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‘It is a worrying time in Afghanistan, but weavers are still weaving’

Wednesday 21-12-2022 04:48 PM

When he first travelled to Afghanistan nearly 20 years ago, James Wilthew was a flight lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. The work involved providing security for reconstruction projects. “We got to ...

Zelensky to meet Biden in US in first foreign trip since Ukraine war began

Wednesday 21-12-2022 04:13 PM

President Zelensky will arrive in Washington this afternoon for a summit with President Biden in what will be his first foreign visit since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Ukrainian president ...

Russia plans to boost military links with Iran, says UK defence secretary

Wednesday 21-12-2022 03:58 PM

Russia plans to deepen its military cooperation with Iran in return for Shahed drones that have been used to bomb Ukraine’s cities and energy network since September, according to Britain’s defence ...

Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan

Wednesday 21-12-2022 03:33 PM

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in the latest edict cracking down on women’s rights and freedoms. Despite initially ...

Iranian authorities say 2 killed, 2 arrested after attack

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:49 PM

Iranian authorities said Wednesday that two suspects were killed and two more were arrested in connection with a shooting that left seven people dead at a bazaar last month in the country’s ...

Kirkuk attack: ISIS returns to Iraq on anniversary of organization's defeat

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:28 PM

In an attempt by ISIS to revive itself and announce its return to Iraq through qualitative operations carried out by the terrorist organization’s remnants, one of the largest terrorist operations ...

Sabrata becoming victim of Libya's outgoing gov't

Wednesday 21-12-2022 02:12 PM

The extradition of Libyan national, Abu Ajila Massoud al-Marimi, to the US has caused great controversy in Libyan circles. The same issue has stirred up official and popular anger, especially at the ...

Putin orders stronger defence against ‘traitors, spies and saboteurs’

Tuesday 20-12-2022 04:43 PM

Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the strengthening of his coutry’s borders and instructed security services to step up defences against “traitors, spies and saboteurs”, according to ...

North Korea tests spy satellite from Kim Jong-un’s military ‘wish-list’

Tuesday 20-12-2022 04:26 PM

North Korea has conducted an “important, final phase” for the development of a spy satellite that it hopes to complete by April, according to its state media. The report comes a day after South ...

Taliban prisoners in Pakistan overpower guards and take hostages

Tuesday 20-12-2022 04:03 PM

Taliban detainees overpowered their guards at a counter-terrorism centre in north-western Pakistan overnight, snatching police weapons, taking hostages and seizing control of the facility. The ...

Positive signals from Iran over nuclear deal put west in a tricky position

Tuesday 20-12-2022 03:44 PM

Wary western powers face an unlikely potential dilemma after a sudden push by Tehran to suggest that progress is being made to remove the last outstanding obstacles to a revived agreement to oversee ...

US and Iran clash over Russia using Iran drones in Ukraine

Tuesday 20-12-2022 03:22 PM

The United States and its allies clashed with Iran and its ally Russia over Western claims that Tehran is supplying Moscow with drones that have been attacking Ukraine — and the U.S. accused the ...

Syria’s army says 2 soldiers wounded in Israeli airstrikes

Tuesday 20-12-2022 03:00 PM

Syria’s military said two soldiers were wounded in Israeli airstrikes that hit near Damascus, the country’s capital early on Tuesday, the first such attack in more than a month. A military statement ...

Escape from Iran: protesters regroup in Iraq after perilous journey

Tuesday 20-12-2022 02:28 PM

In late October, Paiman, an Iranian protester from the restive city of Mahabad, lay in a hospital ward, guarded by regime officials who had gunned him down during anti-government demonstrations. ...

Iran's Nuclear Proliferation Strategy: U.S. Policy Options

Tuesday 20-12-2022 02:09 PM

On December 13, The Washington Institute held a virtual Policy Forum with Michael Eisenstadt, Mahsa Rouhi, and Suzanne Maloney. Eisenstadt is the Institute’s Kahn Fellow, director of its Military ...