure Jawar Mohammed and senior Tigray party officials. The announcement on Friday came after Prime Minister […]

Tajik servicemen, who are part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) peacekeeping force, depart to Kazakhstan from Ayni Air Force Base in Tajikistan on January 7, 2021. ©  Sputnik / Russian Defence Ministry / Handout A peacekeeping mission of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has been deployed to Kazakhstan as the nation struggles to control […]