AFP, ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned the European Union that Ankara would not implement a key deal on reducing the flow of migrants if Brussels failed to fulfil its side of the bargain. Erdogan’s typically combative comments indicated that Ankara would not sit…

AFP, TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that radical talk from critics of the country’s nuclear deal with world powers was dangerous and he urged more, not less, diplomacy and dialogue. His comments came just days after a speech by the commander of the elite Revolutionary…

AFP, LIMA: Father is in jail for crimes against humanity. Uncles and aunts have fled corruption charges. And daughter? She is in position to follow in…

AFP, YANGON: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday vowed to press for the release of political prisoners and student activists, hinting that a mass amnesty may be imminent as her government seeks to stamp its mark on power in the former junta-run nation. Suu Kyi’s administration, stacked…

AFP, SRINAGAR: Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir Thursday after two militants were killed in a gun battle with government forces, the army and witnesses said. Protesters torched a police armoured vehicle as masked militants fired automatic rifles into the air in honour of…

AFP, BANGKOK: Dozens of ex-MPs from Thailand’s toppled government met in public for the first time Thursday to hear a Skype address from the self-exiled former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who sits at the crux of the country’s political rupture. Applause erupted among the Puea Thai Party…

AFP, PARIS: More than 120 countries have said they are ready to sign the UN’s accord to fight global warming, French ecology minister Segolene Royal said Wednesday. Royal said the strength of support meant the climate deal clinched in Paris last year would likely be ratified in New York on April…