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The Ukraine War Is Pushing Turkey Closer to Russia

Sunday 25-12-2022 08:34 PM

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is deepening economic ties with Russia in a high-risk bid to support his country’s economy, defying Western sanctions on Moscow amid contentious relations with ...

Russian Shelling Kills at Least 10 in Christmas Eve Attack on Kherson, Ukraine Says

Sunday 25-12-2022 08:19 PM

Russian shelling killed at least 10 people and injured 68 in the southern city of Kherson on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, turning central streets into a grisly scene of ...

Fire at Russian Private Shelter Kills 22

Sunday 25-12-2022 08:01 PM

A fire Saturday at a private shelter in the Siberian city of Kemerovo that was operating illegally killed 22 people, Russian officials said. Initial reports described the wooden building in the city ...

U.S. Steps Up Raids Against Islamic State Militants in Syria

Sunday 25-12-2022 07:34 PM

The Pentagon said it has stepped up raids against Islamic State in Syria, conducting nearly a dozen risky helicopter and ground operations to kill or capture top militant operatives. In December, ...

Kurdish rapper wins appeal against death sentence in Iran

Sunday 25-12-2022 07:21 PM

Iran’s supreme court has accepted an appeal by rapper Saman Yasin against his death sentence even as it confirmed the same sentence against another protester. Yasin, a well-known and acclaimed ...

3 NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban bar women

Sunday 25-12-2022 05:19 PM

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country’s Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental ...

China’s foreign minister signals deeper ties with Russia

Sunday 25-12-2022 05:09 PM

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi defended what he said was his country’s position of impartiality on the war in Ukraine on Sunday and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming ...

Houthis turning Yemen's mosques into arms warehouses

Sunday 25-12-2022 04:57 PM

The Houthi group has deliberately encroached on places of worship, especially mosques, since its 2014 coup in Yemen. The Yemeni Network for Rights and Freedoms has accused the group of ...

ISIS targeting China in Afghanistan: Causes and implications

Sunday 25-12-2022 04:47 PM

An attack by ISIS Khorasan on a hotel, primarily frequented by Chinese nationals, in Afghan capital, Kabul, a few days ago, marks a major shift in the organizations strategy towards China, a ...

Germany formally suspends guarantees for business with Iran

Saturday 24-12-2022 06:14 PM

The German government said Friday it is formally suspending export credit and investment guarantees for business in Iran in the wake of authorities’ crackdown on protests. The Economy Ministry said ...

Taliban minister defends closing universities to women as global backlash grows

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:59 PM

The minister of higher education in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has defended his decision to ban women from universities – a decree that triggered a global backlash and protests inside the ...

Ukraine is outflanking Russia with ammunition from Big Tech

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:27 PM

Ukrainian soldiers have revolutionised the way battles will be fought in the 21st century by waging an “algorithmic war” that enables Kyiv to outgun invading forces with far fewer troops. Artificial ...

While family unwrap presents, he’s defusing bombs in Ukraine

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:22 PM

British volunteers in Ukraine will spend Christmas training soldiers in the snow and unwrapping bombs instead of presents. Chris Garrett, an explosive ordnance disposal expert from the Isle of Man, ...

Russia Threatens to Cut Oil Output in Response to Western Sanctions

Saturday 24-12-2022 05:08 PM

Moscow threatened to cut oil output in response to Western price caps, setting the stage for an escalation of the energy war that has run parallel to the conflict in Ukraine. Speaking on state ...

‘I don’t know what to do’: Skyrocketing inflation and rent prices leave many in Turkey struggling

Saturday 24-12-2022 04:52 PM

For decades, Canan lived a fairly comfortable life as a school teacher in Istanbul. She even managed to help send her 23-year-old daughter off to study abroad, and retired earlier this year to live ...