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Turkey's Erdogan 'not welcome' to campaign in Austria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is "not welcome" to hold campaign events in Austria ahead of April's referendum on strengthening his powers, the foreign minister in Vienna said Monday. Sebastian Kurz said that Erdogan campaigning over the controversial referendum would "increase...

Life after Guantanamo: A tale of two Afghan friends

Two Afghan friends were incarcerated together at Guantanamo Bay, but they chose starkly divergent paths after release ?- one became an Islamic State jihadist, the other joined the US-led government fight to crush the group. Haji Ghalib and Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, whose friendship coalesced...

Putin says Syria talks in Astana helped revive Geneva

Talks on consolidating the Syrian cease-fire held in Kazakhstan this year helped jumpstart the United Nations-led peace negotiations in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. At the first round of the talks in the Kazakh capital Astana in January, Russia and Iran, allies of...

Iran tests missiles in naval exercises

 Iran's navy has test-fired the latest versions of the Nasr and Dehlaviyeh missiles during military exercises in the Gulf, local media reported on Monday. "The latest naval cruise missile called Nasr was test-fired during Velayat 95 naval manoeuvres in the southern waters of the...