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Berlin Won’t Allow Exports of German Tanks to Ukraine Unless U.S. Sends Its Own

Thursday 19-01-2023 01:50 PM

Germany won’t allow allies to ship German-made tanks to Ukraine to help its defense against Russia nor send its own systems unless the U.S. agrees to send American-made battle tanks, senior German ...

Russian Spy or Ukrainian Hero? The Strange Death of Denys Kiryeyev

Thursday 19-01-2023 01:19 PM

Days after Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian intelligence agents left a corpse on a sidewalk in the center of Kyiv with a bullet hole in the back of the skull. The dead man, 45-year-old banker ...

Saved from death at sea, Syrian refugees face deportation

Wednesday 18-01-2023 05:25 PM

On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, broke down and began to sink after setting sail from the northern coast of Lebanon. Since the ...

Qatar's German Empire

Tuesday 17-01-2023 04:11 PM

Last summer, as European media became increasingly critical of Qatar’s hosting of the World Cup, Doha decided to go on the offensive and dispatched Hassan Al Thawadi, the event’s chief organizer, ...

Russian Strikes Sap Ukraine Mobile Network of Vital Power

Monday 16-01-2023 06:37 PM

Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s electrical grid are straining the war-torn country’s mobile-telephone network, leading to a global hunt for batteries and other equipment critical for keeping the ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Supports Indefinite U.S. Troop Presence

Monday 16-01-2023 06:30 PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani defended the presence of U.S. troops in his country and set no timetable for their withdrawal, signaling a less confrontational posture toward Washington ...

As Russians Steal Ukraine’s Art, They Attack Its Identity, Too

Monday 16-01-2023 02:29 PM

One morning in late October, Russian forces blocked off a street in downtown Kherson and surrounded a graceful old building with dozens of soldiers. Five large trucks pulled up. So did a ...

How Western Goods Reach Russia: A Long Line of Trucks Through Georgia

Saturday 14-01-2023 05:35 PM

Each day, a caravan of trucks stretches for miles along a mountain highway in Georgia, near the border with Russia. Each day, the line seems to get longer. The trucks wait for days with ...

Biden Administration to Ask Congress to Approve F-16 Sale to Turkey

Saturday 14-01-2023 02:15 PM

The Biden administration is preparing to seek congressional approval for a $20 billion sale of new F-16 jet fighters to Turkey along with a separate sale of next-generation F-35 warplanes to ...

South Korean President Says Country Could Develop Nuclear Weapons

Friday 13-01-2023 04:09 PM

South Korean President Yoon Suk -yeol said the country could develop its own nuclear weapons or ask the U.S. to redeploy them on the Korean Peninsula if the threat from North Korea grows, in the ...

‘Burying Us Alive’: Afghan Women Devastated by Suspension of Aid Under Taliban Law

Friday 13-01-2023 01:36 PM

For years before the Taliban seized power and the economy collapsed, Jamila and her four children had clung to the edge of survival. After her husband died trying to cross the Iranian border five ...

Netanyahu Surges Ahead With Judicial Overhaul, Prompting Fury in Israel

Friday 13-01-2023 01:16 PM

The leader of the opposition, Yair Lapid, said he feared the government’s plan could lead to the collapse of Israel’s democracy. A former defense minister, Benny Gantz, warned of civil war. A ...

Turkey Is Sending Cold War-Era Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Wednesday 11-01-2023 09:36 PM

Turkey began sending Ukraine a form of U.S.-designed, artillery-fired cluster bomb in late 2022 after months of Kyiv pleading with the Biden administration for the munitions, current and former ...

U.S., Allies Prepare Fresh Sanctions on Russian Oil Industry

Wednesday 11-01-2023 04:59 PM

The U.S. and its allies are preparing their next round of sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, aiming to cap the sales prices of Russian exports of refined petroleum products in a step some market ...

Russian Ship’s Secretive South Africa Stop Prompts U.S. Questions

Tuesday 10-01-2023 06:58 PM

A Russian merchant ship whose owner has allegedly carried weapons for the Kremlin turned off its transponder last month before surreptitiously docking at South Africa’s largest naval base, where ...