投稿者: Emma Graham-Harrison
Leaked details are just another example of how the UK let down Afghans who believed in what Britain promised their countryThis week’s revelations about the UK’s dangerously cavalier treatment of Afghans who worked with British forces are shocking but n…
Hamas released 24 hostages on Friday, including 13 Israelis, one Filipino man and 10 Thai citizensIsrael-Hamas war – live updatesThe group of hostages driven out of Gaza on the first day of the ceasefire with Israel included 13 Israelis, 10 Thai citize…
Myanmar’s deposed leader has gum disease and struggles to eat but son says requests for help made by officers at notorious Insein prison have been deniedAung San Suu Kyi’s life may be at risk, because she has such serious gum disease she is struggling …
Gathering in Jeddah offers Beijing chance to placate global south and limit damage with west over Russia relationsWhen the Chinese envoy Li Hui arrived in Saudi Arabia, to join international talks on a peace deal for Ukraine this week, it was a pointed…
He called on his team to ‘fight like tigers’ to win the World Cup. Now facing jail, does he have it in him to pull off yet another comeback?• Imran Khan: former Pakistan prime minister sentenced to three years in jailFrom a playboy cricket celebrity wi…
Exclusive: methodology used by Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism risks undermining media in global south, says RessaNobel peace laureate Maria Ressa has claimed Oxford University’s leading journalism institute is publishing flawed research …
Low rate of vaccination of elderly and a lack of natural immunity mean country may be in for a bumpy rideBeijing’s abrupt dismantling of zero-Covid controls has been welcomed by economists, even as the country braces itself for the human impact of lett…
Dramatic U-turn following widespread unrest leaves country ill-prepared for OmicronThe portable PCR testing booth dangled in the air over a dark Beijing street, captured on camera as it was winched away by a crane in the middle of the night. The image …
Loosening controls further could spark a devastating outbreak, but tightening the rules again could trigger unrestAt the end of October, Xi Jinping had secured his position as China’s most powerful leader in decades, his grip on the country cemented by…
Footage shows former Chinese president involved in apparent disagreement over documentsChina’s former leader Hu Jintao was arguing about official papers, moments before he was escorted off the stage at a key Communist party meeting in Beijing, new foot…
US praises former Japanese leader’s ‘great vision’, while Iran calls shooting an ‘act of terrorism’From Washington to Tehran, Seoul to Kyiv, political leaders around the world have condemned the assassination of the former Japanese prime minister Shinz…
The extremist group said the white Toyota, which belonged to Mullah Mohammad Omar, should be displayed The Taliban have dug up a white Toyota used by their founding leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, to escape into hiding in southern Afghanistan after the U…
Elders call for international recognition but supreme leader tells foreign countries not to interfereA gathering of thousands of Afghan clerics and elders has ended with a call for international recognition, but silence on the country’s ban on secondar…
Haibatullah Akhundzada gives rare public speech at all-male gathering in which he effectively rules out inclusive governmentThe Taliban’s reclusive emir has lashed out at foreign demands on his government, as the UN rights chief called for an end to “s…
Report by senior diplomat Rina Amiri raises concerns about number of ‘unjust detentions’ in AfghanistanThe Taliban have detained 29 women and their families in Kabul, a senior US diplomat said on Saturday, adding to concerns about rising numbers of peo…