ISTANBUL: The anti-drug policies of the interim Afghan Taliban administration provide an opportunity to stabilize the Afghan economy, an international think tank said Thursday. While acknowledging ‘one of the most successful poppy elimination efforts in modern history,’ the International Crisis Group’s Afghan analyst, Ibraheem Bahiss, said ‘the ban has also

Cypriot MP Demetris Demetriou participates in the 10th Global Conference of Young Parliamentarians, that is organised by the Interparliamentary Union and the Parliament of Armenia. The theme of the Conference, that began on Thursday, is ‘Avoiding lost generations: Safeguarding education and employment in all circumstances’ and focuses on solutions to

ISTANBUL: Three staffers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were killed after Russian shelling hit the charity’s humanitarian mission in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

A statement by the ICRC said two other staffers were inju…