A provincial council official said the Taliban was protecting the al-Qaida leader, which would be a violation the Feb. 29 deal with the U.S. that jump-started Afghanistan peace talks, if true. ( read original story ...)
Taliban fighters paid £230 a month to clear minefields in Afghanistan
A British charity employs around 350 former Taliban insurgents to clear landmines in Afghanistan. The ex-insurgents are being paid £230 a month by The Halo Trust. ( read original story ...)
Protesters in Belarus and Thailand hope to see democratic change. Sadly, they probably won’t.
As most of the world shelters from the novel coronavirus, tens of thousands of brave protesters have been marching through the streets of Minsk and Bangkok for the past several months, defying water ... ( read original story ...)
Protests Persist in Thailand Ahead of Special Parliamentary Session
Thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok’s central shopping district Sunday after the prime minister ignored a "deadline” from the movement to resign. Last week, largely student-led protests ... ( read original story ...)
Drag Queens Join Thailand Protest Demanding PM Resignation
A group of drag queens raise their three fingers in solidarity with the protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, October 25. Thousands of ... ( read original story ...)
Iran, Russia have obtained US voter registration data national security advisers say
Executive Director of The National Security Institute at GMU Law School Jamil Jaffer joins' America's News HQ' with insight. ( read original story ...)
Hijab lawyer moved to tougher jail in Iran as protest revived
Iran’s best-known political prisoner has been transferred to a tough jail for female criminals, despite suffering heart problems following a hunger strike, her husband has told The Times.Nasrin ... ( read original story ...)
Kylie Moore-Gilbert moved from Iran’s Qarchak prison, but Australian academic’s current location unknown
Gilbert say contacts in Iran have told them she has been taken out of Iran's Qarchak prison to an unknown location and are worried about what has happened to her. ( read original story ...)
Iran troops deployed on border near Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Sunday they have deployed troops along the border with Azerbaijan and Armenia, following stray fire from the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The region in Iran's East ... ( read original story ...)
Death toll from floods, landslides in Vietnam reaches 130
The death toll from landslides, floods and other natural disasters triggered by downpours in Vietnams central and central highlands regions since early October has climbed to 130, with another 18 ... ( read original story ...)