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Shipments of Armored Vehicles Reflect West’s Growing Confidence in Ukrainian Arms

Saturday 07-01-2023 11:07 PM

The arrival of armored vehicles from the U.S. and allies on the battlefield in Ukraine is designed to bolster Kyiv’s momentum in the war as well shore up defenses, as U.S. officials anticipate ...

Power plant workers battling to keep Ukraine’s lights on

Saturday 07-01-2023 10:39 PM

Arriving at a power station in central Ukraine, the air raid sirens begin to wail with an incessant, high-pitched sound. “Down here,” an employee says, beckoning to a bomb shelter built ...

Battered and Strained by War, Ukraine’s Economy Adapts to Survive

Saturday 07-01-2023 10:26 PM

Piles of corn and wheat are stuck in silos, as Russia’s invasion stifles critical exports. Metal-producing factories in Ukraine’s bombed-out east have ceased operating. And through nearly a year ...

Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Saturday 07-01-2023 09:43 AM

The UN’s lead humanitarian coordinator has said UN-supplied aid cannot continue if the Taliban do not lift their ban on women working for humanitarian aid agencies in Afghanistan. Martin ...

Iran executes 2 more men detained amid nationwide protests

Saturday 07-01-2023 09:34 AM

Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now ...

Iran releases Oscar-winning film actress held over protests

Thursday 05-01-2023 03:19 PM

Iran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for criticizing a crackdown on anti-government protests, local reports said. ...

Rockets hit US base in eastern Syria, no casualties reported

Thursday 05-01-2023 03:05 PM

Two rockets struck a base housing American troops in eastern Syria on Wednesday without causing any human or material losses, the U.S. military said. The morning attack on Mission Support ...

Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan

Thursday 05-01-2023 02:56 PM

Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in a spate of attacks in Kabul, a senior Taliban government ...

Iran warns France over ‘insulting’ cartoons depicting supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Thursday 05-01-2023 02:49 PM

Iran has summoned the French ambassador over publication of caricatures of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The weekly magazine ...

Charity saplings will bear fruit in Afghanistan stripped of trees

Thursday 05-01-2023 02:34 PM

Tree-planting in Afghanistan can seem like a quixotic idea in a country racked by unrest and grinding poverty. Faced with economic hardship since the Taliban’s takeover in 2021, some Afghans ...

Wagner Group chief impassive as Russian casualties soar in Ukraine

Wednesday 04-01-2023 06:10 PM

The head of the Wagner Group of mercenaries watched impassively as his fallen fighters were stacked up in black body bags in a gloomy makeshift morgue in eastern Ukraine. “Their contracts ...

French firm Bonduelle denies sending food parcels to Russian troops

Wednesday 04-01-2023 06:03 PM

A French food giant operating in Russia has denied reports that it supplied 10,000 Christmas parcels to troops in Ukraine but has acknowledged that it is donating produce to a Russian food bank. ...

Russia blames soldiers’ phones for Ukrainian rocket attack which killed new recruits

Wednesday 04-01-2023 05:58 PM

Russia’s defence ministry has blamed its soldiers’ use of mobile phones for a Ukrainian missile strike which killed at least 89 servicemen. Four Ukrainian missiles hit a temporary Russian ...

Ukraine Keeps Downing Russian Drones, but Price Tag Is High

Wednesday 04-01-2023 03:40 PM

Exploding drones are lumbering and noisy and relatively easy to shoot from the sky and, over the New Year’s weekend, Ukraine says, its military downed every single one of about 80 that Russia ...

Pakistan orders malls to close early amid economic crisis

Wednesday 04-01-2023 03:09 PM

Authorities on Wednesday ordered shopping malls and markets to close by 8:30 p.m. as part of a new energy conservation plan aimed at easing Pakistan’s economic crisis. The move comes amid talks ...