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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:49
Police clashed with demonstrators in Algiers after rioting broke out at the end of a protest against the publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:45
After landing at the Rabat airport in 2010, Zakaria Moumni, a former kickboxing world champion, was distressed when he was taken aside by security agents, arrested, blindfolded and taken to a secret facility. The facility where Moumni was taken had been established years earlier as a black site for the CIA to hold “enhanced interrogations” of terrorism suspects.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:42
Human Rights Watch has called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to free all jailed journalists, rights activists, and government critics
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:36
A delegation of U.S. senators led by John McCain have met separately with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman and Qatar’s emir, part of a Middle East tour focusing on training Syrian rebels.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:35
The Crisis Group (ICG) says the five Central Asian countries need to develop a credible, coordinated action plan to counter the threats posed by Islamic State militants and "growing radicalism" in the region.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:32
The program to train moderate Syrian rebels could involve as many as 1,000 U.S. trainers and support personnel, the Pentagon said Friday.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:30
Estimates of the number of Central Asians currently living in the Islamic State (IS) vary. The ICG calls Central Asian government figures “conservative” and instead gives greater credence to Western officials’ counts, placing the number between 2,000 and 4,000—most from the “long-rebellious” Fergana Valley.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:25
Kazakhstan is intending to transport nuclear waste from its future power plants to the Semipalatinsk Test Site for disposal
Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 06:15
The Islamic State (IS) is attracting Central Asians to Syria and fostering new links among radicals within the region. Unless the five Central Asian governments develop a credible, coordinated counter-action plan, including improved security measures but also social, political and economic reforms, growing radicalism will eventually pose a serious threat to their stability.
Friday, January 16, 2015 - 10:55
Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, spoke at panel on “What Can Be Done?"