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(Adnkronos) – Abdullah Ocalan’s call for the disarmament and dissolution of the PKK comes almost ten years after the July 2015 breakdown of the two-and-a-half-year ceasefire agreement with Turkey. Since then, according to the International Crisis Group, 7,152 people have been killed

(Adnkronos) – At least 11 people died and about 60 were injured in a series of explosions during an M23 rally in Bukavu, a city conquered by the anti-government group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. A hospital source told AFP. DRC

(Adnkronos) – Sudan risks hundreds of thousands of deaths if the devastating war in the country does not end and aid does not arrive. This was stated by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaking at the Human

(Adnkronos) – The agreement for the formation of a new government in Austria reached today between the three moderate centrist forces – the Austrian People’s Party (Oevp), the Social Democratic Party (Spoe) and the liberals of Neos – is focused on consolidating

(Adnkronos) – PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan has asked the Kurdish militant group to lay down its arms and disband, in a historic statement read out in Istanbul. “All armed groups must lay down their arms and the PKK must disband,” he said

(Adnkronos) – The assisted voluntary repatriation from Libya of migrants to their homelands is “an effective solution” to stemming illegal immigration, Italy’s interior minister Matteo Piantedosi and Libyan counterpart Imad Trabelsi agreed on Thursday, the interior ministry said in a statement.  During

(Adnkronos) – The captain of the cargo ship with a Chinese crew accused of damaging a submarine cable in the Taiwan Strait was arrested in Taiwan. The Chinese captain of the vessel has been remanded in custody pending the outcome of the

(Adnkronos) – Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison by a Sarajevo court for his separatist activities, therefore for failing to comply with the pronouncements of the UN High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schmidt, at

(Adnkronos) – The Austrian People’s Party (Oevp), the Social Democratic Party (Spoe) and the liberals of Neos have reached an agreement for the formation of the new government. This was announced by an Oevp spokesperson.  

(Adnkronos) – The Trump administration is cutting back on development and assistance programs abroad, a reduction of 92%, for a total of $54 billion. The State Department has announced it. “At the end of the process led by Usaid’s leadership, including tranches