Essay: Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain
In an article first published on The Conversation, REBECCA CORDELL and KASHMIRI MEDHI say their research found governments are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest…
Olympic Games: France races to head off ISIS-K threat
GABRIEL STARGARDTER and JULIETTE JABKHIRO, of Reuters, report on security efforts ahead of next week’s Olympic Games…
Russian spy chief says more than 20 arrested over deadly concert attack
Moscow, Russia Reuters Russia has arrested more than 20 people in connection with an attack claimed by Islamic State that killed more than 140 people at a concert hall near Moscow in March, the head of the FSB security service said on Friday. Alexander Bortnikov repeated Russia’s assertion, for which it has not provided evidence, […]
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack, sources say
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major “terrorist operation” on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said. In the deadliest attack inside Russia in 20 years, gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on […]
Foreign diplomats lay flowers in memory of Russia’s concert hall attack victims; Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia
Moscow, Russia Reuters Ambassadors from a number of foreign countries took part in a ceremony on Saturday in memory of the victims of this month’s concert hall attack near Moscow which left dozens dead, the Russian foreign ministry’s protocol department said. Gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on 22nd March in the worst […]
Snapshot: Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
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Twenty killed in Tajikstan avalanches
Dushanbe, Tajikstan Reuters A series of avalanches has killed 10 more people in eastern Tajikistan, the Central Asian nation’s government said on Thursday, bringing the death toll over the past two days to 20 and forcing hundreds of families from their homes. A view shows the area affected by an avalanche in Gorno-Badakhshan region, Tajikistan, […]
Snapshot: Wildflowers, Pamir-Alay region, Tajikstan
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Tajikistan says it’s ready to take in up to 100,000 Afghan refugees
Dushanbe, Tajikstan Reuters Tajikistan is preparing to take in up to 100,000 refugees from neighbouring Afghanistan where fighting has escalated as United States-led troops withdraw, a senior Tajik official said on Friday. A frontier guard stands on a bridge to Afghanistan across Panj river in Panji Poyon border outpost, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 31st […]
Uzbekistan ends plight of thousands of stateless people with landmark law
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Uzbekistan is to allow tens of thousands of stateless people to become citizens under a new law hailed by the United Nations, which urged other countries to follow suit in ending the plight of some of the world’s most invisible people. “This is a huge development and we hope it will […]