Kyrgyzstan
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Kyrgyzstan’s former president detained after violent clashes
- Asia-Pacific
- August 8, 2019, 11:03
Kyrgyzstan’s former president Almazbek Atambayev surrendered to security forces at his compound outside the capital Bishkek on Thursday, a day after (...)

Fifteen killed as plane crashes into residential housing in Iran
- Middle East
- January 14, 2019, 17:02
A decades-old Iranian Boeing 707 military cargo plane has crashed while trying to land west of Iran’s capital, killing 15 people on board and leaving (...)

HIV rate across Ireland rose by 8% in 2018, figures show
- Health
- January 5, 2019, 13:01
The number of people diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Ireland rose by 8 per cent last year with 531 diagnoses in 2018, up from 492(...)

Sri Lanka ranked top country for travel in 2019
- Long Haul
- October 25, 2018, 06:00
Almost 10 years after the end of its civil war, Sri Lanka has been named the best country in the world to visit in 2019 by Lonely Planet. Better trans(...)

Turkey’s Erdogan says attack on Idlib would be a massacre
- Middle East
- September 5, 2018, 07:39
An attack on Syria’s Idlib, a rebel-held enclave, would be a massacre and the upcoming summit in Tehran, which will be attended by Iran, Russia and Tu(...)

A dream crushed on a mountain road: the cyclists and the Isis militants
- Asia-Pacific
- August 8, 2018, 11:18
Asked why they had quit their office jobs and set off on a biking journey around the world, the young American couple offered a simple explanation: Th(...)

‘Be damned with them’: Summary justice for women accused of joining Isis
- Middle East
- May 22, 2018, 10:03
In a small holding room in a Baghdad court, French citizen Djamila Boutoutao cradled her two-year-old daughter and begged for help. Boutoutao (29) is(...)

Amryt signs new deal to expand Lojuxta licence
- Health & Pharma
- May 10, 2018, 09:58
Biopharmaceutical firm Amryt has signed a deal with Aegerion Pharmaceuticals to expand its exclusive licence agreement for Lojuxta (lomitapide). The(...)

US woman and family freed after five years as captives in Pakistan
- Asia-Pacific
- October 12, 2017, 15:48
An American woman, her Canadian husband and their three young children have been released after years held captive by a network with ties to the Talib(...)

What Kyrgyzstan lacks in infrastructure, it makes up for in hospitality
- Asia-Pacific
- October 4, 2017, 01:00
The sun is retreating behind the snow-capped Tian Shan mountains, which surround our yurt camp in the Naryn province of Kyrgyzstan. It’s here that I h(...)