Austria’s Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum has said that deportations to Afghanistan are permissible on a case-by-case basis due to the “changed security situation” in the country. Following Germany’s lead, Austria said it intends to start deporting Afghanistan nationals with criminal records back to
Russian President Vladimir Putin was visiting Mongolia on Tuesday with no sign that the host country would bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The official visit flies in the
The attack on the western Ukrainian city comes a day after the deadliest Russian attack this year, which killed more than 50 people in Poltava. At least seven people were killed and 35 injured in a Russian missile and drone strike on the western Ukrainian
At least nine Palestinians have been killed after Israel launched a large-scale ground and air attack on the northern part of the occupied West Bank, according to health officials in the territory. The incursion, which began early on Wednesday, involved hundreds of ground soldiers supported
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv to ratchet up the pressure to achieve a cease-fire deal in Gaza and return hostages held by the Palestinian group Hamas to Israel. During his ninth trip since the conflict began, Blinken will meet Monday with senior
Mali has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Ukraine, accusing a senior official of having admitted Kyiv’s role in a heavy defeat in July that killed dozens of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group as well as Malian soldiers. The northern Tuareg rebels say they
At least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq, US officials have said, amid rising tensions following last week’s killing of senior members of Hamas and Hezbollah. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at the Ain al-Assad airbase in
Uzbekistan’s Parliamentary Election 2024: A Giant Leap towards Modern Democracy The Republic of Uzbekistan has adopted an innovative, interactive and integrative new electoral path to further strengthen its politicization and democratization drive. It is a new electoral system disseminating message of further political integration, proper/proportionate
USA’s Katie Ledecky bags ninth gold to equal all-time Olympic record after upcoming Canadian star Summer McIntosh wins second gold at Paris. Already rated one of swimming’s all-time greats coming into the Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky made it official by storming to victory in her
United States Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein is considering three Palestinian rights advocates, including two Arab Americans, to be her running mate in the elections, her campaign has confirmed. The candidates are Abed Ayoub, executive director at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee; Amer Zahr, a
