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A significant portion of cryptocurrency mining takes place in Iran, where the currencies are used to avoid sanctions. Reuters
Crypto dealers risk breaching US sanctions when Iran resumes mining

Economic sanctions against the nation prevent cryptocurrency transactions within the US

CryptocurrenciesAugust 23, 2021
Displaced Tigrayans line up to receive food in northern Ethiopia. AP
UN chief calls for peace talks to end ‘hellish’ Ethiopia war

Fighting that began in northern Tigray region may escalate into all-out civil war

USAugust 19, 2021
Former Taliban and ISIS militants surrender their weapons during a reconciliation ceremony in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. EPA
UN warns of terrorism upsurge in Taliban-run Afghanistan

Islamist militants are being freed from jails and a top Taliban official is on a terrorist sanctions list

USAugust 19, 2021
Civilians prepare to board a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. US Marine Corps/Handout via Reuters
US accelerates Afghanistan relocation operations as evacuee number hits 12,000

Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin spoke with Bahraini prime minister and hosted Qatar’s defence chief on Thursday

USAugust 19, 2021
Afghan schoolgirls receive school items and bags from Unicef at a school in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, in October 2017. AFP
Aid workers vow to support Afghans and flag Taliban abuses

Humanitarians gear up for tough talks with Afghanistan’s new rulers about working women and schoolgirls

USAugust 18, 2021
A woman with an Afghan flag is among demonstrators in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin on Tuesday. AFP
US, UN and Europe weigh up if they can stomach Taliban government

Lacking leverage and stunned by the hardliners’ success, western powers and the UN navigate how to do business with the new Afghanistan

USAugust 17, 2021
Afghan school girls receive pens and bags from Unicef at a school in Lashkar Gah in Helmand province, which has since fallen to the Taliban. AFP
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ urban warfare on Kabul’s streets

World body is not evacuating staff from Afghanistan but has scaled back to a ‘light footprint' where Taliban make gains

USAugust 13, 2021
Al Shabab fighters outside Mogadishu in Somalia. AP
Al Shabab derails Somalia's elections with raids and kidnappings

Armed extremists are carrying out public executions and threatening politicians and voters against taking part in long-delayed vote

WorldAugust 12, 2021
Heavy fighting has taken place between rebels and pro-government forces in Ethiopia's Afar region, which neighbours war-torn Tigray. AFP
UN to probe bloodbath at Ethiopian refugee centre

Investigators sent to Afar region where about 200 refugees were reportedly killed

WorldAugust 11, 2021
Myanmar's ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun addresses the Human Rights Council at the UN in Geneva. Reuters
Exclusive: Myanmar’s rogue UN ambassador vows to fight on after assassination plot

Kyaw Moe Tun says he will resist military leadership's bid to take his seat at UN headquarters in New York

USAugust 10, 2021
Tzotzil indigenous people displaced as a result of the recent violence in southern Mexico. A new report shows about 55 million people were internally displaced by conflict and human rights abuses at the end of 2020. AP
Internally displaced people deserve more attention, advocacy group says

Those who are on the run but do not cross an international border deserve greater focus, Refugees International says

USAugust 10, 2021
Russian tactical ballistic missiles stand outside St Petersburg, Russia. EPA
US sanctions Russian and Middle East entities over arms proliferation

Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Russian science researcher NPP Pulsar are in US crosshairs

USAugust 09, 2021
Ethiopians flee the Tigray region to Sudan due to rising violence. Reuters
UN raises alarm over Ethiopian school and health clinic massacres

More than 200 people were reportedly killed in refugee shelters in war-ravaged Afar region

USAugust 09, 2021
Damage caused by a drone attack against the 'Mercer Street' tanker. US Navy/AFP
Blinken pushes for UN action on Iran’s tanker strike

Inaction over 'Mercer Street' drone attack will ‘fuel sense of impunity’ in Tehran, says US secretary of state

USAugust 09, 2021
Military commanders inspect arms and ammunitions recovered from Boko Haram jihadists in Goniri, Yobe State, in Nigeria's restive northeast in 2019. AFP
How Boko Haram mastered the art of ‘self-sustaining’ warfare

West African insurgents get their hands on too many guns from the armies sent to combat them

USAugust 08, 2021
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