AFGHANISTAN

Assange 'may die in jail', father warns

French police began evacuating hundreds of migrants from camps in northern Paris on Thursday, a day after French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe vowed to "take back control" of immigration.

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rakhmon was on a visit to Switzerland when the attack happened

Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah called into question the validity of thousands of votes from the recent presidential election

The U.S. Air Force has been testing light attack aircraft, primarily the Super Tucano manufactured by Sierra Nevada Corporation and the Textron Aviation at-6B Wolverine.

Hamdullah Mohib, Afghanistan's national security adviser, says Taliban leaders should order a one-month ceasfire to prove they control of their forces

Former FARC fighter Edwin Correa joined the leftist rebel group when he was just 14, and had lost both hands by age 19

Sabrina de Sousa was connected to a 2003 kidnapping of Imam Abu Omar in Milan, Italy as part of a CIA "extraordinary rendition" program.

US President Donald Trump has plenty to shout about after the death of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Ballot boxes from Afghanistan's presidential election in September, which saw a record low turnout

Afghanistan's presidential election in September saw a record low turnout

Prince Harry struggled so much in life after his stint in Afghanistan and before he met Meghan Markle.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and US Defense Secretary Mark Esper discussed potential threats to 5G telecoms networks

Like the princess who hops over goblins and throws daggers at evil wizards in the video game they built, a team of women coders in patriarchal Afghanistan wants to inspire a generation of girls to smash obstacles.The young women are part of an after-school training programme called Code to Inspire in the western city of Herat, where they learn tech skills and create games and apps to educate girls across Afghanistan and beyond.

The conference in China is the latest in a number of negotiations seeking to end the conflict in Afghanistan

Footage from the protests-turned-raves has gone viral on social media networks, encouraging protesters from across northern Lebanon to join the Tripoli demonstrations, even Christians from neighbouring areas

An Afghan soldier mans a machine gun mounted on a vehicle while patrolling Guzara, Herat province

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in public for the first time in six months on Monday, seeming frail and confused during a British court appearance ahead of his extradition hearing.The 48-year-old Australian is fighting a United States bid to extradite him on charges filed under the US Espionage Act, and sat in the witness box as a London court decided the timetable of his full hearing, due to begin in February.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan

The media campaign was sparked by Australian police raids on national broadcaster ABC and a News Corp journalist's home

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit