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He was originally from Afghanistan but moved to Ireland as a child refugee some years ago

US President Joe Biden has nominated Richard Riley to be the next US Ambassador to Somalia, according to the Somali National News Agency. Riley will serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, replacing Larry Andre, who has served as the US Ambassador to Somalia since January 2022. Previously, Riley worked at…

Exclusive: Pilot who fought with coalition forces, fled the Taliban and arrived here by small boat tells his amazing story – as clamour to stop his deportation grows

Many of those present break their Ramadan fast with sweet dates - this is a New Year in exile for refugees from many different communities including Syria, Afghanistan, Hong Kong and Ukraine

The Afghan pilot describes how he was forced to leave his young family as his ‘very presence’ in their home put them at risk

Exclusive: Open letter begs Rishi Sunak to honour promise to help veterans like him, after he was forced to flee certain death at home and risk his life once more to arrive here by small boat

Pakistani officials say militants targeted police in two attacks in the country's volatile northwest, killing four officers and wounding six

Taliban militants killed four police officers by targeting a police vehicle with a roadside bomb and wounded six in an attack on a police station in northwest Pakistan early Thursday, police and the insurgents said. The bomb killed four officers in a police vehicle carrying reinforcements sent to respond to…

Despite MoD assurances, applicant and former British Council worker still being asked for Taliban-stamped papers

The dismal track record of U.S. military interventions.

Congress is now considering doing something it hasn’t done since the Vietnam War — repealing authorizations for the use of military force