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The report, "Algorithmic persecution in Turkey's post-coup crackdown: The FETO-Meter system" says more than 20,000 military personnel have been dismissed since a failed coup attempt in 2016 on the basis of algorithms.

In a surprise announcement, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Nov. 19 his government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that prompted year-long protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration.

Japanese researchers have crafted a "super clone" of an Afghan mural destroyed by the Taliban, using a mix of traditional and digital techniques that they hope will salvage the work's "spirit" for future generations.

Perparim Rama's victory in Pristina's mayoral election caps a remarkable homecoming for the London-based architect. But can he apply his expertise to remedy the city's unruly expansion?

Turkish security forces arrested at least nine suspects on Nov. 6 with alleged links to the FETÖ, the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in the country, along with a convicted member.

Several prominent French politicians condemned the message and argued the hijab did not represent freedom

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Albania PM Edi Rama (right) and the EU Ambassador in Tirana Luigi Soreca in Tirana, October 20, 2020. Photo: LSA

The project involved collecting data on some 3,000 children in need, aged 3 to 12, from about 30 villages in the Lipjan area.

Under the terms of the program, the donors send letters to sponsored children, in most cases Americans.

But three years on, some parents began to suspect that World Vision was misusing their children's data.

Halima Aden, a Muslim model who became a trailblazer for modest fashion by wearing her hijab on the catwalk and in photo shoots, has visited Istanbul as she has been named a global brand ambassador of a Turkish firm.