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James Mackenzie

ARTICLES BY JAMES MACKENZIE

Mullah Baradar Akhund. (Via REUTERS)

Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is dead

1 min read . 14 Sept 2021

Taliban Badri special force fighters at the Kabul airport in Kabul (Photo: AFP)

Taliban says it has surrounded Afghan resistance fighters, calls for peace

1 min read . 01 Sept 2021

A man rides his bicycle on Piazza Garibaldi on Palm Sunday, following the coronavirus disease (covid-19) outbreak, in Naples, Italy. (REUTERS)

Italy starts to look ahead to 'phase two' as covid-19 death toll slows

2 min read . 05 Apr 2020

Passengers wearing masks alight from a train that has arrived from Milan, a town that is now under lockdown after the government decreed a massive no-go zone set up to contain an outbreak of coronavirus, in Catania, Sicily. (REUTERS)

Italy death toll shoots up by 133 in a day, has second most virus deaths

4 min read . 08 Mar 2020

Vegetable oil prices were up strongly, with the index rising 9.4% to 164.7 points in December (Photo: Mint)

Food prices surge for third month to 5-year high in December: FAO

1 min read . 09 Jan 2020

Abhinandan Varthaman, wing commander with the Indian Air Force, was captured by Pakistan on Wednesday. (@OfficialDGISPR/Twitter)

Pakistan FM says ready to return IAF pilot Abhinandan to ease India conflict

1 min read . 28 Feb 2019

The US currently has around 8,400 troops in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led Resolute Support training and advisory mission, as well as a separate counterterrorism mission that mainly targets Islamic State and al Qaeda fighters. Photo: AP

Afghan Taliban launch spring offensive as US reviews strategy

2 min read . 28 Apr 2017

A powerful Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in Afghanistan’s northern Mazar-i-Sharif city late on 10 November, killing at least 2 people. Photo: AFP

3 killed, several injured in an explosion at Nato air base in Afghanistan’s Bagram

1 min read . 12 Nov 2016

A file photo of an Afghan National Army soldier keeping watch at a checkpost in Logar province, Afghanistan. Photo: Reuters

World powers seek billions more dollars to keep Afghanistan running

2 min read . 04 Oct 2016

A file photo of external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. Photo: PTI

Indian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan released: Sushma Swaraj

1 min read . 23 Jul 2016

A file phot of US secretary of state John Kerry. Photo: AFP

John Kerry in Kabul, aims to ease crisis over unity pact he brokered

2 min read . 09 Apr 2016

People with direct knowledge of the matter said Afghan NSA Mohammad Hanif Atmar is due in New Delhi this weekend to finalise the transfer of the Russian-made Mi-25 helicopters. Photo: AP

Afghanistan turns to India for military helicopters, likely to rile Pakistan

3 min read . 06 Nov 2015

The FAO price index averaged 179.4 points last month, 1.8 points below its reading in January. Photo: Bloomberg

World food prices continue to fall in February: UN FAO

1 min read . 05 Mar 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Photo: Blooomberg

Greece seeks to reassure Europe as tensions rise

4 min read . 01 Feb 2015

The fire broke out on Sunday on a vehicle deck of the Norman Atlantic ferry, whose manifest said should be carrying 478 passengers and crew and more than 200 vehicles. Photo: AP

Ferry stricken by blaze fully evacuated, 10 dead

2 min read . 30 Dec 2014

Pope Francis (centre) leads the canonisation mass of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II on St Peter’s at the Vatican on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Popes John XXIII and John Paul II become saints

5 min read . 28 Apr 2014

Renzi acknowledged that forcing Letta to go and trying to form a new govt with the centrist and centre-right parties that backed his coalition carried risks for both the govt and himself personally, but said there was no alternative. Photo: AFP

Italian govt in crisis as Matteo Renzi calls for change

2 min read . 13 Feb 2014

New Italian prime minister Enrico Letta has promised to address the poverty worsened by a jobless level running at more than 40% among young people in some areas of the country. Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP (Vincenzo Pinto/AFP)

Italy’s Letta government begins life in climate of crisis

3 min read . 29 Apr 2013

Italian prime minister-designate and deputy leader of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) Enrico Letta (right) with President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. Photo: Giampiero Sposito/Reuters (Giampiero Sposito/Reuters)

Italy’s Letta names new government

3 min read . 27 Apr 2013

A file photo of Italian centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Italy’s Bersani to meet Berlusconi, rules out ‘grand coalition’

2 min read . 09 Apr 2013