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Taliban bars women from working in aid in Afghanistan

Monday 26-12-2022 05:21 PM

The Taliban have delivered another blow to women in Afghanistan by ruling they can no longer work in domestic or international non-governmental organisations in the country. Large humanitarian ...

Seven people with British links arrested in Iran over protests

Monday 26-12-2022 03:32 PM

Seven people with links to Britain have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over anti-government protests that have snowballed across the country in recent months, according to reports. The ...

Korea launches jets, fires shots after North flies drones

Monday 26-12-2022 03:08 PM

South Korea’s military fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Monday, after North Korean drones violated its ...

China sends 71 warplanes, 7 ships toward Taiwan in 24 hours

Monday 26-12-2022 02:48 PM

China’s military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at ...

Aid Groups Pause Work in Afghanistan After Nation’s Women Are Banned

Monday 26-12-2022 02:34 PM

Aid groups that provide critical humanitarian assistance to millions of Afghans began suspending operations in the country Sunday in response to the weekend decision by the Taliban to ban women from ...

Six Factors That Will Shape Russia’s Winter War in Ukraine

Monday 26-12-2022 02:09 PM

As Russia’s war in Ukraine moves into another year, the next few months will provide critical clues as to whether Moscow’s forces will be able to halt or even reverse the momentum gained by ...

Wounded Yemen: Al-Qaeda threatens to launch war of explosives, army responds with ‘Eastern Arrows’

Monday 26-12-2022 01:41 PM

Al-Qaedas capabilities have been crippled inside Yemen due to the military operation Eastern Arrows, and its elements retreated to the western heights of the Shabwa and Abyan governorates and on ...

Significance of pledge of allegiance to new ‘caliph’ by ISIS branches

Monday 26-12-2022 01:26 PM

The provinces affiliated with ISIS have issued successive pledges of allegiance to the new “caliph” after the death of the previous caliph in October 2022. These pledges do not indicate a major ...

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 ...