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Russia launches ‘massive’ attack on Ukraine cities with 120 missiles and drones

Thursday 29-12-2022 07:09 PM

Russia launched more than 120 missiles and drones against targets in Ukraine this morning as Moscow rejected a “peace formula” proposed by President Zelensky as a basis for negotiations. Explosions ...

Moscow on the Med: A Faraway War Transforms a Turkish Resort Town

Thursday 29-12-2022 06:55 PM

The ice cream man grappled with how much the war in Ukraine had changed his neighborhood. So many Russians had moved to Antalya, a resort city in southern Turkey, that local families were being ...

Ministers of rivals Turkey and Syria meet in Moscow after more than a decade

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:39 PM

The defence ministers of rivals Turkey and Syria met in Moscow after more than a decade along with their Russian counterpart in an effort to normalise ties between them amid the long-running Syrian ...

Security council tells Taliban to reverse restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:33 PM

The UN security council has called on the Taliban to reverse policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, expressing alarm at the “increasing erosion” of human rights. The hardline Islamist ...

Yemen's Brothers mobilizing terrorists in Hadhramaut, Shabwah

Thursday 29-12-2022 05:01 PM

Islah (Reform) Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen, launches campaigns to include terrorist elements, especially from the al-Qaeda, in its camps. Some prominent party leaders ...

Military confrontation: Islamabad's last option to stop advance of Pakistani Taliban

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:56 PM

Military confrontation has become Islamabads last option to confront the threat of violence from the Pakistani Taliban movement, at a time when the Pakistani government is considering negotiating ...

On Libya's Independence Day: Haftar sends message to the people and threatens terrorists

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:46 PM

The Commander-in-Chief of the Libyan Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, delivered a speech on December 24 in downtown Benghazi on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of Libyas independence, with ...

UN suspends some Afghanistan programs after ban on female aid workers

Thursday 29-12-2022 04:31 PM

The United Nations said that some “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the ...

US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising China threat

Thursday 29-12-2022 03:02 PM

The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China. The department on Wednesday said the Volcano system and all ...

Turkish, Syrian, Russian defense chiefs hold surprise talks

Thursday 29-12-2022 02:41 PM

The Turkish, Syrian and Russian defense ministers have held previously unannounced talks in Moscow, the Turkish and Russian defense ministries said on Wednesday. It was the first ministerial level ...

Italy demands Iran halt its deadly crackdown on protesters

Thursday 29-12-2022 02:18 PM

Italy’s foreign minister on Wednesday summoned Iran’s new ambassador to Rome to express his country’s concerns over the Iranian authorities’ crackdown on anti-government protests that have been ...

Iranian woman ‘competes at chess tournament without hijab’

Wednesday 28-12-2022 12:07 PM

An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports. She is the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without ...

Iranian Government Relies on Loyal Supporters as Bulwark Against Protests

Wednesday 28-12-2022 11:49 AM

When Revolutionary Guard member Mohammed Zareh Mowaydi was killed fighting Iranian protesters last month, the military broadcast footage of his body, with a cleric holding up the dead man’s right ...

Why Putin can count on Africa for now

Wednesday 28-12-2022 11:05 AM

The unconvincing United Nations Assembly vote this year to condemn President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine confirmed a view long held by experts: that a new scramble for Africa was under way. ...

Isis assault on Syrian prison kills six Kurdish fighters backed by West

Wednesday 28-12-2022 10:51 AM

Six Kurdish fighters who were part of the forces running eastern Syria with American and British backing were killed fending off an Islamic State assault on a prison. Isis jihadists attacked the ...