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October 16, 2020
Journalist In Russian Far East Says He Was Abducted, Threatened by Masked Men

A journalist who covered ongoing protests in Russia's Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk has reportedly been kidnapped and threatened by unknown masked individuals.

October 16, 2020
Kyrgyz Parliament Gives Newly Elected PM Japarov Presidential Powers

Kyrgyzstan's parliament has approved the transfer of presidential powers to newly elected Prime Minister Sadyr Japarov after days of uncertainty and political crisis caused by mass protests against election results that ousted the government and led to the president's resignation.
October 14, 2020
Nine Killed After Two Afghan Military Choppers Crash In Helmand Province

Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says two of its helicopters have crashed in the southern province of Helmand due to "technical issues," killing nine people aboard.
October 14, 2020
Kyrgyz President Says He Will Step Down Only After A Repeat Of Parliamentary Polls

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov will resign only after the Central Asian nation holds a rerun of its parliamentary elections, his spokeswoman said on October 14, a stance that might reignite tensions in the country.
October 14, 2020
Belarus Starts Chain Reaction At Astravets Nuclear Plant

Belarus has successfully launched the first chain reaction at Unit 1 of the Astravets nuclear power plant.
October 13, 2020
Women In Remote Pakistani Region Demand Release Of Local Men

Dozens of women in Pakistan's remote North Waziristan tribal district have staged what is being called the first sit-in protest there to demand the release of sons, brothers, and husbands allegedly detained by Pakistani security forces.
October 13, 2020
Kyrgyz President Rejects Parliament's Decision On New Prime Minister

Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov has rejected a decision by a group of lawmakers to appoint Sadyr Japarov, a convicted kidnapper released from prison last week in the wake of mass protests that ousted the government, to the post of prime minister.
October 13, 2020
Turkmen Activist Reportedly Released From Turkish Deportation Center

Turkmen activist Dursoltan Taganova has been released from a deportation center in Turkey.
October 13, 2020
Belarus Opposition Demands Lukashenka Step Down Or Face National Strike

Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called on autocratic leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka to resign as president within the next 12 days.
October 13, 2020
Activist Protests Cancellation Of Kazan's 1552 Siege Commemoration

A single-person picket was held in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Tatarstan region, to protest against a decision to cancel a planned rally to commemorate Tatars fallen during the city's siege by Russian troops in 1552, an event marked annually in the city since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
October 13, 2020
Thousands Of Families Flee Fighting In Southern Afghan Province

An Afghan official says thousands of families have been forced to flee fighting in the southern province of Helmand, an area that has become a battleground between Taliban militants and government forces.
October 12, 2020
Two Opposition Figures In Belarus Released From Jail After Meeting With Lukashenka

Belarusian authorities have released two opposition activists after President Alyaksandr Lukashenka met with them and 10 other jailed opposition figures.

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