Afghanistan
Donald Trump to Announce New Strategy on Afghanistan in Major Speech
Donald Trump will announce his decision on America's strategy in Afghanistan on Monday night in an address to US troops and the nation almost 16 years after the war began, according to The Guardian.
Australian Authorities Charge 3 Men For Terrorsim
Australian police have charged three men with committing terrorist acts on suspicion of starting fires at a Shiite Muslim mosque in Melbourne last year, inspired by Islamic State and intending to divide the Muslim community, Reuters reports.
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CIA 'torture psychologists' avoid trial with secret settlement
Two psychologists who helped design the CIA's post-9/11 interrogation program settled a lawsuit Aug. 17 by detainees alleging they were illegally tortured.
Iran mulls reducing capital punishment
Capital punishment has been decreasing in Iran in recent years. The Iranian parliament is working on an amendment to the death sentence on drug traffickers, which will decrease 70 percent of executions for drug offenses, the Iranian High Council for Human Rights Deputy Chairman Kazem Gharib Abadi said.
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“Loser superpower”: Russian senators claim US campaign in Afghanistan ended in failure
Members of the Russian upper house have stated that the 16-year US military campaign in Afghanistan had ended in failure and reiterated a call for Washington to withdraw troops from that country.
Vucic's "symbolic act may change policy on asylum seekers"
Info Park is welcoming the initiative of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to grant Serbian citizenship to the family of 10-year old Farhad Nouri.
Refugee Status Was Given to 561 Foreigners From the Beginning of 2017
Refugee status was given to 561 foreigners from the beginning of the year to the end of July, according to the State Agency for Refugees, quoted by BGNES.
Statistics shows that humanitarian status was given to 683 people. Refusal to obtain refugee status were issued to 2462 foreign nationals.
President offers citizenship to talented Afghan refugee boy
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has offered Serbian citizenship to the family of 10-year-old Farhad Nuri, refugees from Afghanistan.
Farhad, whom the media have nicknamed "Little Picasso," recently took part in a humanitarian campaign by selling his drawings in order to raise money for the medical treatment of a seven-year-old Serbian boy.
US: 'Top Isis Commanders Killed by Air Strike in Afghanistan'
Several senior members of Islamic State's central Asian affiliate were killed in a US air strike in Afghanistan, officials said on 13 August, according to Reuters, quoted by The Independent.
Senior Afghan ISIL members killed in US air strike
Several senior Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members in Afghanistan -- including a provincial leader -- have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said on Aug. 13.
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