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Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimize Taliban rule, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud told a conference in Tajikistan on Wednesday. Massoud, exiled leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, made a rare public appearance at an...

The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” announced Wednesday that it is stopping its print edition, after the government arrested the paper’s president. All the paper’s reporters have been let go, and it is not clear how it can continue with digital editions only. The...

Following a recommendation from The Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission final report, the government has sought to collaborate with the University of The Gambia to establish the Center of Excellence in Transitional Justice and Sustainable Peace. The Center has now been created...

The head of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Iraq met on Sunday with the military leader of the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria to discuss the importance of protecting the sovereignty and security of Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan region. Both sides discussed the urgent need to solve the...

In a referendum on Sunday, more than 62 per cent of the Slovenians who turned out to vote were in favor of a bill that restores editorial independence to the national broadcaster, Radio Television of Slovenia, RTVSLO. The current leadership of the public media service—the largest in Slovenia—was...

Uzbekistan has put 22 people on trial, accusing them of “undermining constitutional order” by taking part in unprecedented anti-government protests in July. Hundreds of people were arrested and 21 people died during the protests, sparked by a planned change to the constitution that would have...

Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen for decades, sparked by his “zero COVID” strategy that will soon enter its fourth year. Demonstrations took place in universities and in the streets...

Venezuela’s government and its opposition on Saturday agreed to create a UN-managed fund to finance health, food, and education programs for the poor, while the Biden administration eased some oil sanctions on the country in an effort to boost the newly restarted talks between the sides. The...

EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell announced overnight that Kosovo and Serbia had reached a deal to end their row over car license plates, which Brussels, Washington and NATO had warned could escalate into violence. “Serbia will stop issuing license plates with Kosovo cities’ denominations,”...

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on Twitter on Tuesday morning that he had accepted a request from Washington “for a 48-hour postponement of the introduction of fines” for cars with Serbian plates. The dispute erupted after Kosovo said the country’s ethnic Serbs would be penalized if they did...