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China has been accused of allegedly detaining up to one million Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region under what UN experts have called the "pretext of countering terrorism and religious extremism". Over the past decade, human rights groups

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have accused Obama-era official John Kerry of "actively undermining" US policy on Iran after he admitted meeting Iran's foreign minister "three or four times"

Since US President Donald Trump took office in 2017, his administration has been criticised for various measures seemingly taken against the Palestinians and in favour of Israel, including the recent decision to close the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)'s diplomatic mission in

Officials in the Philippines are assessing damage after Typhoon Mangkhut pummelled the country, bringing with it strong winds and rains that set off landslides. Two women were killed on Saturday in a landslide set

NEW YORK: The UN Security Council has urged all Libyans to improve the atmosphere for national elections in a resolution that avoids mentioning the Dec. 10 target date for voting in the restive North

ISTANBUL: Disagreement between Turkey and Russia over how to tackle the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib seems to have deferred a looming regime offensive on the province, analysts say.Russia and Turkey are on opposite

BERLIN: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that the Syrian regime is not preparing a major offensive against the opposition-held Idlib, adding that Moscow will do everything to protect civilians.Russia-backed regime forces

Jatoba, Brazil - Sarapo Pankararu, 36, sits in front of his house on the indigenous reserve in Brazil's semi-arid Sertao region, where, after a bitter 25-year struggle, his Pankararu people have finally won their

In Argentina, prices are soaring, unemployment is high and the currency, the peso has lost half its value so far this year. Inflation rate is now at 34.4 percent - one of the highest