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Nato force set back by German tank’s ‘total failure’

Monday 19-12-2022 01:26 PM

The “total failure” of Germany’s Puma schützenpanzer combat vehicles will hit the formation of Nato’s “spearhead force” defence against Russia. Major general Ruprecht von Butler, who commands the ...

Economic pain, Turkish strikes drive Syrian Kurds to Europe

Sunday 18-12-2022 03:16 PM

Baran Ramadan Mesko had been hiding with other migrants for weeks in the coastal Algerian city of Oran, awaiting a chance to take a boat across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Days before the ...

Famed Iranian Actress Arrested After Voicing Support for Protests

Sunday 18-12-2022 02:19 PM

Taraneh Alidoosti, a prominent Iranian actress, was arrested by the local authorities on Saturday after she posted messages on social media expressing solidarity with antigovernment protests that ...

North Korea Fires Missiles Capable of Reaching Japan

Sunday 18-12-2022 01:54 PM

North Korea fired two medium-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Sunday, launching missiles potentially capable of reaching Japan, days after Tokyo vowed to double its military spending ...

Tunisians vote for parliament amid economic, democracy vows

Saturday 17-12-2022 05:50 PM

Tunisians are voting to elect a new parliament on Saturday, to the backdrop of a soaring cost-of-living crisis and concerns of democracy backsliding in the North African country — the cradle of Arab ...

Russian man fined for Instagram post about dream of meeting Zelensky

Tuesday 13-12-2022 05:32 PM

A Russian has been fined nearly £400 for “discrediting” his country’s army after he described his dream about Volodymyr Zelensky. In a since-deleted Instagram post Ivan Losev, from the eastern ...

Palestinian girl, 16, shot in the head during Israeli raid

Tuesday 13-12-2022 03:41 PM

A Palestinian girl aged 16 has been shot dead during a raid by Israeli soldiers on a town in the West Bank that has become a flashpoint for unrest over the past year. The Israeli Defence Forces ...

Pakistani army: Afghan forces shell border town, killing 7

Monday 12-12-2022 03:17 PM

Deadly cross-border shelling by Afghan Taliban forces at a Pakistani border town on Sunday killed seven people, Pakistan’s military said, as relations continue to sour between the two neighboring ...

Iran execution: Man hung from crane in public amid protests

Monday 12-12-2022 03:01 PM

Iran executed a second prisoner on Monday convicted over crimes committed during the nationwide protests challenging the country’s theocracy, publicly hanging him from a construction crane as a ...

US helicopter raid kills 2 Islamic State militants in Syria

Monday 12-12-2022 02:56 PM

American forces on Sunday killed two Islamic State militants in eastern Syria in a helicopter raid, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. IS sleeper calls continue to carry out deadly attacks in ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece Farideh Moradkhani jailed for 3 years over protests

Monday 12-12-2022 01:49 PM

A niece of Iran’s supreme leader has been jailed for three years for supporting protests against the regime, which began three months ago. Farideh Moradkhani was arrested after calling on the ...

Man Accused in 2015 Terror Attacks in Mali Is Extradited to the U.S.

Sunday 11-12-2022 12:04 PM

A man accused of taking part in attacks in Mali in 2015 that killed dozens of people, including an American aid worker, was extradited to the United States to face multiple terrorism charges in ...

UN rights chief: Iran seeks ‘chilling effect’ with execution

Saturday 10-12-2022 02:24 PM

The U.N.’s top human rights official on Friday said Iran’s first execution of a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests is “very ...

Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests

Thursday 08-12-2022 09:35 AM

Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted for a crime allegedly committed during the country’s ongoing nationwide protests, the first such death penalty carried out by Tehran. The ...

Taliban carries out first public execution since Afghanistan takeover

Thursday 08-12-2022 09:20 AM

The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has carried out its first public execution since its takeover of the country last year, the latest in a series of landmarks in a return to hardline policies and ...