| Riot police were deployed at the electoral commission headquarters in Kinshasa on Wednesday amid fears of a disputed result in a Democratic Republic of Congo presidential election marked by accusations of vote fraud. The tally could be announced later in the day after the commission met all night and into the morning. |
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| Commentary: U.S. should review its approach to Syria’s Assad. As President Donald Trump and his national security team hammer out the details of U.S. military withdrawal from Syria, Washington should review its attitude toward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, writes James Dobbins, a former U.S. assistant secretary of state. Washington’s strategy, under Obama as well as Trump, has been to “impose costs” on the government in Damascus by diplomatic ostracism and economic sanctions. This approach is morally satisfying and politically expedient, but it helps perpetuate the conflict and sustain Assad’s dependency on Iran.
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| .@Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 394 days. Follow updates on the case: https://reut.rs/2FhMQuB 5:56 AM - 9 Jan 2019 |
| The Taliban must have a role in Afghanistan in future, Iran’s foreign minister said, but added that the hardline Islamist group should not have a dominant role. Efforts for a negotiated settlement of the 18-year war in Afghanistan have gathered pace in recent weeks, even as reports that the U.S. president plans to withdraw thousands of U.S. troops have triggered uncertainty in Kabul. |
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