As the deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan looms, the Taliban has gone on the offensive, capturing over fifty additional districts in the country since May 2021. Several hundred Afghan soldiers have fled the country crossing to its neighbours to the north, with several thousand civilians reportedly applying for …

General Qamar Javed Bajwa the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan, according to some media reports, has recently said to a group of some Pakistani parliamentarians that the [Pakistan] army would be “the first” to recognise the Taliban should they come to power. His stand was later on supported by …

A report by a Bosnian Serb-funded commission has claimed the Srebrenica massacres were not genocide and most victims were not civilians – but some of its controversial assertions are contradicted by evidence heard at trials at international courts. A report published last week by a commission to scrutinise events in …

Вперше в історії Україна організовує Київський саміт дружин та чоловіків лідерів держав, запланований на 23 серпня. На цю ж дату заплановане проведення саміту «Кримської платформи». Проте поєднувати такі події – недоречно. Таку думку висловила в етері Громадського радіо політтехнологиня Катерина Одарченко. «Адже «Кримська платформа» має чітку мету – це деокупація …

Nejprve si řekněme jednu věc takto přímo do očí: Strašení přílivem migrantů v české politice funguje, i když drtivá většina lidí tady žádného uprchlíka neviděla ani z dálky. Na naši nervovou soustavu funguje strach z neznámého, cizího a nejistého poměrně spolehlivě, takže zneužití tématu migrace patří do arzenálu hlavně těch …

How a brief crisis at Europe’s borders created an opportunity to challenge a 70-year-old international law safeguarding the rights of refugees. Her real name cannot be revealed and even the particulars of her story were nearly lost to the Greek justice system. Her lawyers asked that we identify her by …

Paris’s Deputy Mayor in charge of greenery and biodiversity – who is of Macedonian descent – tells BIRN that Skopje must make the same tough choices as Paris has done, if it wants to remain liveable. If a Skopje mayoral candidate ahead of the autumn local elections promised to scrap …

Kosovo says it is the rightful owner of more than 160 properties belonging to Yugoslav-era socially-owned enterprises, and it wants them back. More than two decades since it broke away from Serbia in war, Kosovo is trying to claim ownership over more than 160 properties dotted around the former Yugoslavia. …

The pro-Western winners in July’s elections have promised the country a long list of changes – but actually implementing them will be far from easy. The crushing victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s July 11 early parliamentary elections over pro-Russian parties has brought the country potential benefits but also many …

The Turkish contingent in Afghanistan will not assume any combat duty other than self-defense, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Pinar Kara said on Thursday. “The Turkish armed forces have been stationed in Afghanistan for 20 years, and for the past six years, they have been protecting and running the international airport in …