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Members of the Taliban's peace negotiation team taking part in talks with the Afghan government in Doha, Qatar. via Reuters

Afghan Taliban say agreement reached on framework for peace talks

November 29, 2020
Afghan security forces patrol in Pashtun Zarghun district after they cleared the area of Taliban militants, in Herat, Afghanistan. EPA

US withdrawal leaves Afghan soldiers feeling abandoned

November 28, 2020
The Trump administration has vowed to continue targeting Iran's ballistic missile system. Reuters

US announces new Iran sanctions on Chinese and Russian firms

November 28, 2020
India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said there was great scope for closer ties with the UAE. AFP

Ties with UAE yet to reach full potential says Indian foreign minister

November 27, 2020
Military analysts propose using Britain's new aircraft carriers as 'strategic raiders' against targets such as Iran's submarine bases in a war. AFP

What’s next for Britain’s Royal Navy fleet?

November 26, 2020
Australian SAS Soldiers on patrol near Bagram Afghanistan. Getty

Australia to dismiss at least 10 soldiers over Afghan killings

November 26, 2020
Saeid Moradi gestures to the media next to fellow Iranian prisoner Mohammad Khazaei during an appearance at a court in Bangkok on August 22, 2013, over a bomb plot in the Thai capital. AFP

Thailand returns three Iranian prisoners as Tehran frees Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert

November 26, 2020
The moon rises behind the CN Tower and skyline in Toronto - a sight much of the world would like to go to bed to. Getty

Moving abroad: countries people want to live in and why

November 25, 2020
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

Britain slashes foreign aid budget to 0.5% of national income in spending review

November 25, 2020
In this picture taken on October 19, 2020 police officer Shakir Hussain (C) uses his mobile's torch to light the site where the body of Marwah, a five-year-old girl who was raped and murdered, was found in Pakistan's port city of Karachi. AFP

Pakistan approves chemical castration and hanging among tougher rape penalties

November 25, 2020
Pakistani activist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai says Covid could force more than 20 million girls out of school, which is why the UK's foreign aid is so essential. AFP

Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai urges Rishi Sunak not to slash foreign aid

November 25, 2020
Families who fled their villages after Taliban launched massive attacks in different districts of Helmand province, live in temporary shelters in provincial capital Lashkargah, Helmand, Afghanistan, 24 November 2020. Violence has surged across the country in recent weeks, despite the Afghan government and the Taliban committing to be on the defensive to help the ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks that are underway in Doha for over a month. EPA

Foreign aid to Afghanistan could reach $12bn over four years, some with conditions

November 25, 2020
Members of peace negotiation team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan attend a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, amid talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, in Doha, Qatar on November 21, 2020. Reuters

Afghan government under US pressure to consider Taliban demands, officials say

November 24, 2020
 Investigators and passers-by inspect the damage after two bombs ripped though Bamyan city in Afghanistan. Courtesy Mohammad Reza Yousefi.

First bombing in Afghanistan's Bamyan since 2001 kills 23

November 24, 2020
Afghanistan has been heavily reliant on foreign aid. AFP

EU pledges $1.42bn to Afghanistan but warns against return to Taliban rule

November 24, 2020
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