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The Taliban on Tuesday warned Turkey against extending its troop presence in Afghanistan as US-led forces leave the country, insisting the decision was "reprehensible". "The decision ... is poorly recommended, a violation of our sovereignty and territorial integrity and of our national interests," the group said in a statement,…

For seven months, Indonesian activist Melati Wijsen went on an epic journey around the world with French author Flore Vasseur to meet young activists fighting for climate and social justice. She spoke to FRANCE 24 about their travels and the passion that drives her activist comrades. .

Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major waves of the coronavirus rushed to impose severe restrictions, a year and a half into a pandemic that many initially did well. Against the rapidly increasing number of infections in recent months, authorities in countries such as Thailand, South Korea and Vietnam announced or…

French judges have begun investigating allegations that four major fashion groups have benefited from forced labor in their supply chains. The multinational companies are accused of using cotton from China's Xinjiang region, where it is believed that at least one million Uighur Muslims are detained and subjected to forced labor. The case is based on allegations by a number of parties, including human…

The Taliban claimed on Friday that they control 85 percent of Afghanistan after seizing important border crossings with Iran and Turkmenistan, part of a sweeping offensive launched as US troops withdraw from the war-torn nation. Hours after President Joe Biden issued a strong defense of the US withdrawal, the Taliban said its fighters had seized the two major…

The Olympic flame arrived in Tokyo on Friday, but with the public staying away at a low-key welcoming ceremony due to fears of coronavirus, the day after a "heartbreaking" announcement that spectators would be banned from most gaming events. On a rainy morning exactly two weeks before the inauguration of the biggest sporting…

Russian instructors sent to the Central African Republic carried out "indiscriminate killings", looting and occupied schools, according to an annual UN report, although Moscow claims they are unarmed and not involved in the fighting. The testimonies describe excessive force that corresponds to violations of international humanitarian law, said the report of UN experts recently submitted to the Security Council and seen by Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Monday. Such violations "by FACA soldiers and Russian instructors…

As many as 300 migrants may have died after a ship recently capsized off the coast of Yemen, highlighting the dangers of a long migration route from the Horn of Africa to the rich Gulf states in search of work, a UN official said on Thursday. UN resident and humanitarian coordinator David Gressly said the immigration crisis was increasing the pressure on an already serious humanitarian situation in Yemen. Gressly made his comments during a webinar sponsored by the National Council on US-Arab relations. It came just a…

The Berlin conference on Libya gave hope for stability in the war-torn country when countries pledged to withdraw all foreign fighters and mercenaries on Wednesday. Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush expressed hope that progress would finally be made with a key commitment from the first conference in January 2020 - to withdraw foreign fighters. "We are making progress on mercenaries, so you will hopefully know in the coming days that mercenaries from both sides will withdraw and I think it will…

American software pioneer John McAfee, 75, was found dead on Wednesday in a prison cell in Barcelona, Spain, according to McAfee's lawyers. Just hours earlier, a court in Spain had approved the extradition of McAfee to the U.S., where he was set to stand trial on federal tax-evasion charges. Authorities are investigating the cause of death. An eccentric and brash millionaire known widely for his eponymous antivirus software, McAfee sold his stake in the company in the mid-1990s and spent his life globe-trotting and…