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AFGHANISTAN – Afghan government, Taliban announce breakthrough deal to press on with peace talks (Al Arabiya)

A file photo shows negotiators from the government of Afghanistan prepare before their meeting with representatives of the Taliban (unseen) in Doha. (Afghanistan Peace...

LEBANON – As Lebanon’s central bank audit crumbles, the worst is yet to come (Houshig Kaymakamian, Al Arabiya)

Lebanese police stand outside the entrance of the Association of Banks in downtown Beirut, Lebanon on November 1, 2019. (Reuters) Lebanon’s controversial central bank forensic...

TURKEY/USA – After Biden win, Turkey’s Erdogan focuses on domestic reform, being global peacemaker (Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Al Arabiya)

This handout picture taken and released on August 24, 2016 shows US Vice President Joe Biden (L) and Turkish President Erdogan (R) speaking at...

UZBEKISTAN – Is Uzbekistan Returning To The ‘Bad Old Days’ Of Reporting Only Good News? (Bruce Pannier, RFE/RL)

The director of Uzbekistan's Agency for Information and Mass Communications, Asadjon Khodjaev, has warned some media outlets that there could be "serious legal consequences"...

EUROPEAN RIGHTS COURT/RUSSIA – European Rights Court Finds Russia Denied Physicist Fair Trial In Treason Case (RFE/RL)

Physicist Valentin Danilov in 2012 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on December 1 ruled that Russia violated a top physicist’s right to a...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS – Russia Deploys Air-Defense Missiles To Disputed Kurile Islands (RFE/RL)

The Russian military has announced the deployment of advanced air-defense missiles to the Kurile Islands claimed by Japan. The S-300V4 air-defense missile systems have entered...

NAGORNO KARABAKH – Azerbaijan Reclaims Third District From Armenia Under Nagorno-Karabakh Truce (RFE/RL)

Azerbaijan has completed reclaiming three districts held by ethnic Armenian forces for more than a quarter-century after a peace deal ended six weeks of...

AFGHAN MIGRANTS/IRAN – Afghan Migrants Could Face ‘Shocking’ Punishments In Iran Under Draft Law (Frud Bezhan, RFE/RL)

Afghan refugees cross the border into Afghanistan's Nimroz Province after they were deported by Iran. (file photo) Iranian lawmakers have proposed new legislation that would...

KENYA – Uber Made Big Promises in Kenya. Drivers Say It’s Ruined Their Lives (Amanda Sperber, Nichole Sobecki, Pultizer Center)

At first, work as an Uber driver seemed to offer Harrison Munala everything he'd hoped for when he moved from a town in the western part...
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